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Hello Helene:
Thanks for your thoughtful communication. Appreciate your concern.
DNR was also alerted to the presence of this owl. If the owl were to be
re-located and found to be injured, they would take it to Shubie Park for
care. However, the owl has not been relocated again, but I will give you a
possible explanantion by Bernard Forsythe for the 'odd' behaviour of this
owl that day.
Bernard began to re-think the possibly 'stressed' Snowy Owl (Canard Valley)
situation again, and wonders if it was suffering from too much
chicken-carcass indulgence rather than any injury. Certainly its last
flight, although the flight was low, we noted was pretty strong. He found
out the next day that a farmer in the nearby neighbourhood had thrown out
dead chickens the morning of the sighting, and the owl may have over-stuffed
itself and needed time to digest everything. He remembers Cyril Coldwell
helping over-stuffed ravens suffering similar symptons at his Gaspereau
Vaklley feeding-station back in the 1980s. Cyril would just pick up the
birds that had difficulty getting airborne, and put them in cages for a day
or two until they recovered! Several people besides Bernard and Sandra, his
wife, have re-checked the area for the owl and not seen it again. Hopefully
it has recovered and is doing well.
Appreciate your concern.
Cheers,
Judy
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Judy Tufts
Wolfville
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-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Helene Van Doninck
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:10 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Snowy Owl in Port Williams
Hi Judy
If it is indeed injured and can be caught, Id be happy to look at it. Lots
of times first year birds are emaciated and that can render them incapable
of flight too. An elbow injury would be a bad thing though. Let me know if I
can help
Helene
Helene Van Doninck DVM
Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
RR#1 Brookfield Nova Scotia Canada B0N1C0 hvandoninck@eastlink.ca
www.cwrc.net
1-902-893-0253
-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Judy Tufts
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 10:02 PM
To: NatureNS
Subject: [NatureNS] Snowy Owl in Port Williams
I received a concerned call from a lady in Port Williams (Church St) today,
about the discovery of a very large owl on their farm property when she and
her husband drove into their driveway this afternoon. She and her husband
were fairly sure it was a Snowy Owl but why was it moving around resting
under shrubbery? possibly injured ? What to do?
I was lucky enough to find Bernard Forsythe home and we headed over there,
Bernard bringing along a large box in case the bird was indeed injured and
needed to be removed to go to DNR in the morning.
It did turn out to be a beautiful Snowy Owl sitting under a shrub - possibly
a first year(?) bird with its heavily marked dark spotted body and dark
crown. Although Bernard detected the 'elbow' of one of its wings might be
causing it some problem, the owl was not having anything to do with being
captured. It kept ahead of Bernard indicating it was not incapable of short
bursts of flight, finally heading down towards a nearby small gully.
Hopefully it will manage to feed itself and survive. We are wondering if
this is the same owl that was seen earlier this winter hunting between the
Grand Pre/Long Island 'Guzzle' and Starrs Point.
More "signs of spring"....
Yesterday Bernard had a Fox Sparrow on his Wolfville Ridge property which
pleased him as he has not seen one there for a number of years, and noted
flocks of Red-wing Blackbirds in the Wolfville area.
Today we had a Brown Creeper in our Wolfville Ridge yard.
Cheers,
Judy Tufts
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Judy Tufts
Wolfville
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