Northern Pygmy-owl in Morgan

["Kristin Purdy" <kristinpurdy at comcast dot net>]

Didn't some Shakespearean birder say, "A pygmy-owl! A pygmy-owl!  My 
kingdom for a pygmy-owl!"?

I just got a call from Arnold Smith, who's participating in today's 
Morgan Christmas Count and is counting birds in his own backyard.  One 
of the birds he just counted is a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL.  

The Northern Pygmy-owl is the only owl species on Arnold's backyard bird 
list and this is the third time he's had one in his yard across many 
years of observation.  

It's unlikely this is the same bird as the one seen recently in East 
Canyon.  As the pygmy-owl flies, the two locations are approximately 8 
miles apart. 

And as for paraphrasing King Richard III, I think I'm the one who said 
that. 

Kris


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