[obol] FW: Boreal Owl & me

From: "Paul Sullivan" <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 12:54:35 -0700
This is a reprise of a posting I sent to OBOL in October of 2004

Paul Sullivan

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul T. Sullivan [mailto:ptsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 11:30 PM
To: obol
Subject: Boreal & me

OBOL:

I first heard of Boreal Owls in the Pacific Northwest when I worked the
Wildlife Department at the University of Idaho in 1981.  Graduate student
Greg Hayward was doing research on the owls in the River of No Return
wilderness in central Idaho.  Later Boreal Owls were found in northern
Idaho, then NE Washington.  By October 1987 Bart Welton detected them in NE
Oregon.  Dave Herr saw the first BOREAL OWL in the NW corner of Wallowa
county on Oct. 14-15, 1988.  Then the hunt was on among Oregon birders.

My experience:
Oct. 29, 1988    2 mi S of Squaw Springs c.g. on USFS Rd. 64, NW Wallowa
county with Tom & Barb Winters
    We heard the "skew" call or scold as a bird circled us for 45 minutes.
    Finally it sat in view and Tom got the first photo of a Boreal Owl in
Oregon.
Nov. 5, 1988  called along USFS Rd 62, N of Elgin -- no owl
Mar. 15, 1989    called along Hwy 204, Tollgate -- no owl
Mar. 20, 1989    called along Anthony Lakes Rd -- no owl
Mar. 25, 1989    called along snowmobile trail N of Anthony Lake with Tom
Winters -- no owl
Mar. 28, 1989    called along Hwy 204, Tollgate -- no owl
Apr. 6, 1989    called along Hwy 204, Tollgate -- no owl
Apr. 7, 1989    called along Hwy 204, Tollgate -- no owl
Apr. 8, 1989    snowshoed to top of Spout Springs in the dark & called --
something silent flew past
Apr. 20, 1989    snowshoed at Spout Springs, Hwy 204 -- no owl
Sept. 9, 1989    called along Rd 6415, NW Wallowa county with Tom Winters --
"skew" call
Sept. 10, 1989    same location as 10/29/88 -- saw silent owl fly
Oct. 14, 1989    called along Usfs Rd. 64, NW Wallowa county
    Heard "skew" call N of Jct with Rd. 65.  Heard "skew" call 2 mi S of
Squaw Springs
Nov. 9, 1989    called along Black Mt. Rd., Umatilla county -- no owl
Mar. 9, 1990    called along Hwy 204, Tollgate -- no owl
Apr. 20, 1990    called along Hwy 204, Tollgate, climbed Spout Springs
hill -- no owl
Oct. 13, 1991    USFS Rd 380 above Todd Lake, Deschutes county --"skew" call
date uncertain    called at Salmon River Meadows S of Mt. Hood -- no owl
date uncertain    called N of Waldo Lake, Lane county -- no owl
Oct. 12, 1996    called at Mt. Pisgah, S of Mitchell, Wheeler county -- no
owl
Oct. 10, 1997    OFO Birding Weekend, USFS RD. 64/65, NW Wallowa county --
"skew" call
Oct. 11, 1997    OFO Birding Weekend, USFS RD. 64/65, NW Wallowa county --
"skew" call
Oct. 9, 1998    OFO Birding Weekend, USFS RD. 64/65, NW Wallowa county --
"skew" call
Oct. 1, 1999    USFS Rd 380 above Todd Lake, Deschutes county --"skew" call
Oct. 9, 1999    OFO Birding Weekend, USFS Rd 380 above Todd Lake, Deschutes
county -- "skew" call
Oct.13, 2000    OFO Birding Weekend, USFS Rd 380 above Todd Lake, Deschutes
county -- "skew" call
Mar. 11, 2000    skied in and camped with Mike Bogar above Todd Lake,
Deschutes county -- no owl
Apr. 15, 2000    snowmobiled in with Mike Bogar, Chris Carey above Todd
Lake, Deschutes county -- no owl
Oct. 14, 2000     OFO Birding Weekend, USFS Rd 380 above Todd Lake,
Deschutes county -- "skew" call
Oct. 13, 2001    OFO Birding Weekend, USFS RD. 64/65, NW Wallowa county --
"skew" call was heard
Oct. 4, 2003    USFS Rd 380 above Todd Lake, Deschutes county --"skew" call
Oct. 10, 2003    Audubon Birding Weekend, USFS Rd 380 above Todd Lake,
Deschutes county --"skew" call
--------AND FINALLY, THIS YEAR---------
Oct. 1, 2004    Audubon Birding Weekend, USFS Rd 380 above Todd Lake,
Deschutes county
    For the FIRST TIME in all these years of playing that tape,
    I HEARD THE "BOOP, BOOP, BOOP" HOOT of a REAL LIVE BOREAL
OWL!!!!!!!!!!!!
    and shared it with 19 other people!  What a thrill!
Oct. 2, 2004    Audubon Birding Weekend, USFS Rd 380 above Todd Lake,
Deschutes county --"skew" call

Good birding indeed!!

Paul T. Sullivan



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