The owl site in Short Hills P.P is located about 9 km south east of the Owl Rehabilitation Foundation. Yesterday a Great Grey Owl (x-rays taken yesterday showed it to be one of the three escapes) was hit and killed by a car on Fourth Avenue Louth in the 15 mile creek valley about 3.5 km east of the Owl Rehabilitation Foundation. It is not clear if this bird is the same bird as the one seen on Short Hills on December 27, or is one of the other two escaped birds. If indeed it is a different bird then it is to be hoped the Short Hills bird will not be exposed to unreasonable human disturbance.
In early December a Great Gray Owl was reported in Short Hills P.P,
in the same area as described in the recent posting on ONTBIRDS by Doug
Woodard. . When Kayo Roy and I were informed of the early December bird
we notified Kay Mckeever, the head of the Owl Rehabilitation Foundation,
located in Jordan, not far from Short Hills P.P. She informed us that
in the last week of September three convalescing Great Gray Owls escaped
from the Owl Rehabilitation Foundation . They escaped during a heavy
storm which blew a large tree down across their cage.
