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Index of Subjects --20cf303a2ff3f522a204bdb4b7a6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The only reasons I can think of for an owl running is that it's injured or has a prey item that 's too heavy that it's not willing to let go (.saw a great horned do this once). I know you mentioned seeing one fly across the road but could the running one have been a separate one? Just some thoughts. Helene On Apr 15, 2012 1:38 AM, "James Hirtle" <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote: > On the evening of Apr. 14, Dorothy Poole, Gary Selig and I did my > Lapland/Laconia owl monitoring route #35. It was a great night to be out > with it being quite bright and a clear sky and temperatures ranging from > plus 4 at the start to plus 5 at the end. There were tons of wood frogs > and spring peepers at just about every stop. We ended up with 11 barred > owls and one long-eared owl. This is the first year that we did not have a > barred owl sit long enough to get good looks at one. We had one barred owl > that flew between Dorothy and I just as a car was coming by so it > disappeared into the woods not to show again. > > The long-eared owl was very interesting. We heard it first before any > play back and both Gary and I thought that it might be a coyote. After the > first boreal play back, the call sounded exactly like a boreal owl. > Shortly after playing the first boreal owl Dorothy spotted an owl flying > across the road. The location of this owl was at a stop at the top of a > hill with a somewhat large field there. The owl could be heard calling and > moving around and along a wooded break alongside of a field on the other > side of the road. It kept calling and moved right around us. After the > play-back was over we were still trying to determine if the owl was a > boreal or a long-eared owl. It could be heard to call along the edge of > the field closest to us and we could see it on the ground at the field > edge. This owl appeared to move around very fast but was not flying. It > later came out into the middle of the field of which I saw it there and my > other members of the team had gotten back into the car. I watched the owl > actually run very fast along the edge of the field. I've never heard of an > owl running before and the speed of such was greater then I expected. Has > anyone else ever seen an owl run rather then fly along a field or open > area? I would have expected hopping rather than running. Dorothy came > back out of the car and observed the owl with binoculars as it continued to > move further away from us along the field edge. From the actions and the > habitat it definitely was a long-eared owl and an exciting experience. It > was interesting that it did not seem to respond to play back of a > long-earred owl but was very excited and vocal when a boreal owl was > played. I know that Fulton mentioned this about long-eared owls that he > found on the latest Lunenburg Christmas Bird Count. They too would not > respond to long-eared calls, but were very excited by the boreal call. > > James R. Hirtle > Bridgewater > --20cf303a2ff3f522a204bdb4b7a6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p>The only reasons I can think of for an owl running is that it's inju= red or has a prey item that 's too heavy that it's not willing to l= et go (.saw a great horned do this once). I know you mentioned seeing one f= ly across the road but could the running one have been a separate one? Just= some thoughts.<br> Helene</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Apr 15, 2012 1:38 AM, "James Hirtle"= ; <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>= ; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D= "margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div><div dir=3D"ltr"> On the evening of Apr. 14, Dorothy Poole, Gary Selig and I did my Lapland/L= aconia owl monitoring route #35.=A0 It was a great night to be out with it = being quite bright and a clear sky and temperatures ranging from plus 4 at = the start to plus 5 at the end.=A0 There were tons of wood frogs and spring= peepers at just about every stop.=A0 We ended up with 11 barred owls and o= ne long-eared owl.=A0 This is the first year that we did not have a barred = owl sit long enough to get good looks at one.=A0 We had one barred owl that= flew between Dorothy and I just as a car was coming by so it disappeared i= nto the woods not to show again.=A0 <br> =A0<br> The long-eared owl was very interesting.=A0 We heard it first before any pl= ay back and both Gary and I thought that it might be a coyote.=A0 After the= first boreal play back, the call sounded exactly like a boreal owl.=A0 Sho= rtly after playing the first boreal owl Dorothy spotted an owl flying acros= s the road.=A0 The location of this owl was at a stop at the top of a hill = with a somewhat large field there.=A0 The owl could be heard calling and mo= ving around and along a wooded break alongside of a field on the other side= of the road.=A0 It kept calling and moved right around us.=A0 After the pl= ay-back was over we were still trying to determine if the owl was a boreal = or a long-eared owl.=A0 It could be heard to call along the edge of the fie= ld closest to us and we could see it on the ground at the field edge.=A0 Th= is owl appeared to move around very fast but was not flying.=A0 It later ca= me out into the middle of the field of which I saw it there and my other me= mbers of the team had gotten back into the car.=A0 I watched the owl actual= ly run very fast along the edge of the field.=A0 I've never heard of an= owl running before and the speed of such was greater then I expected.=A0= =A0 Has anyone else ever seen an owl run rather then fly along a field or o= pen area?=A0 I would have expected hopping rather than running.=A0 Dorothy = came back out of the car and observed the owl with binoculars as it continu= ed to move further away from us along the field edge.=A0 From the actions a= nd the habitat it definitely was a long-eared owl and an exciting experienc= e.=A0 It was interesting that it did not seem to respond to play back of a = long-earred owl but was very excited and vocal when a boreal owl was played= .=A0 I know that Fulton mentioned this about long-eared owls that he found = on the latest Lunenburg Christmas Bird Count.=A0 They too would not respond= to long-eared calls, but were very excited by the boreal call.=A0 <br> =A0<br> James R. Hirtle<br> Bridgewater<br> </div></div> </blockquote></div> --20cf303a2ff3f522a204bdb4b7a6--
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