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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_IWObT3uWxKQSCct1foz9Aw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi Randy and all Gary Murray and I did some owling in the Kenzieville and French River squares in Pictou Co last night. We saw 3 Porcupines er route so they must be quite active. We only had one pair of Barred Owls, but it was nice hearing them dueting form across a valley. It was just on zero last night and there was a lot of flowing water. I could not bump a few earlier owls observations to a higher breeding code, Bummer. Will have to try again. This morning I atlassed in the Battery Lake square and was quite happy to hear a display call from Greater Yellowlegs from a sprucey boggy area near one of the lakes. I did not visually observe the bird, but they have nested in nearby squares other years so there is a good probability they will nest near the Battery Lake- a good record for the Antigonish area. The area was full of singing Palm and Yellow-rumped warblers as well as Ruby-crowned Kinglets. These are likely some of the most common nesting birds in the area. A male Surf Scoter was on Taylor Lake. Likely touched down for a rest during migration. The ducks I saw paired up were Blacks, Ring- Necked and Common Mergansers. I think I flushed a Black from a nest, but I could not find it with a quick look so I backed away. It is easier to count the young when they hatch out. I saw a Mourning Cloak and one of the Sulfurs? It was a yellowish butterfly but I did not get a great look. A very nice day on Pictou Co. with more to come! cheers Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Randy Lauff To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 9:10 AM Subject: [NatureNS] 2nd Nocturnal Mammal Survey results (and owls too) All, Last night I did my second Nocturnal Owl Survey (Guysborough to Antigonish Counties) with a couple of students. We had seven Porcupine (most en route to Stop 1, in the fields enjoying green grass), two Snowshoe Hare and four White-tailed Deer. Non-owl birds on the survey included one Woodcock and one Common Loon. Owl: 5 Barred, 2 Great Horned, several unknowns (the auditorially-enhanced students could hear them, I couldn't!) and a possible Long-eared (I have to review the CD again...it wasn't the single hoot call, rather it was the barking call that I first interpreted as an odd duck). No Saw-whets at all. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. --Boundary_(ID_IWObT3uWxKQSCct1foz9Aw) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Randy and all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary Murray and I did some owling in the Kenzieville and French River squares in Pictou Co last night. We saw 3 Porcupines er route so they must be quite active. We only had one pair of Barred Owls, but it was nice hearing them dueting form across a valley. It was just on zero last night and there was a lot of flowing water. I could not bump a few earlier owls observations to a higher breeding code, Bummer. Will have to try again. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This morning I atlassed in the Battery Lake square and was quite happy to hear a display call from Greater Yellowlegs from a sprucey boggy area near one of the lakes. I did not visually observe the bird, but they have nested in nearby squares other years so there is a good probability they will nest near the Battery Lake- a good record for the Antigonish area. The area was full of singing Palm and Yellow-rumped warblers as well as Ruby-crowned Kinglets. These are likely some of the most common nesting birds in the area. A male Surf Scoter was on Taylor Lake. Likely touched down for a rest during migration. The ducks I saw paired up were Blacks, Ring-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Necked and Common Mergansers. I think I flushed a Black from a nest, but I could not find it with a quick look so I backed away. It is easier to count the young when they hatch out. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I saw a Mourning Cloak and one of the Sulfurs? It was a yellowish butterfly but I did not get a great look. A very nice day on Pictou Co. with more to come!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=randy.lauff@gmail.com href="mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">Randy Lauff</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 07, 2007 9:10 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] 2nd Nocturnal Mammal Survey results (and owls too)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>All,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Last night I did my second Nocturnal Owl Survey (Guysborough to Antigonish Counties) with a couple of students. We had seven Porcupine (most en route to Stop 1, in the fields enjoying green grass), two Snowshoe Hare and four White-tailed Deer. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Non-owl birds on the survey included one Woodcock and one Common Loon.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Owl: 5 Barred, 2 Great Horned, several unknowns (the auditorially-enhanced students could hear them, I couldn't!) and a possible Long-eared (I have to review the CD again...it wasn't the single hoot call, rather it was the barking call that I first interpreted as an odd duck). No Saw-whets at all. </DIV> <DIV><BR>Randy<BR>_________________________________<BR>RF Lauff<BR>Way in the boonies of<BR>Antigonish County, NS. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_IWObT3uWxKQSCct1foz9Aw)--
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