Date: 12/22/25 9:21 am From: Marilyn Westphal <mjwestph...> Subject: Re: Burrowing Owl in Asheville, NC, decades ago?
That’s correct. It was found across from the Asheville Mall where they were building another shopping area and were putting in landscaping. It was believed to have come up from FL on a landscaping truck.
Marilyn
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> On Dec 22, 2025, at 8:59 AM, Charlotte Goedsche <carolinabirds...> wrote:
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> Digging back into time, I vaguely recall that there was a Burrowing Owl in east Asheville in the early 2000's, and that it was thought to have been transported there by one of the trucks carrying construction materials for some big project. But don't take my word on this!
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> Charlotte Goedsche
> Brainerd, MN (formerly of AVL and Weaverville, NC)
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