[EBB Sightings] Skittish Burrowing owls

My understanding is that the pair of owls at Berkeley Marina are wintering 
birds.  My mother-in-law walks down there very regularly and says they only 
see them in winter, for at least 3 winters now.  She always tells us when 
they start seeing them.  And they stopped seeing them about a week 
ago.  For what it's worth...

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Laura Look
Pinole, CA


At 09:05 AM 4/5/2005, you wrote:
>Speaking of the Berkeley Marina (Cesar Chavez Park)
>burrowing owl(s), I was out both Sunday and yesterday
>and the usual perch was empty. The place was crawling
>with ground squirrels, however. They wouldn't have
>driven the owls away, would they? They are certainly
>big enough to intimidate birds of that size. Has
>anyone else seen the marina bird(s) lately?