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Index of Subjects Hi, Barn Owls are generally silent, or give a variety of rather non-specific hisses and screeches, which can sound like a lot of other night creatures. Therefore I would think that unless someone is extremely familiar with Barn Owl noises, it would be very hard to count or ID one on sound alone. Richard On 3/7/07, Steve Hawboldt <s.hawboldt@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Patricia, > I was listening to Bob Bancroft today when Bonnie Price from Smith's Cove > (near Digby) phoned in asking if she could have heard a barn owl. Bonnie was > a teaching colleague of mine which is why her name caught my attention. Of > course the possibility of a barn owl in Nova Scotia certainly did too. Tufts > notes only five records! I wonder. > Sharon Hawboldt, Belleisle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patricia L. Chalmers" <Patricia.Chalmers@ukings.ns.ca> > To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 6:23 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] Barn Owl Report on CBC Radio? > > > > Hi there, > > > > Was anyone listening to the phone-in today on CBC Radio One's Maritime > > Noon, with Bob Bancroft? I heard the latter part of a call from a woman > > who reported a Barn Owl in her area. (Yes, that's Barn, not Barred.) I > > had just tuned in so missed hearing the details, including her name, and > > where she was from, although I gathered that she had heard the distinctive > > call of the bird. The caller could have been anywhere in the Maritime > > Provinces. In any case, it would be a very rare bird in this region. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Patricia L. Chalmers > > Halifax > > > > > > P.S. It looks like there is a link to the broadcast at > > http://www.cbc.ca/maritimenoon/phonein.html, but it doesn't work for > > me. Perhaps others can listen to it. > > -- ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS B4N 4K9 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ###################
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