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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_IWBsyEz4CClnqzwFWLyLOg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I don't think that the observation was made this past summer. I recall speaking to these folks over the phone several years back but not sure how or why they contacted me. I'm pretty sure that I called Ian about the likelihood of this actually being a GGOW at the time but we were both undecided. The timing of the report doesn't seem quite right - I've seen GGOW on a couple of occasions but always during the winter near Montreal where there are occasional "eruptions" of this species. Their description however was pretty convincing. Guess that we'll never know regarding this report. I did ask them to call me if they ever saw it again but never did hear back from them. Best wishes for a Happy Festive Season and lots of good birds in 2011!! Bob McDonald Halifax ----- Original Message ----- From: P.L. Chalmers To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: CBC Radio Noon - putative Gr. Gray Owl Just so that no-one is anxious about missing a chance to see this bird, it should be noted that the caller was not reporting a recent sighting - she saw it months ago. Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax At 05:13 PM 23/12/2010, you wrote: Wayne et alia: I didn't write down her name and phone number, although it was on screen as we responded. We get a lot of oddly described and unidentifiable birds on the phone-in and, in my opinion, it is risky to accept an even a reasonable description of an extreme rarity through that medium. Nevertheless, I am trying to trace the caller via CBC. Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren Quoting "Wayne P. Neily" <neilyornis@hotmail.com>: Hello all, Enjoyed your hour of radio birding as usual. Did you or any of the listeners on this list catch the full name or location of the observer of what sounded like a good Great Grey Owl record? It would be useful to document this for its distributional value. Wayne P. Neily Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia "Go forth, under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings." - William Cullen Bryant, 1817 [Thanatopsis]. --Boundary_(ID_IWBsyEz4CClnqzwFWLyLOg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18999"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I don't think that the observation was made this past summer. I recall speaking to these folks over the phone several years back but not sure how or why they contacted me. I'm pretty sure that I called Ian about the likelihood of this actually being a GGOW at the time but we were both undecided. The timing of the report doesn't seem quite right - I've seen GGOW on a couple of occasions but always during the winter near Montreal where there are occasional "eruptions" of this species. Their description however was pretty convincing. Guess that we'll never know regarding this report.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I did ask them to call me if they ever saw it again but never did hear back from them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Best wishes for a Happy Festive Season and lots of good birds in 2011!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bob McDonald</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Halifax</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca href="mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca">P.L. Chalmers</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 23, 2010 5:40 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Re: CBC Radio Noon - putative Gr. Gray Owl</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Just so that no-one is anxious about missing a chance to see this bird, it should be noted that the caller was <B>not</B> reporting a recent sighting - she saw it months ago.<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Patricia L. Chalmers<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Halifax<BR><BR><BR>At 05:13 PM 23/12/2010, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Wayne et alia:<BR><BR>I didn't write down her name and phone number, although it was on <BR>screen as we responded. We get a lot of oddly described and <BR>unidentifiable birds on the phone-in and, in my opinion, it is risky <BR>to accept an even a reasonable description of an extreme rarity <BR>through that medium. Nevertheless, I am trying to trace the caller via <BR>CBC.<BR><BR>Cheers, Ian<BR>Ian McLaren<BR><BR>Quoting "Wayne P. Neily" <neilyornis@hotmail.com>:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><BR>Hello all,<BR><BR>Enjoyed your hour of radio birding as usual. Did you or any of the <BR>listeners on this list catch the full name or location of the <BR>observer of what sounded like a good Great Grey Owl record? It <BR>would be useful to document this for its distributional value.<BR><BR><BR><BR> Wayne P. Neily<BR><BR>Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia<BR><BR><BR>"Go forth, under the open sky, and list<BR>To Nature's teachings." - William Cullen Bryant, 1817 [Thanatopsis].<BR></BLOCKQUOTE&g