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Owl's on St.John?

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:04 pm
by Joppa
I swore I heard an Owl last year but I can't find anything that says there is an Owl species on the Island. Does anyone know if there are indeed Owl's on St.John.

Thanks

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:31 pm
by loria

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:38 pm
by lazylane
I adore owls, their sound is so calming to me. We have them almost nightly here.

found this on Wikipedia:
There are 195 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Virgin Islands.

Puerto Rican Screech-Owl Megascops nudipes
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus (A)

and this from the NPS and it states the Puerto Rican Screech owl has gone unreported and could be expirated from the area:

http://www.nps.gov/viis/naturescience/u ... rdlist.pdf

Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:52 am
by Joppa
Thanks for the links. Following those links I was able to listen to their calls and determine it was Not the PR Screech owl,it probably was the short eared owl.
We are staying in a different area this year but will be listening for an owl.
Lazylane we hear them here in NH too. I've seen them several times and I love them.

Thanks