[NatureNS] Saw-whet Owls at Grand Manan!

Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:18:50 -0400
From: Brian Dalzell <aythya@nb.sympatico.ca>
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You're right.  I'm wrong.    :-[    Sleep deprivation.  See you Sunday, 
I'm coming on your field trip. 

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Randy Lauff wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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.

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