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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_6hRqKhq8zt/UJMm6HV7UkA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all On Friday evening May 14, Rick Ferguson and I ran our third and final owl route, route # 1, near Tony Mills, Pictou Co. En route to the start point, we did a little atlassing along the Caribou Ferry Rd. and we heard a VIRGINIA RAIL calling from the cattail marsh along with a couple of Sora. The Virginia was a new species for that square although they have been found there in previous years before the atlas. I did not have it there on Migration Count day although the Soras were there then. Weatherwise, it was a great evening for an owl survey and we felt maybe we might good results as at our first stop after the second Barred Owl call, we had a Barred Owl float without a sound towards us from up the road and perch beside the vehicle. It did not make a sound. We ended up with owls at all 10 stops for a total of 26 owls! Our totals included 19 Barred Owls, 4 Great Horned Owls and 3 Northern Saw-whet Owls. I never thought it would be possible so many owls would be encountered in a survey route. We felt one of the Great Horned Owls was a repeat caller, but still a very exhilarating night and more than makes up for years on other routes when no owls were heard. We heard peepers at every stop, 1 Wood Frog, 2 Ovenbirds, 1 Hermit Thrush and 3 White-throated Sparrow including one with a crisp, spirited rendition of its song at midnight. We had 4 American Woodcock at the first 2 stops, and a total of 3 Wilson's Snipe. What an amazing night! cheers Ken --Boundary_(ID_6hRqKhq8zt/UJMm6HV7UkA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><BR>Hi all </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>On Friday evening May 14, Rick Ferguson and I ran our third and final owl route, route # 1, near Tony Mills, Pictou Co. En route to the start point, we did a little atlassing along the Caribou Ferry Rd. and we heard a VIRGINIA RAIL calling from the cattail marsh along with a couple of Sora. The Virginia was a new species for that square although they have been found there in previous years before the atlas. I did not have it there on Migration Count day although the Soras were there then.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Weatherwise, it was a great evening for an owl survey and we felt maybe we might good results as at our first stop after the second Barred Owl call, we had a Barred Owl float without a sound towards us from up the road and perch beside the vehicle. It did not make a sound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We ended up with owls at all 10 stops for a total of <STRONG>26 owls! </STRONG>Our totals included 19 Barred Owls, 4 Great Horned Owls and 3 Northern Saw-whet Owls. I never thought it would be possible so many owls would be encountered in a survey route. We felt one of the Great Horned Owls was a repeat caller, but still a very exhilarating night and more than makes up for years on other routes when no owls were heard. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We heard peepers at every stop, 1 Wood Frog, 2 Ovenbirds, 1 Hermit Thrush and 3 White-throated Sparrow including one with a crisp, spirited rendition of its song at midnight. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We had 4 American Woodcock at the first 2 stops, and a total of 3 Wilson's Snipe. What an amazing night!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_6hRqKhq8zt/UJMm6HV7UkA)--
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