Fw: Fw: Eastern Barn Owl roosting in buildings

Dear all, Here is Steve Debus’ comment. Regards Shirley —– Original Message —– From: Stephen Debus To: Shirley Cook Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 9:49 AM Subject: Re: Fw: [Birding-Aus] Eastern Barn Owl roosting in buildings Hi Shirley, This matter has just been the subject of debate in the last two issues of Boobook (31(2) and 31(3), journal of BirdLife’s raptor special-interest group, the ARA), so if anyone comes up with hard evidence of Australian Barn Owls nesting in buildings, I’d greatly appreciate being in the loop too (as editor of Boobook). There are plenty of post-HANZAB references to Barn Owls roosting in buildings in Oz, e.g. the series of pellet analysis papers that Andrew Ley and I did from the Diamantina (last in AFO 27(4): 179-183, Dec. 2010, which cites the previous ones, including one in Corella 28: 40-42, 2004, on owls roosting in doggers’ huts in arid SA). Most of these, up to early 2009, are listed in my owl field guide (2009), which I believe is still available from e.g. Andrew Isles. That guide mentioned nesting in buildings (based on HANZAB), but we need better evidence. Cheers, Steve At 08:14 AM 18/12/13, you wrote: anther oje for you, Steve… —– Original Message —– From: “Niven” <mccrie@gmail.com> To: “Birding Aus” <birding-aus@vicnet.net.au> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 4:03 PM Subject: [Birding-Aus] Eastern Barn Owl roosting in buildings Hi all I’ve been trying – sans HANZAB – to find any papers or books providing data on the extent to which Barn Owls in Aus roost in buildings. If anyone can point me to such a reference, or has personal observations of their own that may help, I’d very much appreciate hearing from you. Many thanks Niven —– No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG – www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6925 – Release Date: 12/16/13 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG – www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6928 – Release Date: 12/17/13