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<div> --Apple-Mail-12--191182252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed This past Monday (March 19) Bernard Forsythe found his first barred =20 owl egg in his back-yard nest-box on Wolfville Ridge. Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> > Date: March 22, 2012 9:04:21 AM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Owl boxes and Raccoons > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Kevin and all: > > It's not too late to put up owl boxes for this season...other =20 > people may know better the range of nest-start dates for Barred =20 > Owls, but I suspect not all of them have yet started. > > And if you want to put up boxes for the infinitely cuter (not that =20 > I'm biased or anything) Saw-whets, you definitely have time. =20 > Although nestings for this species can start in March, most are =20 > April-May. > > Here's a short series of pages with plans and instructions. I'd =20 > love to hear of any nestings. > > http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/research/nestboxes_files/NestBox1.html > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > > On 21 March 2012 22:25, Helene Van Doninck =20 > <helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote: > Further thoughts on the raccoon situation...simply removing one =20 > doesn't ensure it won't be taken up by another as soon as the first =20= > one is gone. If one raccoon found it to be a great nest spot =20 > location...another one will often fill the nest box if you remove =20 > the first one. > I see this all the time when people get a nuisance wildlife control =20= > person to remove a raccoon..but haven't dealt with the reason the =20 > raccoon is there in the first place ( food availability, nest =20 > spot,etc)....another one just fills the spot. > > Helene > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Kevin Lantz =20 > <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Thanks to everyone who provided suggestions regarding the Owl box =20 > situation both here and via email. I will probably leave the =20 > Raccoons where they are and I=92m now looking for a location for a =20 > second box to be put up in the fall. > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > --=20 > Helene Van Doninck DVM > Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre > RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 > 902-893-0253 > birdvet@hotmail.com > www.cwrc.net > Our 2012 Wildlife Calendars are now available! > > --Apple-Mail-12--191182252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> This past Monday (March 19) Bernard Forsythe found his first barred owl = egg in his back-yard nest-box on Wolfville Ridge. 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">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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 22, 2012 9:04:21 AM = ADT</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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Owl boxes and = Raccoons</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> Kevin and = all:<div><br></div><div>It's not too late to put up owl boxes for this = season...other people may know better the range of nest-start dates for = Barred Owls, but I suspect not all of them have yet started.</div> = <div><br></div><div>And if you want to put up boxes for the infinitely = cuter (not that I'm biased or anything) Saw-whets, you definitely have = time. Although nestings for this species can start in March, most are = April-May.</div> <div><br></div><div>Here's a short series of pages with = plans and instructions. I'd love to hear of any = nestings.</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/research/nestboxes_files/NestBox1.htm= l">http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/research/nestboxes_files/NestBox1.html</a>= </div> <div><br></div><div>Randy<br = clear=3D"all">_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in = the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> <br><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote">On 21 March 2012 22:25, Helene Van Doninck <span = dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a>><= /span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Further thoughts on = the raccoon situation...simply removing one doesn't ensure it won't be = taken up by another as soon as the first one is gone. If one raccoon = found it to be a great nest spot location...another one will often fill = the nest box if you remove the first one. <div> I see this all the = time when people get a nuisance wildlife control person to remove a = raccoon..but haven't dealt with the reason the raccoon is there in the = first place ( food availability, nest spot,etc)....another one just = fills the spot. </div> <div><br></div><div>Helene<div = class=3D"im"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at = 9:43 PM, Kevin Lantz <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:klantz@ns.sympatico.ca" = target=3D"_blank">klantz@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> = <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir=3D"ltr" = lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div = style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Calibri'"><p = style=3D"MARGIN-TOP:0cm;MARGIN-LEFT:0cm;MARGIN-RIGHT:0cm" = class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Thanks to everyone who provided = suggestions regarding the Owl box situation both here and via email. I = will probably leave the Raccoons where they are and I=92m now looking = for a location for a second box to be put up in the = fall.</span></p><span><font color=3D"#888888"><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; "><span = lang=3D"EN-US"></span> <br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p= style=3D"MARGIN-TOP:0cm;MARGIN-LEFT:0cm;MARGIN-RIGHT:0cm" = class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Kevin</span></p> <div> <div> = <div><font face=3D"Tahoma"><font = style=3D"FONT-SIZE:10pt"></font></font> </div></div></div> <div = style=3D"font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-famil= y:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal"> <div style=3D"FONT:10pt = tahoma"> <div> </div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND:#f5f5f5"><font = size=3D"3" = face=3D"Calibri"></font> </div></div></div></font></span></div></div>= </div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div></div><span= class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">-- <br>Helene Van Doninck = DVM<div>Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre</div><div>RR#1 = Brookfield NS B0N1C0</div><div> <a href=3D"tel:902-893-0253" = value=3D"+19028930253" target=3D"_blank">902-893-0253</a></div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">birdvet@hotmail.com</a></div> <div><a = href=3D"http://www.cwrc.net" = target=3D"_blank">www.cwrc.net</a></div><div>Our <a = href=3D"http://cwrc.net/?page_id=3D224" target=3D"_blank">2012 Wildlife = Calendars</a> are now available!</div><br> </font></span></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-12--191182252--
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