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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_1377_14743689.1204843010072 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Work by Graham Martin in Europe covers owl vision quite well. Owls have more rods (low-light sensitive receptors) than cones (colour, bright-light receptors), making their vision better at night than in the daytime. However, their daytime vision is about on par with that of pigeons (which is worst than that of humans). Martin's work was largely done on the Tawny Owl, a nocturnal bird. Roland is correct in that most owls do hunt at night. However, a surprising number also hunt during the day. On 06/03/2008, Roland McCormick <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > 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 > > > > Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_1377_14743689.1204843010072 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Work by Graham Martin in Europe covers owl vision quite well. Owls have more rods (low-light sensitive receptors) than cones (colour, bright-light receptors), making their vision better at night than in the daytime. However, their daytime vision is about on par with that of pigeons (which is worst than that of humans). Martin's work was largely done on the Tawny Owl, a nocturnal bird.</div> <div> </div> <div>Roland is correct in that most owls do hunt at night. However, a surprising number also hunt during the day.<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 06/03/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Roland McCormick</b> <roland.mccormick@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 bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Roland</font></div> <blockquote style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div> </div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_1377_14743689.1204843010072--
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