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--Apple-Mail-18-922909022 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Indeed they do, Jamie, as you undoubtedly knew (or do now). Perhaps Randy can provide some early dates for nesting GHOWs, or we could call Bernard Forsythe (no computer) on Wolfville Ridge for some of his earliest dates, for eggs and for large "branchlings"/fledglings -- I may call him and get back to the list on that. Incubating Great Horneds are very well known to continue sitting through Feb.-March snowfalls and stay there covered with the white stuff -- and, just like a recent video showed for bison in northern Canada, the bison and owls are animals that are so well insulated by their outer coats that the snow on them doesn't melt. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: james simpson <desolatechair@gmail.com> > Date: February 20, 2013 6:11:26 PM AST > To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Great Horned Owls > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hi Richard > > A few years ago I had the same success one night in my Hantsport > back yard - except not only did they call back, the pair also flew > very aggressively into my backyard looking for the interloper! One > bird was within 3 feet of me when he finally veered up and over me, > landing in a large pine in my front yard while the second did the > same. Quite a start to have a big, angry, aggressive bird appear > out of nowhere like that! Got a great look at them both though. > Also I found three fledged and creeping GH owlets near a nest in > mid April 2008. I guess they start early. > > Jamie Simpson > > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Richard Stern > <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > A few minutes ago I got a pair of Gt.Horned Owls answering to my > efforts at hooting (that's a first for me!) in the Eagle Landing > subdivision N. of Kentville. One (I think the F., judging by its > slightly faster and higher pitched hoots) was visible, and the > silhouette was photographable. They were around last year, and by > early Summer young birds were around. > > Richard > > -- > ################# > Richard Stern, > Port Williams, NS, Canada > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### > --Apple-Mail-18-922909022 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Indeed they do, Jamie, as you undoubtedly knew (or do now). = Perhaps Randy can provide some early dates for nesting GHOWs, or = we could call Bernard Forsythe (no computer) on Wolfville Ridge for some = of his earliest dates, for eggs and for large "branchlings"/fledglings = -- I may call him and get back to the list on that. Incubating = Great Horneds are very well known to continue sitting through Feb.-March = snowfalls and stay there covered with the white stuff -- and, just like = a recent video showed for bison in northern Canada, the bison and owls = are animals that are so well insulated by their outer coats that the = snow on them doesn't melt.<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">james simpson <<a = href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com">desolatechair@gmail.com</a>></f= ont></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">February 20, 2013 6:11:26 PM = 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">naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></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] Great Horned = Owls</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 = dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Hi Richard<br><br></div>A few years ago I had the = same success one night in my Hantsport back yard - except not only did = they call back, the pair also flew very aggressively into my backyard = looking for the interloper! One bird was within 3 feet of me when he = finally veered up and over me, landing in a large pine in my front yard = while the second did the same. Quite a start to have a big, angry, = aggressive bird appear out of nowhere like that! Got a great look = at them both though. Also I found three fledged and creeping GH = owlets near a nest in mid April 2008. I guess they start = early.<br> <br></div>Jamie Simpson<br></div><div = class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 19, = 2013 at 6:35 PM, Richard Stern <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@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">Hi,