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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_13281_24980340.1204490451405 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cool. Some rodents are not identifiable to species by bones (e.g. White-footed and Deer Mice are not, as far as I know, separatable). I take apart the pellets from my nests all the time (or a student does). I haven't had much to add to distribution data, though I did get a Pygmy Shrew from Cape Breton...I think it was the fourth record at the time. Randy On 02/03/2008, P.L. Chalmers <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Hi there, > > Those who were interested in the recent exchange about owl > pellets, as I was, will be intrigued by this recent post to the Saskatchewan > Bird List. > > Cheers, > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax > * > ______________________________________________________________________________ > Subject: Wanted: owl nests > *From: "Poulin, Ray TPCS" <rpoulin AT cyr.gov.sk.ca> > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:00:54 -0600 > > I am looking to recruit a small army of people that like > birds. The > Royal Saskatchewan museum is initiating a provincial wide survey of > Saskatchewan's small mammals. Since humans tend to be terrible > mouse > trappers I am looking to improve my odds by using the best mouse > trappers...owls! As most of you know, a pair of Great Horned Owls > (or > any other owl species) will consume hundreds or thousands of small > mammals each nesting season. I am going to look through > regurgitated > owl pellets to determine the species of small mammals they are catching. > I suspect that with the help of Saskatchewan's naturalist types that it > will not be too difficult to find hundreds of owl nests and thereby > identify tens of thousands of small mammals. > > The hardest part of this job is finding lots of owl nests in lots of > different places. I really hope to cover much of the southern half > of > the province but I'm hoping we get the north represented too. This > is > where I would love to have your help. If you see an active owl > nest > (mostly great horned owls but any owls are good owls), could you please > send me a detailed note of its location. My plan is simply to go > visit > the nest once in June and collect the pellets...I will not be banding or > harassing or playing with the owls in anyway...I just want their puke! > > I'm hoping to set up a webpage on the museum's website so stay tuned for > more advertising. > > As the project progresses, I will be sure to keep everyone posted. > > Thanks > > Ray > > > > > Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_13281_24980340.1204490451405 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Cool.</div> <div> </div> <div>Some rodents are not identifiable to species by bones (e.g. White-footed and Deer Mice are not, as far as I know, separatable). I take apart the pellets from my nests all the time (or a student does). I haven't had much to add to distribution data, though I did get a Pygmy Shrew from Cape Breton...I think it was the fourth record at the time.</div> <div> </div> <div>Randy<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 02/03/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">P.L. Chalmers</b> <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div>Hi there,<br><br> Those who were interested in the recent exchange about owl pellets, as I was, will be intrigued by this recent post to the Saskatchewan Bird List.<br><br> Cheers,<br><br> Patricia L. Chalmers<br> Halifax<br><b>______________________________________________________________________________<br>Subject: Wanted: owl nests
From: "Poulin, Ray TPCS" <rpoulin AT cyr.gov.sk.ca><br> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:00:54 -0600<br><br><pre>I am looking to recruit a small army of people that like birds. The Royal Saskatchewan museum is initiating a provincial wide survey of Saskatchewan's small mammals. Since humans tend to be terrible mouse trappers I am looking to improve my odds by using the best mouse trappers...owls! As most of you know, a pair of Great Horned Owls (or any other owl species) will consume hundreds or thousands of small mammals each nesting season. I am going to look through regurgitated owl pellets to determine the species of small mammals they are catching. I suspect that with the help of Saskatchewan's naturalist types that it will not be too difficult to find hundreds of owl nests and thereby identify tens of thousands of small mammals. The hardest part of this job is finding lots of owl nests in lots of different places. I really hope to cover much of the southern half of the province but I'm hoping we get the north represented too. This is where I would love to have your help. If you see an active owl nest (mostly great horned owls but any owls are good owls), could you please send me a detailed note of its location. My plan is simply to go visit the nest once in June and collect the pellets...I will not be banding or harassing or playing with the owls in anyway...I just want their puke! I'm hoping to set up a webpage on the museum's website so stay tuned for more advertising. As the project progresses, I will be sure to keep everyone posted. Thanks Ray </pre></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all">Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_13281_24980340.1204490451405--
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