Damn, unfortunately there are no ebird choices for ssp of GHOW other than magellanic, so my info was solely of hawk watchers and owl banders. I also don’t know the sites to look up records from the early 1900’s. Thanks for all the info everyone!
Larry Scacchetti On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:46 AM Richard Veit <rrvei...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/2800+Victory+Boulevard+Staten+Island,+NY+10314?entry=gmail&source=g> > Staten Island, NY 10314 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/2800+Victory+Boulevard+Staten+Island,+NY+10314?entry=gmail&source=g> > 718-982-4144 > fax 718-982-3852 > -- > *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/ --
