Sooty owl in Bunya Mountains

I was interested to read Laurie Knight’s comments on the Bunya Mountains’ Sooty owl. More than 25 years ago we built one of the first homes on the top of the mountain and lived there for six years. We walked straight out of our house into the forest and, almost every day, walked through the fig that Laurie mentions. There was a Sooty owl in residence at that time although, strangely – considering that there were few people around in the late 80s – it was always much higher up. The owl became so familiar to us that I used to imitate its call as I approached – and it responded. Our daily conversations were quite a talking point. It must, of course, be a different owl today … possibly a grandchild of my owl … but it does appear that the territory is handed down from generation to generation. Bob Lake.