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Re: (meteorobs) Owls

Hi Wes,

Yes, Medford, Oregon area. I like to go up to a spot in the Siskiyou
Mountains near Mt Ashland along the California border. It's about 5,000 feet
and very dark, but only accessible in the summer due to snow.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wesley Stone" <wes_stone@lycos.com>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Owls


> I often see and hear Barn Owls during astronomy sessions.  Great Horned
Owls and Killdeer are fairly common as well.  Last night also featured a
couple of midnight songs from a White-crowned Sparrow, flight calls from
Yellow-rumped Warblers, and some unidentified night noises.
>
> Barn Owls are pale underneath; occasionally, I'll catch one in my
peripheral vision and briefly mistake it for a weird, slow nebulous meteor.
I've only mistaken a meteor for a Barn Owl once, though, and that was only
for a brief second before the Earthgrazing Leonid flew over my head and
suddenly brightened to a -8 terminal burst! (In 1999)
>
> One time in summer, up at Larch Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge, I
heard a Barred Owl calling and amused myself by calling back to it.  This
went on for awhile, and then the owl stopped.  I figured it had given up,
until I caught the dark form hovering silently above me.  Gave me the
willies.
>
> Michael, where are you observing from? Over in the Medford area?
>
> Clear skies,
>
> --
> Wes Stone
> Chiloquin, OR
> http://skytour.homestead.com
>
> --------- Original Message ---------
>
> DATE: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:23:39
> From: "Michael Clark" <mrclark@internetcds.com>
> To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
> Cc:
>
> >I, too, have had an owl make an very low pass over my head while
observing
> >here in southern Oregon! We were up in the mountains watching the
Perseids a
> >few years ago. It was close enough to briefly obscure a large part of the
> >sky.
> >
> >It was cloudy here at 3:45 this morning. By dawn, crystal clear...
> >
> >Michael Clark
> >
>
>
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