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Index of Subjects Hi Randy and all- I remember one autumn (about 1985) when there was a raptor fall-out on Bon Portage Island- so many Saw-whets that one could literally lift them off the bushes. And in the evenings of that weekend there were a number (perhaps a dozen) owls hunting around the Light and the fields. I was on Big Tusket with Charlie Allen in autumn 1986, and we had a lot of various raptors - including a kettle of broad-wings. About a year later I was on B.P.I. for my birthday in early October, and there were SO Many raptors. The same for October of 1992. Eric, Richard, Carl and others have probably kept records for Seal; and Betty June and Sid Smith for Cape Light. ---- Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: > Back in the day...before my time, there was a lot more banding of NSW Owls > on Bon Portage. My buddy Mark did so as a grad student with Acadia, and he > tells me of descent numbers of NSWO and LE Owls caught. > > If 6/49 works out for me, I will establish all those stations, Patricia! > > I would like to know where the owls I band (both at the nest and those I > capture on migration) go...I somewhat expected the efforts in Maine to > result in captures of at least one of my owls...not this year though. > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > > On 24 December 2010 14:17, P.L. Chalmers <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > The BioDiversity Institute in Gorham, Maine has released information about > > owl and raptor coastal migrations. The full news release is posted on > > Mainebirding at *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from > > "groups.google.com" claiming to be*http://www.mainebirding.net/news/item790<http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds/browse_thread/thread/http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.mainebirding.net/news/item790&usg=AFQjCNFDs4T58TeUsWz4jaCdn3Wi61WQ7w> > > > > "In a new study, researchers from the BioDiversity Research Institute (BRI) > > describe how northern saw-whet owls and several falcon species use Maine’s > > offshore islands during their fall migrations. This past fall, BRI wildlife > > biologists set up a falcon research station at Monhegan Island, and seven > > owl research stations from Lubec to Cape Elizabeth to determine if, where, > > and when nocturnal and daytime birds of prey, or raptors, were moving along > > the Maine coast." There is more info as well at http://briloon.org/MBAN/ > > > > What would a similar study on our coastal islands find? Bon Portage, the > > Tuskets, Brier ... > > > > Patricia L. Chalmers > > Halifax > > > > > >
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