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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_29342_1243562.1195747302900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 22/11/2007, Margaret E.Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > I am curious about these owls. ..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. Large owls do eat smaller owls. There are other predators of small owls as well. Many birders in your area should be able to identify the calls for you, if necessary. 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. As far as I know, there is no one else in NS working on owls other than Susann Myers and me <http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/research/Owls.html>. Susann coordinates the owl surveys in Cape Breton, and is compiling data on abundance and distribution. There are many volunteers for the Nocturnal Owl Survey <http://www.bsc-eoc.org/national/nationalowls.html>. There are some serious hobbiests, and some casual hobbiests who have nest boxes set out for owls. Full-grown rabbits are prey largely for the Great Horned Owl, and nothing else. Even though the Barred Owl is close to the same size as the GHOW, they typically go for smaller stuff, including part-grown rabbits. One of my Boreal Owls had a partial right dentary (a lower jawbone) from a juvenile hare in its nest...but that's about the size limit for that species. Saw-whets are small mammal specialists (not just rodents), but one of my nests had the remains from eleven sparrows in it. Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_29342_1243562.1195747302900 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 22/11/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Margaret E.Millard</b> <mmillard@eastlink.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I am curious about these owls. ..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. </blockquote> <div> </div> <div>Large owls do eat smaller owls. There are other predators of small owls as well. Many birders in your area should be able to identify the calls for you, if necessary.</div><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">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. </blockquote> <div> </div> <div>As far as I know, there is no one else in NS working on owls other than Susann Myers and me. Susann coordinates the owl surveys in Cape Breton, and is compiling data on abundance and distribution. There are many volunteers for the Nocturnal Owl Survey. There are some serious hobbiests, and some casual hobbiests who have nest boxes set out for owls.</div> <div> </div> <div>Full-grown rabbits are prey largely for the Great Horned Owl, and nothing else. Even though the Barred Owl is close to the same size as the GHOW, they typically go for smaller stuff, including part-grown rabbits. One of my Boreal Owls had a partial right dentary (a lower jawbone) from a juvenile hare in its nest...but that's about the size limit for that species. Saw-whets are small mammal specialists (not just rodents), but one of my nests had the remains from eleven sparrows in it. </div><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. </blockquote></div> ------=_Part_29342_1243562.1195747302900--
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