[NatureNS] Owls Hit by Vehicles, and other critters

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I carry a pair of heavy welder's gloves in my vehicle. I got them to =
help with feral cats when we were heavily into trapping/neutering. Twice =
I have come upon still-alive but mortally wounded porcupines that have =
been hit by a car and left to die by the side of the road. The gloves =
aren't totally impermeable, but do allow me to get the animals into the =
car and to the vet for a quick and painless death.

Chris

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  To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
  Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:33 AM
  Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Owls Hit by Vehicles


  As Tuma's motto says ' Let us chose the correct behaviour". Sometimes =
this takes a lot of thought and that can be the hardest part.

  Virginia Redden
  Port Howe NS



  Helene Van Doninck wrote:=20
    Oh, I so agree with that. So much so that I have a shovel in my car =
with me and push roadkill to the side of the road or in the ditch if I =
can. We have has 2 eagles in the past month that were killed scavenging =
in the middle of the road.=20


    Helene


    On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Rosemary G =
<mountainchickadee@hotmail.com> wrote:

      Sandy Hiltz's email regarding dead owls hit by cars reminds me of =
a conversation I had one day with a naturalist in the Alberta Rockies.  =
He commented that most people don't think twice about throwing apple =
cores, fruit peels, 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 fly down to catch these rodents that are =
munching on the apple core, 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


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      From: birddog@ns.sympatico.ca
      To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
      Subject: [NatureNS] Barred Owls
      Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:03:53 -0400


      Yesterday in the late afternoon while driving between Metegan and =
Yarmouth on the 101 I had the unfortunate experience of seeing 2 Barred =
Owls hit by vehicles and killed within 5 minutes of each other. The =
first one literally died in my hands and the second as hit by a large =
truck and was killed instantly.. These owls were about a kilometer a =
part.


      Sandy




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--=20
Amaryllis

Geese etch vees
across a dull, livid plate.
Trees sketch lines
of black on azure.
Ice, like varnish,
seals the canvas of the pond.
Life almost appears=20
	to disappear
In the November -
        December of the year.=20

	Stephen Kurtz
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I carry a pair of heavy welder's gloves =
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vehicle. I got them to help with feral cats when we were heavily into=20
trapping/neutering. Twice I have come upon still-alive but mortally =
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the road.=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Owls =
Hit by=20
  Vehicles</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3DCandara>As Tuma's motto says ' Let us =
chose the=20
  correct behaviour". Sometimes this takes a lot of thought and that can =
be the=20
  hardest part.<BR><BR>Virginia Redden<BR>Port Howe=20
  NS<BR><BR><BR></FONT><BR>Helene Van Doninck wrote:=20
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  type=3D"cite">Oh, I so agree with that. So much so that I have a =
shovel in my=20
    car with me and push roadkill to the side of the road or in the =
ditch if I=20
    can. We have has 2 eagles in the past month that were killed =
scavenging in=20
    the middle of the road.=20
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    <DIV>Helene<BR><BR>
    <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Rosemary G =
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      <DIV>Sandy Hiltz's email regarding dead owls hit by cars reminds =
me of a=20
      conversation I had one day with a naturalist in the Alberta =
Rockies.&nbsp;=20
      He commented that most people don't think twice about throwing =
apple=20
      cores, fruit peels, etc. out their vehicle windows because these =
items are=20
      biodegradable.&nbsp; But he said what&nbsp; happens is this food =
attracts=20
      rodents/small mammals who go onto the road or close to the road to =
eat our=20
      fruit cores...then owls fly down to catch these rodents that are =
munching=20
      on the apple core, etc.&nbsp; He said this practice causes many =
owls to be=20
      killed by vehicles.<BR><BR>It seemed to make sense.&nbsp; Any =
thoughts on=20
      this?&nbsp; <BR><BR>Rosemary Gallinger<BR><BR>
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      From: <A href=3D"mailto:birddog@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D_blank=20
      moz-do-not-send=3D"true">birddog@ns.sympatico.ca</A><BR>To: <A=20
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      moz-do-not-send=3D"true">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A><BR>Subject: =
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      Barred Owls<BR>Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:03:53 -0400<BR><BR>
      <DIV>Yesterday in the late afternoon while driving between Metegan =
and=20
      Yarmouth on the 101 I had the unfortunate experience of seeing 2 =
Barred=20
      Owls hit by vehicles and killed within 5 minutes of each other. =
The first=20
      one literally died in my hands and the second as hit by a large =
truck and=20
      was killed instantly.. These owls were about a kilometer a =
part.</DIV>
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Amaryllis

Geese etch vees
across a dull, livid plate.
Trees sketch lines
of black on azure.
Ice, like varnish,
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In the November -
        December of the year.=20

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