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Index of Subjects --001a11346f6aee2ec304f8563855 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi Paul, The coordinates for the first stop are 45.4741, 61.6486. The route goes north from there. There used to be a veterinarian here by the name of Ruggles...any relation? Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 1 May 2014 09:39, Paul Ruggles <cpruggles@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Hi Randy, > Amazing! Could you locate the road for me? Sounds like a good bet for my > video adventures. > Paul Ruggles. > > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9vPZWRq8auD66f8rfEKeQ > > > On 2014-05-01, at 9:12 AM, Randy Lauff wrote: > > Last night, my buddy Ivan and I did my second of two owl surveys. The > starting point is the farthest point away from home, and we drive the route > backwards during daylight to make sure the very remote road is in adequate > condition. It was good enough for my truck, but I wouldn't have taken a car > through that. There has been cutting on this route over the past few years, > but nothing new this year. > > We should have kept track of the wildlife we saw during the approach to > Stop 1. We estimated about 20 grouse, including some strutting, at least a > dozen porcupine, probably 25 hare and a few deer. No bear this year. > > The listening conditions were awesome, with barely a breath of air > movement. Ivan heard one distant Saw-whet at stop 4, then both of us heard > two more on two stops further up the line. Our habit is to stand a few > metres apart, near the truck, facing each other so each is looking either > up or down the road, and we can communicate with each other, as well. At > one stop, I spotted a large owl flying at tree top level over the road, > approaching us...I didn't want to spook the bird, so I didn't say anything > to Ivan...he was destined to see it in a few seconds anyway. Sadly, just > before it got to him, it veered into the woods and he didn't get a look. It > never vocalized or appeared again despite the two Barred Owl recordings > being played after that. > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > > --001a11346f6aee2ec304f8563855 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Paul,<div><br></div><div>The coordinates for the first = stop are 45.4741, 61.6486. The route goes north from there.</div><div><br><= /div><div>There used to be a veterinarian here by the name of Ruggles...any= relation?</div> <div><br></div><div>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear= =3D"all"><div>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the b= oonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 1 May 2014 09:39, Paul Ruggles <span = dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:cpruggles@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">= cpruggles@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q= uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e= x"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word">Hi Randy,<div>Amazing! Could you locate= the road for me? Sounds like a good bet for my video adventures.</div><div= >Paul Ruggles.</div><div><br></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin= -right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 18px= /normal Helvetica"> <a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9vPZWRq8auD66f8rfEKeQ" target= =3D"_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9vPZWRq8auD66f8rfEKeQ</a></d= iv></div><div><div class=3D"h5"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0= px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 18px/normal = Helvetica"> <br></div><div><br><div><div>On 2014-05-01, at 9:12 AM, Randy Lauff wrote:<= /div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">Last night, my buddy Iv= an and I did my second of two owl surveys. The starting point is the farthe= st point away from home, and we drive the route backwards during daylight t= o make sure the very remote road is in adequate condition. It was good enou= gh for my truck, but I wouldn't have taken a car through that. There ha= s been cutting on this route over the past few years, but nothing new this = year.<div> <br></div><div>We should have kept track of the wildlife we saw during the = approach to Stop 1. We estimated about 20 grouse, including some strutting,= at least a dozen porcupine, probably 25 hare and a few deer. No bear this = year.</div> <div><br></div><div>The listening conditions were awesome, with barely a br= eath of air movement. Ivan heard one distant Saw-whet at stop 4, then both = of us heard two more on two stops further up the line. Our habit is to stan= d a few metres apart, near the truck, facing each other so each is looking = either up or down the road, and we can communicate with each other, as well= . At one stop, I spotted a large owl flying at tree top level over the road= , approaching us...I didn't want to spook the bird, so I didn't say= anything to Ivan...he was destined to see it in a few seconds anyway. Sadl= y, just before it got to him, it veered into the woods and he didn't ge= t a look. It never vocalized or appeared again despite the two Barred Owl r= ecordings being played after that.</div> <div><br></div><div>Randy<br clear=3D"all"><div>___________________________= ______<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div> </div></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div= > --001a11346f6aee2ec304f8563855--
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