Hi folks,
Just to follow up on John's note from the other day, anyone interested in
reading the referenced "In the Glen" newsletter can find a color PDF on
our web site, www.glenhelen.org.
The burrowing owl, as with all of our rehabilitation cases, was not put on
public display. Our present display birds include short-eared, eastern
screech, barn, great-horned, and barred owls; bald eagle; red-tailed,
red-shouldered, broad-winged, and cooper's hawks; American kestrels; Black
and turkey vulture.
Stop by any time -- the Glen Helen Raptor Center is open to visitors dawn
to dusk, seven days a week.
-Nick Boutis
Executive Director, Glen Helen Ecology Institute
For all those Burrowing Owl chasers near Greenville, Darke Co. earlier
this year, we thought you might find the following news from The Raptor
Center at the Glen Helen Ecology Institute (as quoted from an article by
The Raptor Center Director, Betty Ross in the most recent "In the Glen",
Fall 2008, page 7):
"The strangest arrival of all wasn't a youngster, but a burrowing owl,
which shouldn't even be in Ohio! Burrowing owls live in Florida or on the
plains and deserts of Western states, so we had no idea what this one was
doing here. It was brought to us from a City of Dayton garage and welding
shop, was rather grimy, and couldn't fly well. We thought it must have
hitchhiked on a delivery truck, as a roadrunner did several years ago in
Northern Ohio. However, we later found out one was seen in Darke County
in a farm field for a week, shortly before this one turned up in Dayton.
So is it the same bird or another one? It is now flying well, so we are
working with the Division of Wildlife and others to determine where it
came from, so we know where it should go for release. The mystery isn't
solved yet, so stay tuned."
A very nice photo is included in the newsletter, so if anyone is
interested in comparing the photos from the Darke County bird to this one,
just contact Betty Ross at the Glen Helen Ecology Institute and
undoubtedly, she'd be happy to help you get a newsletter. (937 769-1902).
John and Karen Shrader
Centerville, Ohio, USA
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