As I finished teaching my Ecology class at Ohio Dominican this morning, one of our Public Safety officers came in and said there was a dead hawk on campus. They had just seen it while driving around, so he and I walked over to where it was. As we were getting close to a grove of pine trees, I mentioned to him that we had found a Barred Owl there in December (which I reported to this list), and then I looked down and realized that the reported dead bird was in fact a Barred Owl, and probably the same owl we had seen. There were no obvious signs of trauma, it was on its back in the snow, and didn't seem to have been dead very long. It maybe seemed a little thin, but we'll know more about its condition when it's prepared as a specimen to add to our teaching collection. A sad find, but hopefully some good can come out of it through using it for future education of students.

Blake Mathys


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Blake Mathys, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science

Ohio Dominican University

Office: Sansbury Hall 213 

Office Phone: (614) 251-4527

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> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 14:53:46 -0500
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> This is Ohio Dominican's final exam week, so I suggested a short on-campus excursion for our university birding club (a chance to relax in the middle of studying/grading). Our hope was to find any roosting owls on campus. We visited a few likely places, and were fortunate to find one Barred Owl in a group of evergreen trees. I was very happy with this result, since we only spent about an hour in our search. Picture here:
http://blakemathys.com/campusbarred.html
> Blake Mathys
                                          
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