[NatureNS] Owl Carnage on the TCH 104

From: Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca>
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Ken McKenna
Box 218 Stellarton NS
B0K 1S0
902 752-7644
Hi Angela
It looked like the owl was struck by a vehicle and then the head snacked on by maybe another owl. I am not sure if any other bird would have been active before that in the early morning. 
Ken
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Angela Joudrey* 
  To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca 
  Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 4:46 PM
  Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Owl Carnage on the TCH 104


  Sadness indeed. I thought owls took the heads off of others. What takes the heads off of owls? Or were they struck by a vehicle and then something snacked on the heads?
  Angela in Windsor

  On 08/28/10, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote:


          Ken McKenna
          Box 218 Stellarton NS
          B0K 1S0
          902 752-7644

          Hi all
          Early this morning near sunrise, Rick Ferguson and I were heading to Big I. to do some birding when we came across a road kill, headless Owl- likely a Great Horned Owl on the TCH 104 near exit 26 just north east of New Glasgow. Less than a km later were encountered a second dead owl, this one with a head and definitely a Great Horned Owl. We were greatly saddened to see 2 dead raptors in one morning. Even worse is that the two deaths occurred near where a known nest tree was saved from logging this spring while the young were still on the nest.  
          sadly reporting
          Ken 



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  When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. 
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<DIV>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR><FONT 
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It looked like the owl was struck by a vehicle and 
then the head snacked on by maybe another owl. I am not sure if any other bird 
would have been active before that in the early morning. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Sadness indeed. I 
  thought owls took the heads off of others. What takes the heads off of owls? 
  Or were they struck by a vehicle and then something snacked on the heads?<BR 
  _moz_dirty="">Angela in Windsor<BR><BR><SPAN>On 08/28/10, <B class=name>Ken 
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          <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton 
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          <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><BR>Hi all</FONT></DIV>
          <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Early this morning near sunrise, Rick 
          Ferguson and I were heading to Big I. to do some birding when we came 
          across a road kill, headless Owl- likely a Great Horned Owl on the TCH 
          104 near exit 26 just north east of New Glasgow. Less than a km later 
          were encountered a second dead owl, this one with a head and 
          definitely a Great Horned Owl. We were greatly saddened to see 2 dead 
          raptors in one morning. Even worse is that the two deaths occurred 
          near where a known nest tree&nbsp;was saved from logging this spring 
          while the young were still on the nest. &nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
          <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>sadly reporting</FONT></DIV>
          <DIV><FONT size=2 
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