Barn Owl
(Tyto alba)
Accepted:
9 May 1996 Belfast, Waldo Co. 1996-003 specimen #1052 at College of the Atlantic
9 August 2004 Albion, Kennebec Co. 2004-002 M. Scholz (ph.)
Unaccepted:
mid Aug 1981 Standish, Cumberland Co. 1981-002
Not yet reviewed (pending historical records and unsubmitted reports):
about 1900 Great Head, Bar Harbor, Hancock Co. 1900-xxx Palmer 1949 "pair"
4 Oct 1923 Biddeford, York Co. 1923-xxx Norton 1933 specimen?
26 Oct 1927 Portland, Cumberland Co. 1927-xxx Norton 1933 Haven 1927
10 or 11 Dec 1927 Mosher's I., Cumberland Co. 1927-xxx Norton 1933
15 Dec 1939 2 mi. E of Lincoln, Penobscot Co. 1939-xxx Palmer 1949 mounted specimen?
8 Dec 1945 Falmouth, Cumberland Co. 1945-xxx Palmer 1949 specimen?
25 Aug 1949 Bowdoinham, Cumberland Co. 1949-xxx M. F. Dunlap BMAS 6(1):12
18 May 1953 Falmouth, Cumberland Co. 1953-xxx Moulton Estate BMAS 9(3):67 (ph. Press Herald 19 May '53)
Jun 1960 Westbrook, Cumberland Co. 1960-xxx MBN 4(3):25; "pair nesting"
11 Jan 1961 Southwest Harbor, Hancock Co. 1961-xxx in Maine Field Observer; R. Mann
1 and 3 Oct 1990 Falmouth, Cumberland Co. 1990-xxx MBN 4(3):25 L. Woodard
28 Apr 1995 Pine Point, Cumberland Co. 1995-xxx MBN 9(1):7 G. Carson [says "8 previous records"]
15 Apr 1997 Saco, York Co. 1997-xxx MBN 11(1):6 K. Albaum [says "13th convincing...record"]
8 Sep 2011 Sand Beach, Bar Harbor, Hancock Co. 2011-xxx T. Linforth and T. Muzzy sight report fide R. MacDonald
BMAS = Bull. Maine Audubon Society
MBN = Maine Bird Notes
Barn Owl photographed 9 August 2004 at a barn in Albion, Kennebec Co.
This bird might have been present in the previous two years, starting in 2002.
Photo courtesy M. Scholz