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Sandy Hiltz's email regarding dead owls hit by cars reminds me of a convers=
ation I had one day with a naturalist in the Alberta Rockies. He commented=
that most people don't think twice about throwing apple cores=2C fruit pee=
ls=2C etc. out their vehicle windows because these items are biodegradable.=
But he said what happens is this food attracts rodents/small mammals who=
go onto the road or close to the road to eat our fruit cores...then owls f=
ly down to catch these rodents that are munching on the apple core=2C etc. =
He said this practice causes many owls to be killed by vehicles.
It seemed to make sense. Any thoughts on this? =20
Rosemary Gallinger
From: birddog@ns.sympatico.ca
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Barred Owls
Date: Sat=2C 11 Dec 2010 13:03:53 -0400
Yesterday in the late afternoon while driving between Metegan and Yarmouth=
=20
on the 101 I had the unfortunate experience of seeing 2 Barred Owls hit by=
=20
vehicles and killed within 5 minutes of each other. The first one literally=
died=20
in my hands and the second as hit by a large truck and was killed instantly=
.=20
These owls were about a kilometer a part.
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Sandy =
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