Mike, Found this link (http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v104n02/p0312-p0320.pdf) on web some years back after I recorded a Barn Owl NFC early December over my house in Gaithersburg, MD. Not sure how applicable it is to your locale in TX. I have probably picked up 4-5 Barn Owls in as many years. Either in the late Nov-early Dec time period or March. Never Sep-Oct or Apr-May. I presume they are migrants as I don't live in very favorable habitat (very suburban) for Barn Owls. There are however a few remnant silos near me that are kept in more of a decorative than functional state. Guess they could host an owl but doubtful.
Hope this helps. Andy Martin Gaithersburg, MD On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Mike Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve been getting these at 3 of our stations here in Texas. I just > chalked it up to resident birds but last night I got 2 over the house in > the city. I have never heard them here. It’s very possible, of course, > that it’s just a non-migrant. But you would think that I would get them > regularly if so. But they are always just sporadic one-offs. > > And while we are at it.....is this an Upland Sandpiper? I get a lot of > these and I just want to make sure I have it right. > > BTW, it was a return to 200+ calls last night here in Austin....just as > woodcreeper.com site might suggest for last night. > > -Mike Farmer > -- > *NFC-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
