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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CF5895.644EA200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Hans Toom=20 To: NS-RBA=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:27 AM Subject: Snowy Owl and Fog I took a trip up the eastern shore yesterday as far as Dyke Road, East = Chezzetcook, and back to Lawrencetown Marshes, Rainbow Heaven Provincial = Park, Cow Bay and Hartlen Point. The morning started with drizzle but = soon the fog rolled in and continued to get worse during the morning. I = saw several Great Blue Herons and Canada Geese however the fog degraded = the images so much that they were useless. The only success I had was a Snowy Owl at Lawrencetown Beach. It seemed = oblivious to me but I kept my distance nonetheless. Continued = examination of their diet would be interesting. So far gulls, small = rodents and even a Ring-necked Pheasant have been confirmed though I = suspect snow shoe hares, squirrels and other small mammals would be fair = game. The Snowy Owl is the heaviest by far and consequently the strongest of = all our owls. When in Manitoba I was told that the Snowy Owl even preyed = on the Great Grey Owl, a larger prey than itself, although much lighter = in weight. I cannot confirm this of course. Photos here: http://www.hanstoom.com/blog Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CF5895.644EA200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23580"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dhtoom@hfx.eastlink.ca href=3D"mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">Hans = Toom</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3DNS-RBA@yahoogroups.com=20 href=3D"mailto:NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com">NS-RBA</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:27 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Snowy Owl and Fog</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <P>I took a trip up the eastern shore yesterday as far as Dyke Road, = East=20 Chezzetcook, and back to Lawrencetown Marshes, Rainbow Heaven Provincial = Park,=20 Cow Bay and Hartlen Point. The morning started with drizzle but soon the = fog=20 rolled in and continued to get worse during the morning. I saw several = Great=20 Blue Herons and Canada Geese however the fog degraded the images so much = that=20 they were useless.</P> <P>The only success I had was a Snowy Owl at Lawrencetown Beach. It = seemed=20 oblivious to me but I kept my distance nonetheless. Continued = examination of=20 their diet would be interesting. So far gulls, small rodents and even a=20 Ring-necked Pheasant have been confirmed though I suspect snow shoe = hares,=20 squirrels and other small mammals would be fair game.</P> <P>The Snowy Owl is the heaviest by far and consequently the strongest = of all=20 our owls. When in Manitoba I was told that the Snowy Owl even preyed on = the=20 Great Grey Owl, a larger prey than itself, although much lighter in = weight. I=20 cannot confirm this of course.</P> <P>Photos here: <A=20 href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/blog">http://www.hanstoom.com/blog</A></P= > <P></FONT><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial><BR>Hans<BR>________________________________________________= _________________________________________________________<BR>Hans=20 Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/">http://www.hanstoom.com/</A><BR></P></F= ONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CF5895.644EA200--
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