Larry I’ll be happy to examine and photograph these specimens if you think it would be helpful.
Paul Paul Sweet | Collection Manager | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941 > On Jan 25, 2021, at 10:23 AM, Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> > wrote: > > EXTERNAL SENDER > > > Hi Larry and all, > > That is certainly a striking looking owl and a candidate for B. v. > subarcticus (=wapacuthu in much 20th Century literature). > > Salzman (1998, in "Bull's Birds of New York State") cites three specimens of > Subarctic Great Horned Owl in NYS, from Erie, Bronx, and Suffolk Counties, > and mentions specimens from NJ and CT as well. > > In case you are considering writing this up for NYSARC and/or The Kingbird, > note that the date of the old Bronx specimen (AMNH 144845) is given as 15 Feb > 1910 by Salzman, but as 15 Feb 1919 by Parkes (who directly examined the > specimen, in his 1952 Cornell PhD dissertation). > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-125331055-3714...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-125331055-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Larry Scacchetti > [larrybird4...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 9:52 AM > To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Ferruginous Hawk and another state first > > Saturday, Justin Muratore and I located the FEHA on Onion Ave at 8:30 am. > The bird circle the field and perched in a tree very close to the road. It > offered amazing looks before heading East over the tree line towards Celery > Ave. > > The more amazing bits of the day, for me at least, was the adult subarcticus > Great Horned Owl. This subspecies as far as I can tell hasn’t been in the > lower 48 outside of MN. The bright with GHOW stood out like a sore thumb. > We sat there on the side of the road waiting for the line of speeding cars, > heading off the the next FEHA sighting, to pass and then we just had this > quiet moment watching this unreal visitor from the north. > > Photos of the owl, and hawk, can be seen here : > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Flarrybird13%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csweet%40amnh.org%7Cb4f1d0ad83ee48c92fb808d8c1451b49%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637471849851791235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=pvreQtLaGrhVjLDDcF36K%2BNKC%2FpAvkR3T2T9YdHFpSw%3D&reserved=0 > > Good birding, > > Larry Scacchetti > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and > Basics<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northeastbirding.com%2FNYSbirdsWELCOME.htm&data=04%7C01%7Csweet%40amnh.org%7Cb4f1d0ad83ee48c92fb808d8c1451b49%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637471849851791235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=0Pb%2BeTqSbaXtBkfDcTUESwzDKfgwhPYCgftqA4nDOfE%3D&reserved=0> > Rules and > Information<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northeastbirding.com%2FNYSbirdsRULES.htm&data=04%7C01%7Csweet%40amnh.org%7Cb4f1d0ad83ee48c92fb808d8c1451b49%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637471849851791235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=SPeoaxJW%2Bg0CWt3Pve%2Bg65M37QjY7kJYE8Dh%2FvgHPpA%3D&reserved=0> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northeastbirding.com%2FNYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm&data=04%7C01%7Csweet%40amnh.org%7Cb4f1d0ad83ee48c92fb808d8c1451b49%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637471849851801186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=x9JayRCiMVFgx6r7IbqND7jgOIx0PGHYsWHExrQtJBQ%3D&reserved=0> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fnysbirds-l%40cornell.edu%2Fmaillist.html&data=04%7C01%7Csweet%40amnh.org%7Cb4f1d0ad83ee48c92fb808d8c1451b49%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637471849851801186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=UsmonD%2BctE7noEhfGCKuVjsr3yLjVllXbN0Emkbt8P8%3D&reserved=0> > Surfbirds<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surfbirds.com%2Fbirdingmail%2FGroup%2FNYSBirds-L&data=04%7C01%7Csweet%40amnh.org%7Cb4f1d0ad83ee48c92fb808d8c1451b49%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637471849851801186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=YSXpEpdBei8rtAm8Cu2e5f8J%2B5bC%2F5nq1k3xdwIyBpA%3D&reserved=0> > ABA<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbirding.aba.org%2Fmaillist%2FNY01&data=04%7C01%7Csweet%40amnh.org%7Cb4f1d0ad83ee48c92fb808d8c1451b49%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637471849851801186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=COj4RVRya6E1lQ%2F1UZjtci1zajjansWm9YrSZGvmr1g%3D&reserved=0> > Please submit your observations to > eBird<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fcontent%2Febird%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csweet%40amnh.org%7Cb4f1d0ad83ee48c92fb808d8c1451b49%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637471849851801186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=UVYetxSU32N94uUboDXd3ZxFS%2B%2F67uZusLeTXjElXIc%3D&reserved=0>! 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