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l:902%20461 --Apple-Mail-568-950705838 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A photos would have been a good idea, but we didn't do it. The pellets were al the same size =96 about 3" long and maybe as big =20 around as a weiner but a little flattened, maybe by the weather after =20= regurgitation. Is that any help? Nancy Roberts Design Celebrating 22 years of making you look GOOD Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6 902 461-9488 On 26-Mar-14, at 6:20 PM, Helene Van Doninck wrote: > Snowy pellets are HUGE. We have 3 here and I collect their pellets =20 > daily. If you send me a pic I could probably tell you. = helene.birdvet@gmail.com > > Maybe put them next to something like a loonie for size comparison :) > > Helene > > Helene Van Doninck DVM > Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre > RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 > 902-893-0253 > birdvet@hotmail.com > www.cwrc.net > Find us on Facebook and Twitter > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Nancy Roberts = <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca=20 > > wrote: > Hello, all, > > Many thanks to those who kept us updated about the continuing =20 > presence of snowy owls at Lawrencetown Beach. We went there with my =20= > relatives visiting from Philadelphia, and my sister had spotted a =20 > prominent snowy before we were even out of the car. He/she gave us =20 > all a long and close viewing on the inland side of the road opposite =20= > the parking lot. > > Later, we saw at a greater distance over the inland waters a rough-=20 > legged hawk, which I understand at times hunts with a second rough-=20 > legged over the bluff at Lawrencetown Beach. > > Walking the edge of the bluff, we found numerous elongated pellets, =20= > all made of the same near-black short fur full of small bones =20 > including rodent skulls and jaws. > > Our question: is there a way to distinguish between snowy and rough-=20= > legged pellets of the same prey? Given the location on the bluff, =20 > does that indicate they are more likely rough-legged pellets? > > Cheers, > > Nancy > > Nancy Roberts Design > Celebrating 22 years of making you look GOOD > > Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6 > 902 461-9488 > > > > --Apple-Mail-568-950705838 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">A photos would have been a good = idea, but we didn't do it.<div><br></div><div>The pellets were al the = same size =96 about 3" long and maybe as big around as a weiner but a = little flattened, maybe by the weather after = regurgitation.</div><div><br></div><div>Is that any help?<br><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">Nancy Roberts = Design</div><div>Celebrating 22 years of making you look = GOOD</div><div><br = class=3D"