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Index of Subjects --f46d043d673fa8d10604da7d87be Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello Randy, This may in fact be good news. Scott Makepeace, NB Dept. Nat. Resources biologist who monitors owls, told me that his work has revealed that the response rate of owls is actually inversely related to their nesting success, especially with Barred Owls, if I remember correctly. In other words, owls which have settled down with nesting duties are much less likely to respond to a taped call than are owls who are either looking for a mate or whose nesting attempt has failed. Hope this cheers you up! Ron On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: > Krista and I did the Fairmont (Ant. Coi.) route last night. Frogs were > barely an issue as it was about -3 oC the whole time. Three or four years > ago, I got a dozen (?) or so Barreds, GHOW and S'whets. Last year, skunked. > This year, under similarly ideal conditions as last year...skunked. Very > perplexing. > > Randy > > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > > On 16 April 2013 01:13, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> An interesting evening for running this route with owls on 8 out of 10 >> stops. We missed out on owls interestingly on two of the stops that we >> usually get them. One of these stops now has a trailer at the location, so >> that could be the reason. The other stop we always have wood frogs and >> spring peepers so loud that it is unbelievable, but by that point the >> temperature had dropped to around freezing. Wood frogs and spring peepers >> were at the first five stops and I suspect we would have heard them on all >> stops had the temperature not dropped. As the temperature dropped the owls >> seemed to become less vocal. I don't know if any studies have been done in >> respects to this observation or not. In all we had 10 barred owls. Most >> of the owls all except for the first stop where there were three, two of >> which were seen, were all more distant than is the norm on this route. >> >> James R. Hirtle >> Bridgewater >> >> > -- Ronald G. Arsenault Moncton, N.B. --f46d043d673fa8d10604da7d87be Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hello Randy,<div><br></div><div style>This may in fact be = good news. =A0Scott Makepeace, NB Dept. Nat. Resources biologist who monito= rs owls, told me that his work has revealed that the response rate of owls = is actually inversely=A0related to their nesting success, especially with B= arred Owls, if I remember correctly. =A0In other words, owls which have set= tled down with nesting duties are much less likely to respond to a taped ca= ll than are owls who are either looking for a mate or whose nesting attempt= has failed.</div> <div style><br></div><div style>Hope this cheers you up!</div><div style><b= r></div><div style>Ron</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div c= lass=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Randy Lauff <span di= r=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">ra= ndy.lauff@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"><div dir=3D"ltr">Krista and I did the Fairmo= nt (Ant. Coi.) route last night. Frogs were barely an issue as it was about= -3 oC the whole time. Three or four years ago, I got a dozen (?) or so Bar= reds, GHOW and S'whets. Last year, skunked. This year, under similarly = ideal conditions as last year...skunked. Very perplexing.<div> <br></div><div>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all= "><div>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies = of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div><div><div class=3D"h5"> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 16 April 2013 01:13, James Hirtle <sp= an dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blan= k">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmai= l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left= :1ex"> <div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><font size=3D"4">An interesting evening for runni= ng this route with owls on 8 out of 10 stops.=A0=A0 We missed out on owls i= nterestingly on two of the stops that we usually get them.=A0 One of these = stops now has a trailer at the location, so that could be the reason.=A0 Th= e other stop we always have wood frogs and spring peepers so loud that it i= s unbelievable, =A0but by that point the temperature had dropped to around = freezing.=A0 Wood frogs and spring peepers were at the first five stops and= I suspect we would have heard them on all stops had the temperature not dr= opped.=A0 As the temperature dropped the owls seemed to become less vocal.= =A0 I don't know if any studies have been done in respects to this obse= rvation or not.=A0 In all we had 10 barred owls.=A0 Most of the owls all ex= cept for the first stop where there were three, two of which were seen, wer= e all more distant than is the norm on this route.=A0 <br> =A0<br>James R. Hirtle<br>Bridgewater<br><br></font> </div></div= > </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Ronald G. Ar= senault<br>Moncton, N.B. </div> --f46d043d673fa8d10604da7d87be--
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