Hi Birders, After several years of periodic attempts we have not yet seen a Sooty Owl although we have heard them at several locations [but mainly south end of Lady Carrington at Royal National Park]. My husband soon has to undergo major surgery which will clip our wings for a quite a while so I am hoping to make one more attempt before this. Can anyone recommend a likely place to try? I know there is no definite place! We are quite prepared to stay over night so a reasonable distance from Sydney is fine. If this fails sometime next year when we are able again I will jump to fly to wherever seems the best place to try so interstate & further afield suggestions are very welcome too. Thank you! Jenny Stiles, Sydney
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Hi Jenny, We had some luck hearing them around Stanley Avenue in Kurrajong Heights. If you go to the park at the end of the road and listen for the falling bomb call, they may be within viewing distance. We never saw one ourselves, but then again, we never looked for them, since we weren’t keen on a walk in the wilderness at night. I should say that this would be a site of last resort. There must be easier places to spot it. I only mention it because I think it might be closer to you than other spots. The street backs up to the national park and there is a lovely patch of very wet forest next to it. There are often white phase Grey Goshawks and just about all the other possible owls there as well, with the exception of the Barking, which we never heard there. Peace, Kai
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