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Index of Subjects Hmm....no, the grey victim was smaller than a baby rabbit and the skull bone was gone, just the skin with ears still attached and a snout, all in shape and entrails remained. Now I am even more curious what killed it. The feet of the bird would be relative in size although my description of them was poor. My neighbour said a older grandchild had taken them away from his dog. They may be in the garage hung up somewhere. I may be able to get a photo at some point if he returns. I do think they were a small owl or hawk but I am not familiar with the birds various so I can't say. More hooting in the night. I would say a barred owl......I realise I can hear them now because my husband is a snorer, and he is now using the nose strips and they are working!! I can hear night sounds again....unless I start to snore! ha!! Marg, In White Point http://margmillard.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Lauff" <randy.lauff@gmail.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Boreal Birds moving south this winter > 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. >
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