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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_32492_2747679.1195912033827 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 23/11/2007, Margaret E.Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> wrote: . > I found a small charcoal grey creature, not a star-nosed mole....but maybe > something a bit bigger and blockier. The body was missing, just the head > from behind the ears out to the snout and the complete digestive system. No > tail, no feet, no more fur and no mess, to speak of. Perhaps a juvenile rabbit? This was likely not an owl kill - they preferentially eat the head. ...and in the morning found what was I think might be the remains of a > Saw-whet Owl. I am not sure. > > What we found were 2 crows trying to pull apart the two legs still > attached to each other...Oh, the claws were yellowish in colour. Quite heavy > and gnarly. One wouldn't describe the claws of a SW Owl as being "heavy and gnarly". Perhaps it was a larger owl...GH Owls can take any of the others. Do they mate at this time of the year rather than the spring? Nope. Any hooting/tooting you're hearing now is likely territorial, or perhaps to maintain a pair bond for the residents. Mating calls tend to start in February-March. Is that why I am hearing the calling or are they gregarious ... A few species are gregarious in winter, the Long/Short Eared Owls are best known for this. In several presentations at the recent World Owl Conference, people showed photos of communal roosts of Long-eared Owls...*in* towns, often in deciduous trees. You can imagine the number of droppings and pellets that 30 LE Owls in one tree could drop! This creates just as much animosity for these owls as pigeons do in our downtowns. Education seems to be working though. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_32492_2747679.1195912033827 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 23/11/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Margaret E.Millard</b> <mmillard@eastlink.ca> wrote:</span> <div> </div> <div> </div><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">.<br>I found a small charcoal grey creature, not a star-nosed mole....but maybe something a bit bigger and blockier. The body was missing, just the head from behind the ears out to the snout and the complete digestive system. No tail, no feet, no more fur and no mess, to speak of. </blockquote> <div> </div> <div>Perhaps a juvenile rabbit? This was likely not an owl kill - they preferentially eat the head.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">...and in the morning found what was I think might be the remains of a Saw-whet Owl. I am not sure.<br><br> What we found were 2 crows trying to pull apart the two legs still attached to each other...Oh, the claws were yellowish in colour. Quite heavy and gnarly.</blockquote> <div> </div> <div>One wouldn't describe the claws of a SW Owl as being "heavy and gnarly". Perhaps it was a larger owl...GH Owls can take any of the others.</div> <div> </div><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Do they mate at this time of the year rather than the spring?</blockquote> <div> </div> <div>Nope. Any hooting/tooting you're hearing now is likely territorial, or perhaps to maintain a pair bond for the residents. Mating calls tend to start in February-March.</div><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Is that why I am hearing the calling or are they gregarious ...</blockquote></div> <div><br>A few species are gregarious in winter, the Long/Short Eared Owls are best known for this. In several presentations at the recent World Owl Conference, people showed photos of communal roosts of Long-eared Owls...*in* towns, often in deciduous trees. You can imagine the number of droppings and pellets that 30 LE Owls in one tree could drop! This creates just as much animosity for these owls as pigeons do in our downtowns. Education seems to be working though. </div> <div> </div> <div> <br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. </div> ------=_Part_32492_2747679.1195912033827--
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