there are at least two extant specimens of *B.v. wapacuthu* from massachusetts, and apparently there was quite a "flight" of these in 1917-19 (Bull 1964; Veit and Petersen 1993))
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:23 AM Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote: > 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://www.flickr.com/photos/larrybird13/ > > Good birding, > > Larry Scacchetti > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave< > http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive< > http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- Richard R. Veit Professor, Biology CSI/CUNY 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 718-982-4144 fax 718-982-3852 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
