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Index of Subjects Helene, do they eat that head or do they spit it out? and eat the remaining? Marg Millard, White Point, Queens http://margmillard.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helene Van Doninck" <hvandoninck@eastlink.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 10:41 AM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Barred Owl > Hi Heather, I frequently have barred owls in for rehabilitation, and they > always take the head first, no matter what I feed them. We have recently > installed cameras in our flight cages and the behaviour we are seeing is > amazing, including eating activities. > > Helene > Helene Van Doninck DVM > Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre > Truro, NS > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca > [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Heather Drope > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:36 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Barred Owl > > > Hello , my friend Dianne from Wentworth Station, Cumb.Co. was in for a > visit yesterday and she mentioned a Barred owl that she has seen > hanging around her home (she had lunch while watching it go up and > down a branch on the far side of her house) and the house parent at the > International Hostel three properties down has woken up in the morning, > looked out her kitchen window to experience the owl on a branch very > close to the house. > Dianne does a lot of hiking and skiiing up on the mountain trails above > her house and this time she was taking her dog for a walk. Something > made her look up while in a woodsy part of the walk and the B.owl was > right above her. She said it then did move off a bit. She continued her > loop and on the way back, in that same spot, came apon a freshly killed > rabbit with the head missing. Also nearby on a fallen branch, there was > blood too. > She had to carry her dog out of there as the dog wanted lunch too. That > was a magnet for the fox terrier and later that night the dog came home > with the kill. > What I think was interesting was the missing head, thinking back to the > photograph that some of us looked at that had bones and stuff in it. Are > Barred owls always taking the head first? > In anycase Dianne will try and watch for nesting spots for the Barred owl > and will report it back to me if she spots it. Her late husband > participated > in the first Breeding Bird Survey and she is aware of the importance of > the sightings.Heather Drope in Halifax >
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