On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 9:44 AM Mark Bradtke <mabmrmc...> wrote:
> Happy New Year, Birders: > > Recent interesting article here on how Ireland is turning round its > decline in Barn Owls, thanks to Birdwatch Ireland, by installing nest boxes > in appropriate locations. > > This story focuses on a programme in County Cork, one of the counties in > the province of Munster - mentioned in the article - which stretches across > the most southern third of the island of Ireland: > > https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2021/0102/1187373-owl-population-rising/ > > > Mary > > On Jan 9, 2021, at 9:20 AM, Jack Smiley <jackrsmiley...> wrote: > > The former owners of the Conservancy Farm in Superior Township told me > that Barn Owls used to nest in the barn at the farm. They weren't sure of > the year when they last nested there. > > Jack Smiley > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 8:24 AM Susan Falcone <sfalcone...> wrote: > >> I growing up on Pontiac Trail in Ann Arbor I saw an occasional barn owl. >> >> The most "recent" one I have seen was in 1984--I was about halfway >> through a running race in Milan, and I found one that was a road-kill >> victim...was not there after the race when I went looking for it. >> >> Susan >> >> On Jan 8, 2021, at 7:45 PM, Jack Smiley <jackrsmiley...> wrote: >> >> Allen, >> >> Thanks for your first-hand account. I had never personally seen the owls >> and I can't remember who told me about them. >> >> Jack >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 7:40 PM Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> >> wrote: >> >>> Jack, >>> >>> I last saw that nesting pair of Barn Owls at Sterling State Park in >>> 1981. It was in an old silo that was torn down soon after that. If I >>> remember (lots of things have been reconfigured there) I think the location >>> was somewhere across the park road from the current park headquarters >>> buildings. >>> >>> Al Maley (now living in New Hampshire and Spain), installed a nesting >>> box on a wooden pole in the marsh area that I think the birds may have used >>> once or twice, but by 1982 or 1983 they were no longer being seen. >>> >>> Michigan has always been at the northern edge of the Barn Owl's range, >>> and it is sensitive to harsh, cold winters. Perhaps this is one of few >>> species that might temporarily benefit from a warming climate. >>> >>> Allen T. Chartier >>> Inkster, Michigan >>> Email: <amazilia3...> >>> Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ >>> Website/Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 7:32 PM Jack Smiley <jackrsmiley...> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> My recollection is that I heard that the last reported Barn Owl nesting >>>> site in Michigan was in Monroe County. The account in the Michigan >>>> Breeding Bird Atlas II appears to confirm that as it states that the >>>> breeding record was in either 1982 or 1983. >>>> >>>> https://naturecenter.org/Portals/0/MBBA/MBBAIIAccounts/A-E%20MBBAII%20Accounts/BNOW-2020.pdf?ver=2020-04-21-091704-380 >>>> >>>> I had heard that the nest site was in an old barn which was >>>> subsequently torn down by the DNR, but I never was able to confirm whether >>>> that report was accurate. >>>> >>>> Jack Smiley >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 6:26 PM Patrick Baize <pkbaize...> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Just saw a story on tv a girl scout is raising money to build erect >>>>> Barn Owl nest boxes in the Oxford, Michigan area. When was the last known >>>>> nesting of a Barn Owl in Michigan? I think this is a great story, I'm glad >>>>> that the young people of today are showing an interest in birds and >>>>> wildlife. >>>>> Pat B. 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