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--Boundary_(ID_u3t9mPn/CeV/Fhr/Nsqxzw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Randy's note mentions saw-whet and long-eared owls on Bon Portage Is. =20= in autumn -- just to clarify, long-eareds were regular but many fewer =20= than the saw-whets -- and getting the long-eareds out of mist-nets =20 was a real challenge in the dark by flashlight -- at least two people =20= are necessary, and one time I was holding a flashlight for poor Tom =20 Herman who got severely taloned by one owl who didn't appreciate the =20 fact that we were trying to help it (arguable, I know)! (Those night-time netting operations were also for the nesting =20 Leach's storm-petrels.) Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: joancz@ns.sympatico.ca > Date: December 27, 2010 11:46:47 AM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Cc: Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> > Subject: [NatureNS] Re:NSWO on BPI > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hi Randy and all- I remember one autumn (about 1985) when there was =20= > a raptor fall-out on Bon Portage Island- so many Saw-whets that one =20= > could literally lift them off the bushes. And in the evenings of =20 > that weekend there were a number (perhaps a dozen) owls hunting =20 > around the Light and the fields. > I was on Big Tusket with Charlie Allen in autumn 1986, and we had a =20= > 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 =20 > October, and there were SO Many raptors. The same for October of 1992. > Eric, Richard, Carl and others have probably kept records for Seal; =20= > 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 =20 >> NSW Owls >> on Bon Portage. My buddy Mark did so as a grad student with =20 >> 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, =20 >> Patricia! >> >> I would like to know where the owls I band (both at the nest and =20 >> those I >> capture on migration) go...I somewhat expected the efforts in =20 >> 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 =20 >> <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >>> The BioDiversity Institute in Gorham, Maine has released =20 >>> information about >>> owl and raptor coastal migrations. The full news release is =20 >>> posted on >>> Mainebirding at *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud =20 >>> attempt from >>> "groups.google.com" claiming to be*http://www.mainebirding.net/=20 >>> news/item790<http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds/=20 >>> browse_thread/thread/http://www.google.com/url?sa=3DD&q=3Dhttp://=20 >>> www.mainebirding.net/news/=20 >>> item790&usg=3DAFQjCNFDs4T58TeUsWz4jaCdn3Wi61WQ7w> >>> >>> "In a new study, researchers from the BioDiversity Research =20 >>> Institute (BRI) >>> describe how northern saw-whet owls and several falcon species =20 >>> use Maine=92s >>> offshore islands during their fall migrations. This past fall, =20 >>> BRI wildlife >>> biologists set up a falcon research station at Monhegan Island, =20 >>> and seven >>> owl research stations from Lubec to Cape Elizabeth to determine =20 >>> if, where, >>> and when nocturnal and daytime birds of prey, or raptors, were =20 >>> moving along >>> the Maine coast." There is more info as well at http://=20 >>> briloon.org/MBAN/ >>> >>> What would a similar study on our coastal islands find? Bon =20 >>> Portage, the >>> Tuskets, Brier ... >>> >>> Patricia L. Chalmers >>> Halifax >>> >>> >>> > --Boundary_(ID_u3t9mPn/CeV/Fhr/Nsqxzw) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Randy's note mentions saw-whet and long-eared owls on Bon Portage Is. in = autumn -- just to clarify, long-eareds were regular but many fewer than = the saw-whets -- and getting the long-eareds out of mist-nets was a real = challenge in the dark by flashlight -- at least two people are = necessary, and one time I was holding a flashlight for poor Tom Herman = who got severely taloned by one owl who didn't appreciate the fact that = we were trying to help it (arguable, I know)! = <div><br></div><div>(Those night-time netting operations were also = for the nesting Leach's storm-petrels.)<div><br></div><div>Cheers from = Jim in Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:joancz@ns.sympatico.ca">joancz@ns.sympatico.ca</a></font></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 27, 2010 11:46:47 AM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Randy Lauff <<a = href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Re:NSWO on = BPI</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">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.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">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.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">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.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Eric, Richard, Carl and others have probably kept = records for Seal; and Betty June and Sid Smith for Cape Light.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">---- Randy = Lauff <<a = href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> = <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Back in the day...before my = time, there was a lot more banding of NSW Owls</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">on Bon Portage. My buddy Mark did so as a grad = student with Acadia, and he</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">tells me of = descent numbers of NSWO and LE Owls caught.</div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If 6/49 works = out for me, I will establish all those stations, Patricia!</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I would = like to know where the owls I band (both at the nest and those = I</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">capture on migration) go...I somewhat expected = the efforts in Maine to</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">result in = captures of at least one of my owls...not this year though.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Randy</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_________________________________</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">RF = Lauff</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Way in the boonies of</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Antigonish County, NS.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On 24 December 2010 14:17, P.L. = Chalmers <<a = href=3D"mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca">plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&= gt; wrote:</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>The BioDiversity Institute = in Gorham, Maine has released information about</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">owl and raptor coastal migrations. The full news = release is posted on</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mainebirding at = *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">"groups.google.com" claiming to = be*http://www.mainebirding.net/news/item790<<a = href=3D"http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds/browse_thread/thread/ht= tp://www.google.com/url?sa=3DD&q=3Dhttp://www.mainebirding.net/news/it= em790&usg=3DAFQjCNFDs4T58TeUsWz4jaCdn3Wi61WQ7w">http://groups.google.c= om/group/maine-birds/browse_thread/thread/http://www.google.com/url?sa=3DD= &q=3Dhttp://www.mainebirding.net/news/item790&usg=3DAFQjCNFDs4T58T= eUsWz4jaCdn3Wi61WQ7w</a>></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"In a new study, researchers = from the BioDiversity Research Institute (BRI)</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">describe how northern saw-whet owls and several = falcon species use Maine=92s</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">offshore = islands during their fall migrations. This past fall, BRI = wildlife</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">biologists set up a falcon = research station at Monhegan Island, and seven</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">owl research stations from Lubec to Cape Elizabeth = to determine if, where,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and when = nocturnal and daytime birds of prey, or raptors, were moving = along</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the Maine coast." <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>There is more info as well = at <a = href=3D"http://briloon.org/MBAN/">http://briloon.org/MBAN/</a></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">What = would a similar study on our coastal islands find?<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bon Portage, the</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Tuskets, Brier ...</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Patricia L. = Chalmers</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Halifax</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote></blockquote><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_u3t9mPn/CeV/Fhr/Nsqxzw)--
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