[obol] Re: A one-eyed Barred Owl and a conundrum of feathered remains
- From: Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Richard W. Musser" <mussermcevoy@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 15:09:25 -0800
Thanks Dick - from what I could tell most of the action occurred about 12
feet off the ground. With that, I ruled out coyote etc because the branch
did not look accessible to most four legged critters. I did not note the
absence of chewed feathers. Great tip, I will definitely look for that in
the future. Best to you, hope you had a great Thanksgiving - Jack
On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Richard W. Musser <mussermcevoy@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi Jack,
> I took a careful look at the wing bones and associated feathers in
> your photos----and I'd concur with your guess they came from a red-tailed
> hawk. Additionally, these feathers would have come from an immature bird.
> From the way the smaller feathers were strewn (different photo), it appears
> they fell from above. Also, it doesn't seem to me that any of the feathers
> were "chewed" as when a mammalian predator is involved. My guess is the
> predator of the redtail, was a great horned owl----that caught the hawk at
> night. The habitat photo of big trees,---a great place for rts (and GHOs)
> to hunt, is NOT a good place for any RTs to be roosting at night (and adult
> rts never roost in the open). Just my two cents. Best regards, Dick Musser
> (15 mi. south of Burns)
>
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> On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:27 AM, Jack Williamson <
> jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I tossed-and-turned early Saturday morning thinking about places I might
> find an unusual species or two. Intuition took me south from West Linn a
> few miles to one of my favorite spring-time stops, the St. Louis Ponds. But
> after seeing everyone in the area of the ponds wearing orange hunting vests
> and carrying firearms I decided to see if I could locate the Pygmy Owl Jill
> and I heard in a wooded section of Champoeg State Park a couple of weeks
> before.
>
> The trail, a little over a mile long, relatively flat but well drained,
> produced good looks a bunches of forest species including GOLDEN CROWNED
> KINGLET, RUBY CROWNED KINGLET, BEWICK'S WREN, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN CREEPER,
> PACIFIC WREN, and a one-eyed BARRED OWL.
>
> Before leaving the park I decided to take a quick look through the Oak
> Grove, it has been a great spot for Acorn Woodpeckers, and Great Horned
> Owls. I struck out both of those, but did get to see a large mixed flock
> of CEDAR WAXWING and WESTERN BLUEBIRD competing, I think, for insects in
> one of the many drainage ditches that run through the area. As I was
> heading back to the car, I came across a trail of feathers that lead from
> the northern edge of the Oak Grove to a low branch on an oak tree in the
> middle of the grove. While looking closely at the first batch of small
> feathers, I thought American Kestrel, but when I came across an area the
> bird had been consumed I realized something much much larger had met its
> end.
>
>
> http://www.jack-n-jill.net/blog/2013/12/a-one-eyed-barred-owl-and-a-conundrum-of-feathered-remains
>
> --
> Jack Williamson
> West Linn, Oregon
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Jack Williamson
West Linn, Oregon
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