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Index of Subjects I am curious about these owls. I am hearing them from time to time at night (well usually about 4:30 to 5:30 in the morning) here in close proximately to my home in White Point Queens Co.. I know we have seen them very rarely, but occasionally, at night driving home. The usually open (to some extent) bedroom window is right by my head and I can hear them move through the yard, I hear their wings whispering. I would say from the calls I have two, at least, different owls; one might be a saw whet (very small) and the other is big. I think I found the remains of a saw whet. Is there anyone here abouts working on owls? I assume they are coming in looking for rodents and the bunnies White Point Beach resort is so famous for. The bunnies are moving out and 2 - 3 have moved up here. . http://margmillard.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Lauff" <randy.lauff@gmail.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Boreal Birds moving south this winter > Regarding the owls: > > Not only are banding stations getting high numbers, most are getting > *record > * high numbers. Although the crash of rodents occurred after this year's > breeding season in Ontario, the crash occurred earlier here (I monitor > small > mammals as part of my research), so we did not see a good breeding season > for the small owls here. > > Two nights ago, at my place, I broadcasted the call of a Saw-whet and had > at > least three responses (1 sighting, two auditory). Last night I tried > again...nothing. Weather permitting, I'll try again this weekend, perhaps > with the Boreal call as well (though it is distinctly un-Boreal in my > area...one never knows). > > So next year, I predict a better breeding season than this one, but > starting > later. In two years, we should see our peak. We'll see. > > > >> Randy >> _________________________________ >> RF Lauff >> Way in the boonies of >> Antigonish County, NS. >> >
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