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Index of Subjects --e89a8f646569edb81604b98fa96d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Rick and all, In my experience, Saw-whets only tend feeders when rodents are scarce. This year, I've been seeing a fair number of mouse tracks in the snow, but not many tunnels...I don't know enough about our small mammals to make anything but a suspicion here...lack of tunnelling = lack of voles? There are more weasel tracks than most years, I find. So the upshot is that this does not appear to be a year when owls need to forage near feeders. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 22 February 2012 10:20, Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com>wrote: > > > DOW February List: > Saw-whet Owl -- If this holds, it will be first Feb in 5 years of > records without a report. Surely one is tending a feeder, for the > mice, somewhere ? > > > Rick Whitman > --e89a8f646569edb81604b98fa96d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rick and all,<div><br></div><div>In my experience, Saw-whets only tend feed= ers when rodents are scarce. This year, I've been seeing a fair number = of mouse tracks in the snow, but not many tunnels...I don't know enough= about our small mammals to make anything but a suspicion here...lack of tu= nnelling =3D lack of voles? There are more weasel tracks than most years, I= find.</div> <div><br></div><div>So the upshot is that this does not appear to be a year= when owls need to forage near feeders.</div><div><br></div><div>Randy<br c= lear=3D"all">_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the bo= onies of<br> Antigonish County, NS.<br> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 22 February 2012 10:20, Rick Whitman = <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com" t= arget=3D"_blank">dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>= <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <br> <br> DOW February List:<br> Saw-whet Owl -- If this holds, it will be first Feb in 5 years of<br> records without a report. Surely one is tending a feeder, for the<br> mice, somewhere ?<br> <br> <span><font color=3D"#888888"><br> Rick Whitman<br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div> --e89a8f646569edb81604b98fa96d--
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