Date: 12/22/25 6:15 am From: Steve <sshultz...> Subject: Re: Burrowing Owl in Asheville, NC, decades ago?
Yep. I recall the same.
And while the Florida birds may be sedentary from a migration perspective, they certainly can and do get around using human derived transportation. For example, they sometimes ride cruise ships.
I suspect that with reports being coastal and in shipping ports, that may be a reasonable explanation.
Steve Shultz
> 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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