[NatureNS] Owl Bonanza on Bowater Route!

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>Hi Suzanne and others;
I'm jealous.    I  had my worst night on Sunday and was beginning to think
it was clearcuts, (though it wasn't all clearcuts) so I'll have to
re-think it. Our numbers dropped dramatically.
Billy
I am resending this because it didn't make it through earlier.
>
> Patricia L. Chalmers
> Halifax
>
>
>>Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:23:36 -0700 (PDT)
>>From: Suzanne Borkowski <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca>
>>Subject: Owl Bonanza on Bowater Route!
>>
>>
>>Hi Everyone;
>>
>>Patricia Chalmers and I ran my owl route on Friday night in the
>>Bowater lands at Sandy Lake, Tantallon.  Pat had called me at
>>lunchtime to say the winds were dropping in the evening and could I
>>go?  I always keep a bag packed during owl survey season: warm
>>clothes, flashlight, compass, clipboard, forms, pencil, batteries,
>>extra playback CD and at the last minute I throw in some snacks.  We
>>get pretty hungry by midnight.   So, I jumped in the car and went to
>>scout the route in daylight hours.  I got to see a Barred owl on
>>this excursion.  It flew across the road, landed on a branch, and
>>proceeded to stare at me!  I also saw a flock of White-winged
>>Crossbills and several Hairy Woodpeckers.  There were loads of
>>Robins, Juncos and Mourning Doves, a few Golden-crowned Kinglets and
>>some Chickadees.
>>
>>That night the wind dropped completely - not even a "fresh breeze
>>felt on face".  Listening conditions were excellent. We could even
>>hear distant highway traffic from the 103 at stop 3 - about 5 km up
>>the road.  Our first stop produced no owls, but at our second, we
>>had a pair of duetting Barred Owls calling from further up the road
>>- a nice treat!  At our next stop we could hear these two owls
>>behind us; but we also picked up a Northern Saw-whet and a Great
>>Horned.  Four owls in three stops - the night was looking
>>promising!  After that I amwe had owls at every stop.  On two
>>occasions we got good looks at Barred Owls as they flew in and
>>called to us from less than 50 feet away.  Our total for the night
>>was 23 owls: 14 Barred, 10 Northern Saw-whet and one Great Horned;
>>the highest number we've ever had on any of our routes.
>>By contrast, other wildlife was scarce.  No Woodcock or Snipe, no
>>hares, no coyotes calling, and no deer.  There were no signs of
>>porcupine or raccoons either. We had Spring Peepers at one stop
>>only, a few loons calling at another, and a small number of Canada
>>Geese.  Again, there were more clearcuts in the woods this year, but
>>they certainly didn't have a negative effect on our owl numbers!
>>
>>Any thoughts?
>>
>>Cheers;
>>Suzanne
>>
>>
>>
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