[Birdtalk] Watch for Pygmy-owls

[David J. Allan]

Make that four Northern Pygmy-owls. I had great looks at one the  
afternoon of 11/16 near the mouth of Oak Creek Canyon in Millard  
County - just above Oak City.

David Allan
Oak City, Millard Co, UT



Quoting Kristin Purdy <kristinpurdy at comcast.net>:

> Birder-photographers have seen three different Northern Pygmy-owls in
> the last couple weeks:
>
> Randy Chatelain photographed one on the North Ogden Divide road, Ogden
> Valley side, Weber County, on Nov 3.
>
> Ryan Houston photographed this bird in Diamond Fork Canyon, Utah
> County, on Nov 15:
>
> http://www.utahbirds.org/birdsofutah/BirdsL-R/NorthernPygmyOwl2.htm
>
> Jack Binch reported one east of Kamas in Summit County on Nov 17.
>
> That's a pretty good number of sightings for one of our least common
> species of owls. Perhaps the sightings are indicative of a good winter
> for them at lower elevations like we had during the winter of 05-06.
> Keep your eyes peeled!
>
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