[NatureNS] Owl Carnage on the TCH 104

From: Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:46:51 -0300
References: <4D2010C737E44AE0A079DA1B3DFE984D@KEN>
Precedence: bulk
Return-Path: <naturens-mml-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
Original-Recipient: rfc822;"| (cd /csuite/info/Environment/FNSN/MList; /csuite/lib/arch2html)"

next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects

Index of Subjects
=3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A =27Times New Roman=27=3B font-size=3A 1=
6px=3B=22=3ESadness indeed=2E I thought owls took the heads off of other=
s=2E What takes the heads off of owls=3F Or were they struck by a vehicl=
e and then something snacked on the heads=3F=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22=
 /=3EAngela in Windsor=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 08/28/10=2C =3Cb =
class=3D=22name=22=3EKen McKenna =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bkenmcken=40eastlink=2E=
ca=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D=22mid=3A4D2010C737E4=
4AE0A079DA1B3DFE984D=40KEN=22 class=3D=22iwcQuote=22 style=3D=22border-l=
eft=3A 1px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 255)=3B padding-left=3A 13px=3B margin-le=
ft=3A 0pt=3B=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E=3Cdiv class=3D=22mimepart text html=
=22=3E
=3Cspan=3E=3Cp=3E


=3Cstyle=3E=3C/style=3E
=3Ctable=3E=3Ctbody=3E=3Ctr=3E=3Ctd bgcolor=3D=22=23ffffff=22=3E=3Cp=3E
=3C/p=3E=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3E=3C/font=3E=
=A0=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3EKen McKenna=3Cbr /=3E=
Box 218 Stellarton NS=3Cbr /=3EB0K =

1S0=3Cbr /=3E902 752-7644=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3E=3Cbr /=3EHi all=3C=
/font=3E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3EEarly this morning =
near sunrise=2C Rick Ferguson and =

I were heading to Big I=2E to do some birding when we came across a road=
 kill=2C =

headless Owl- likely a Great Horned Owl on the TCH 104 near exit 26 just=
 north =

east of New Glasgow=2E Less than a km later were encountered a second de=
ad owl=2C =

this one with a head and definitely a Great Horned Owl=2E We were greatl=
y saddened =

to see 2 dead raptors in one morning=2E Even worse is that the two death=
s occurred =

near where a known nest tree=A0was saved from logging this spring while =
the =

young were still on the nest=2E =A0=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3Esadly reporting=3C/=
font=3E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3EKen=3C/font=3E=3C/d=
iv=3E=3C/td=3E=3C/tr=3E=3C/tbody=3E=3C/table=3E=3C/p=3E=3C/span=3E
=3C/div=3E=3C/blockquote=3E=3C/div=3E=3Cbr /=3E-- =3Cbr /=3EWhen one tug=
s at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it attached to the rest of the=
 world=2E =3Cbr /=3EJohn Muir=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E

next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects