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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_CBTWzG73w1udPAqu00+BVA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Sally and Mick O'Neill live at Ayleford, I believe. Hi, Sally and Mick. Sorry I didn't see this until today. No, I think it highly unlikely that your cats. Barred owls are opportunists on almost anything that is animal, but only up to the size of a robin or woodpecker usually; animals they will eat include earthworms, beetles, fishes, frogs, salamanders, snakes, various birds up to the sizes mentioned, and a variety of small mammals up to squirrel size -- I don't know about larger mammals like hares? or young groundhogs/woodchucks? Ask Bernard Forsythe the next time you see him, or phone him at 542-2427. He and Mark Elderkin collaborated on a very enlightening study of the owls and their prey in nest-boxes back in the mid to late 1980s? (M.Sc. thesis at Acadia Biology for Mark, who now works at Dept. of Nat. Resources in Kentville). Cheers from Jim ---------- From: mickandsally@xcountry.tv Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:48:52 -0300 To: 'Jim Wolford' <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Subject: Barred owl update Update. The barred owl has a mate and young. I saw one baby out on the lawn with parents last night around 8pm. I startled them a bit, trying to shoo the little one away from the road. They flew at me and hooted a few times. Pretty amazing to see, but I=B9m still wondering about my pets. They are larg= e enough to seriously hurt my cats but would they go after bigger animals lik= e that, especially considering that they have young to protect? -----Original Message----- From: mickandsally@xcountry.tv [mailto:mickandsally@xcountry.tv] Sent: June 7, 2007 10:04 AM To: 'Jim Wolford' Subject: would a barred owl attack a cat? Hi Jim,=20 Mick and I have a row of large old maples in front of our house. For the past 2 months a large barred owl comes almost every evening and spends several hours there. We don=B9t know if it=B9s male or female, we=B9ve seen it with rather large kill, and I=B9ve noticed it eyeing our cats. Have you ever heard of a Barred owl taking a cat? Sally=20 --Boundary_(ID_CBTWzG73w1udPAqu00+BVA) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>FW: Barred owls nesting at Aylesford</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Sally and Mick O'Neill live at Ayleford, I believe.<BR> <BR> Hi, Sally and Mick. Sorry I didn't see this until today. No, I = think it highly unlikely that your cats. Barred owls are opportunists = on almost anything that is animal, but only up to the size of a robin or woo= dpecker usually; animals they will eat include earthworms, beetles, fishes, = frogs, salamanders, snakes, various birds up to the sizes mentioned, and a v= ariety of small mammals up to squirrel size -- I don't know about larger mam= mals like hares? or young groundhogs/woodchucks? Ask Bernard Forsythe = the next time you see him, or phone him at 542-2427. He and Mark Elder= kin collaborated on a very enlightening study of the owls and their prey in = nest-boxes back in the mid to late 1980s? (M.Sc. thesis at Acadia Biology fo= r Mark, who now works at Dept. of Nat. Resources in Kentville). <BR> <BR> Cheers from Jim<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>mickandsally@xcountry.tv<BR> <B>Date: </B>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:48:52 -0300<BR> <B>To: </B>'Jim Wolford' <jimwolford@eastlink.ca><BR> <B>Subject: </B>Barred owl update<BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Update. The barred owl has a mate and you= ng. I saw one baby out on the lawn with parents last night around 8pm. I sta= rtled them a bit, trying to shoo the little one away from the road. They fle= w at me and hooted a few times. Pretty amazing to see, but I=B9m still wonderi= ng about my pets. They are large enough to seriously hurt my cats but would = they go after bigger animals like that, especially considering that they hav= e young to protect?</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT>-----Original Message-----<BR> <B>From:</B> mickandsally@xcountry.tv [mailto:mickandsally@xcountry.tv] <BR= > <B>Sent:</B> June 7, 2007 10:04 AM<BR> <B>To:</B> 'Jim Wolford'<BR> <B>Subject:</B> would a barred owl attack a cat?</FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Hi J= im,</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"> Mick and I have a row of large old maple= s in front of our house. For the past 2 months a large barred owl comes almo= st every evening and spends several hours there. We don=B9t know if it=B9s male = or female, we=B9ve seen it with rather large kill, and I=B9ve noticed it eyeing = our cats. Have you ever heard of a Barred owl taking a cat?</FONT></FONT> <B= R> <BR> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Sally</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_CBTWzG73w1udPAqu00+BVA)--
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