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Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:56:12 -0500
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One more thing about this mistaken ID. There is, in addition to
Trautman's bird of 1947, a much older confirmed record of the great gray
owl from Ohio; a specimen, #16625 at the Ohio State Museum, from
Trumbull County, collected in November or December 1898.
        I caution folks not to count on eBird for historical records. Trautman,
who saw and reported the Starve Island bird, refused to count it on his
official state list of 1968 because he didn't have his shotgun the day
he saw it, nor was he aware of the Trumbull County specimen at the time.
Rob Harlan includes a nice photo of this bird in the fall 1992 issue of
the Ohio Cardinal, where he discusses it and six other old reports of
this species in the state.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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