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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00F4_01C87F8A.DB37C9E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am I correct that most owls hunt at night rather than in the daytime. I = always had the idea that the Great Gray Owl hunted in the daytime, but = most other owls could see better at night. I do know that people who = set snares for rabbits usually find that crows will eat more of the = rabbits they catch than owls will - probably because there are so many = more crows around than there are owls to tend their snares for them. It = has been several years since I saw an owl. Roland ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Randy Lauff=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:54 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Barred Owl On 05/03/2008, Heather Drope <heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:=20 Hello ... Are Barred owls always taking the head first? Many owls eat the head first, I don't know if Barred Owls do = this...Bernard Forsythe or Harry Brennan have looked in a lot of Barred = Owl nests, and would be the ones to consult. It's not abundantly clear why they're doing this...at the recent owl = conference I attended, a few of us discussed this but came to no simple = answer. =20 Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS.=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.6/1315 - Release Date: = 3/6/2008 9:07 AM ------=_NextPart_000_00F4_01C87F8A.DB37C9E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Am I correct that most owls hunt at = night rather=20 than in the daytime. I always had the idea that the Great Gray Owl = hunted in the=20 daytime, but most other owls could see better at night. I do know = that=20 people who set snares for rabbits usually find that crows will eat more = of the=20 rabbits they catch than owls will - probably because there are so many = more=20 crows around than there are owls to tend their snares for them. It = has=20 been several years since I saw an owl.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roland</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Drandy.lauff@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">Randy=20 Lauff</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 06, 2008 = 11:54=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Barred = Owl</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=3Dgmail_quote>On 05/03/2008, <B = class=3Dgmail_sendername>Heather=20 Drope</B> <<A onclick=3D"return = top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"=20 href=3D"mailto:heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca"=20 target=3D_blank>heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca</A>> wrote:</SPAN>=20 <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dgmail_quote=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: = #ccc 1px solid">Hello=20 ... Are Barred owls always taking the head first?</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><BR>Many owls eat the head first, I don't know if Barred = Owls do=20 this...Bernard Forsythe or Harry Brennan have looked in a lot of = Barred Owl=20 nests, and would be the ones to consult.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It's not abundantly clear why they're doing this...at the recent = owl=20 conference I attended, a few of us discussed this but came to no = simple=20 answer.<BR> <BR>Randy<BR>_________________________________<BR>RF=20 Lauff<BR>Way in the boonies of<BR>Antigonish County, NS. </DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free = Edition. <BR>Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.6/1315 - = Release Date:=20 3/6/2008 9:07 AM<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00F4_01C87F8A.DB37C9E0--
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