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From: mikeb@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Mike Burger)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Saw-whet Owls
Keywords: owls
Message-ID: <4698@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 30 Aug 89 19:59:01 GMT
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	In response to a question about the types of trees near
where the family of Saw-whet owls nested and raised a family:
	In Ponca City we had mostly Elms, Oaks and Maples. Very
few evergreens.  Ponca City is right on the Arkansas River as
is Tulsa.  It is possible that the river bank habitat with
its fairly heavy woods created a winding extension of
suitable range for this bird through the flat grasslands
and wheat fields.  Ponca City has a lot of trees and is
somewhat "attached" to the river bank habitat.  The owls
were in a neighborhood with lots of trees and very close
to a small drainage ditch that ran eventually into the Arkansas
River a few miles away.
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