Not a good picture I doubt its white throat the only bird on sibley’s app.with non gray beaks CROSS white throat & junco

This year a common crane was seen in January at Bosque del Apache in NM, in N Cal in late July/August,  near Fairfield, ID last seen November 20 and then one appears near Wilcox, AZ on November 27. With a travel distance of 100 to 200 miles per day, depending on thermals and glide ratios, it could easily cover the almost 1100 mile to Wilcox in seven days. I believe all these sightings are the same individual. Can’t wait for northbound migration. 

Dean Jones

Huachuca City, AZ

On Nov 26, 2020, at 5:39 PM, Jay Carlisle via groups.io <carlislejay@…> wrote:

Sorry for the slow reply (& happy thanksgiving 🦃).

Hard to say if more are breeding close by then a decade ago but this species is known to have undergone a MAJOR range expansion over the last 50+ years.  More details in the conservation blurb in the life history section on the All About Birds site (Barred Owl Life History, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) but their #s have almost certainly grown in Idaho in recent decades, & breeders have probably moved further south – making it easier for dispersing birds to reach us in winter.

Barred Owl Life History, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology The Barred Owl’s hooting call, “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” is a classic sound of old forests and treed swamps. But this attractive owl, with soulful brown eyes and brown-and-white-striped plumage, can also pass completely unnoticed as

On Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 6:13 PM, Ken Miracle via groups.io <chukar28@…> wrote:

Barred seem to be popping up all over the city in the last couple of years. Last year at Heron Cove off Park Center, at Shakespeare and at Barber Park and I heard also Hulls Gulch. What do you think Jay are they breeding close by now or just more of them migrating in for the winter?

On Nov 24, 2020, at 6:01 PM, Jay Carlisle via groups.io <carlislejay@…> wrote:

I had a walking (& socially-distanced) meeting this afternoon in the park and while chatting back at the cars @ 459pm, I noticed a Barred Owl fly in and land on a pine over the fence separating the park (along Ann Morrison Park drive not far past the speed bump/dip) from apartments to the N.

I snapped a “proof” pic from my cell phone – very zoomed in as we stayed far away.

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We’re lucky to get some cool owls visit in winter – as usual, I’ll ask people to keep their distance so we can minimize disturbance.  Even if the bird doesn’t exhibit obvious signs of stress, our presence can be & usually is stressful – especially if we get & stay close.  In fact, studies have shown that the many passers-by (frisbee golf, etc.) are usually much less disturbing than a birdwatcher or photographer standing still with lenses trained on the bird.

Thanks!  & hopefully this bird will linger for a while 🤞🤞

Jay

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Ken Miracle
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“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5

Hard to say if more are breeding close by then a decade ago but this species is known to have undergone a MAJOR range expansion over the last 50+ years.  More details in the conservation blurb in the life history section on the All About Birds site (Barred Owl Life History, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) but their #s have almost certainly grown in Idaho in recent decades, & breeders have probably moved further south – making it easier for dispersing birds to reach us in winter.