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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_6356_30409883.1227628851552 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Brian... It seems late to have a juvenile Saw-whet at this time of year, if by juvenile you mean plumaged as in http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/research/fairmont/22July7.jpg. What was it that you could see that led you to assigning it this age? Randy 2008/11/25 Brian Dalzell aythya@nb.sympatico.ca > ... > To make a long story short, I made 14 stops between 8:13 pm and midnight > and heard (and also saw!) a total of 15+ NORTHERN SAW-WHET > OWLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was like a crack addict searching for my next hit of > meth. It just kept getting better and better. At two stops I didn't hear > anything, but a three stops I had two Saw-whets each! I was actually > beginning to lose track of how many I had heard/seen. Never get tired of > hearing those little guys. Usually, within 30 seconds of playing my tape, I > had a response. > ...One juvenile bird allowed me to come with 15 feet while it intently > watched the ground below for meadow voles. It was only eight feet up. ... > Brian Dalzell > Bancroft Point > Grand Manan, NB. _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_6356_30409883.1227628851552 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Brian...</div> <div> </div> <div>It seems late to have a juvenile Saw-whet at this time of year, if by juvenile you mean plumaged as in http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/research/fairmont/22July7.jpg. What was it that you could see that led you to assigning it this age?</div> <div> </div> <div>Randy<br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/25 Brian Dalzell <span dir="ltr">aythya@nb.sympatico.ca</span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">...<br>To make a long story short, I made 14 stops between 8:13 pm and midnight and heard (and also saw!) a total of 15+ NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was like a crack addict searching for my next hit of meth. It just kept getting better and better. At two stops I didn't hear anything, but a three stops I had two Saw-whets each! I was actually beginning to lose track of how many I had heard/seen. Never get tired of hearing those little guys. Usually, within 30 seconds of playing my tape, I had a response.</blockquote> <div> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><span id=""></span>...One juvenile bird allowed me to come with 15 feet while it intently watched the ground below for meadow voles. It was only eight feet up. ...<font color="#888888"><br> Brian Dalzell<br>Bancroft Point<br>Grand Manan, NB.</font></blockquote></div><br> _________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> ------=_Part_6356_30409883.1227628851552--
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