Re: [Maine-birds] Northern Hawk Owl in Lincoln - NO

I too, drove to Lincoln today to look for the owl - with no luck. I was
there from about 12:30-3:30 pm and ran into 3 other birders also looking.
We searched pretty extensively from I95 to Rte 2, down each of the side
roads, the Airport Road and all dirt pull-offs as well as a couple of miles
in each direction down Rte 116 and Rte 2 over the 3 hour period I was there.

It was very mild - 50 degrees, so perhaps he wasn't as hungry to find
warming calories today and was holed up in the trees some place away from
roads and open fields.

Best of luck to the next searchers.

- Margaret Viens
Waterville


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From: "Ellen Campbell" <ellenrc@myfairpoint.net>
To: "Maine Birds List" <maine-birds@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 5:01 PM
Subject: [Maine-birds] Northern Hawk Owl in Lincoln


I finished a big project today, so decided a birding trip was my reward. I
drove to Lincoln hoping to see the Northern Hawk Owl, but no luck. On the
return trip down Route 2 just before the golf course, I saw a pale colored
dead bird on the shoulder of the northbound lane. Fearing it could be my
target, I stopped to see that it was indeed an owl, badly damaged. I
believe it was a Barred Owl, as I couldn't detect any dark feathers at the
side of the face. He did seem small, though.

In the Penobscot, in Passadumkeag by the public boat launch, were 65 Common
Goldeneyes.

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