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------=_Part_324_5177360.1208437224450 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline What a difference from last year where on the Nocturnal Owl Survey by my place north of Antigonish, we found eight Barred Owls (including two between stops), 1 Great Horned and 4 Northern Saw-whets...this year, under ideal conditions (but two weeks earlier than last year's), we found four Barreds, and that's it (no, we did have a Horned silhouetted on a snag between stops). It would have only been three Barreds, but fortunately, at one stop I was looking directly at a spot where one came out of the woods and landed on a branch only a few metres from me...the picture I got is pretty cruddy, but at least it's a record. Despite all these years of working with owls, it still amazes me how silent they are. I would have never detected that bird had it not been in my line of sight at that moment. If I get a free evening, I may try again in two weeks...but this brings up an interesting question...if I do the survey a second time, and get different results, lower or higher, which one counts? Why? No bears this year, and only one porcupine. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_324_5177360.1208437224450 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>What a difference from last year where on the Nocturnal Owl Survey by my place north of Antigonish, we found eight Barred Owls (including two between stops), 1 Great Horned and 4 Northern Saw-whets...this year, under ideal conditions (but two weeks earlier than last year's), we found four Barreds, and that's it (no, we did have a Horned silhouetted on a snag between stops). It would have only been three Barreds, but fortunately, at one stop I was looking directly at a spot where one came out of the woods and landed on a branch only a few metres from me...the picture I got is pretty cruddy, but at least it's a record. Despite all these years of working with owls, it still amazes me how silent they are. I would have never detected that bird had it not been in my line of sight at that moment.</div> <div> </div> <div>If I get a free evening, I may try again in two weeks...but this brings up an interesting question...if I do the survey a second time, and get different results, lower or higher, which one counts? Why?</div> <div> </div> <div>No bears this year, and only one porcupine.<br><br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. </div> ------=_Part_324_5177360.1208437224450--
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