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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-3--261338321 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Randy, The vet. is probably related but I don't know of him or her. I don't know how to use map coordinates. Can you still help me? Sorry = I'm so backward. =20 Paul. On 2014-05-01, at 9:58 AM, Randy Lauff wrote: > Hi Paul, >=20 > The coordinates for the first stop are 45.4741, 61.6486. The route = goes north from there. >=20 > There used to be a veterinarian here by the name of Ruggles...any = relation? >=20 > Randy >=20 > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9vPZWRq8auD66f8rfEKeQ >=20 >=20 > On 2014-05-01, at 9:12 AM, Randy Lauff wrote: >=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Randy >> _________________________________ >> RF Lauff >> Way in the boonies of >> Antigonish County, NS. >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-3--261338321 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Randy,<div><br></div><div>The vet. is probably related but I don't know of him or her.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't know how to use map coordinates. Can you still help me? Sorry I'm so backward.</div><div> </div><div>Paul.</div><div><br><div><div>On 2014-05-01, at 9:58 AM, Randy Lauff wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="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="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 May 2014 09:39, Paul Ruggles <span dir="ltr"><cpruggles@eastlink.ca></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div style="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="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica"> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9vPZWRq8auD66f8rfEKeQ</div></div><div><div class="h5"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;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="cite"><div dir="ltr">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.<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 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.</div> <div><br></div><div>Randy<br clear="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></d