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,0,0);font-family:Helvetica; --Apple-Mail-201-1048901164 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Great answer! I appreciate Mr. Forsythe's diligence on behalf of the barred owls. Cheers, Nancy On 17-Mar-16, at 3:06 PM, Rick Whitman wrote: > Hi Nancy, > Bernard maintains about 20 nest boxes for Barred Owls and has done =20 > so for decades. He monitors them as if he were a researcher and =20 > keeps all of his data. Most are "back in the woods" and he has to =20 > climb the trees. (He's in his 70's). He uses a ladder for the one in =20= > his backyard. When you climb a nest tree and/or rap on the box, the =20= > female departs. Sometimes they attack him but he wears protective =20 > gear as needed. With the female out of the box, it's easy to check =20 > for eggs. All chicks are also banded at the proper age and this has =20= > been a very public event in recent years for the backyard box. Over =20= > the years, Bernard's owls have produced many hundreds of young owls. =20= > Probably every decent habitat in Kings Co. is occupied and likely =20 > some in adjacent counties. Certainly, the species is common here. =20 > The nest monitoring never leads the owls to abandon the nest, or =20 > anything of that nature. > Regards, > Rick W. > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Nancy Roberts = <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca=20 > > wrote: > For Bernard Forsythe: > > Just curious =96 by what means or signs do you know the barred owl has = =20 > laid an egg? > > Thanks, > > Nancy Roberts > > > > On 16-Mar-16, at 10:31 PM, Donna Crossland wrote: > >> It's wonderful to hear an update on Bernard's resident barred owls. >> >> I miss hearing/seeing barred owls, which seem to be far fewer =20 >> following last >> year's harsh snow conditions. The nights were much more silent =20 >> last year in >> Keji, and this seems to have carried over to this year. We'll see =20= >> what the >> nocturnal owl surveys reveal. >> >> I suppose we must accept that this is the ebb and flow of nature and >> population dynamics, but it is difficult when we see all the =20 >> additional >> stressors placed on this species and many others from the rampant and >> unprecedented removal of forests, and removal of forest-dwelling =20 >> 'prey' and >> nest cavities that are not even factored in to the clearcutting =20 >> impacts. >> >> On a happier note, the air was alive with song sparrows on my =20 >> arrival home >> from work today, with one robin in full song (rather than calling), =20= >> and >> joined by red-winged blackbirds. Male catkins of alder, some =20 >> extended and >> shedding small amounts of pollen already. >> >> Wood frogs should be calling here and there, but I haven't heard =20 >> them yet. >> Anyone else? >> >> Donna >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca=20 >> ] >> On Behalf Of Judy >> Sent: March-16-16 9:33 PM >> To: NatureNS >> Subject: [NatureNS] Barred Owl on the Ridge >> >> Bernard Forsythe reported that the female Barred Owl on his =20 >> Wolfville Ridge >> property, laid her first egg today, Mar 16. >> >> >> >> He says this is not the earliest laying-date he has recorded among =20= >> his owls. >> The earliest was Mar 13. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> Judy Tufts >> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Judy Tufts >> >> Wolfville NS >> >> <<<<<<<<< >> >> >> >> > > --Apple-Mail-201-1048901164 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; ">Great = answer!<div><br></div><div>I appreciate Mr. Forsythe's diligence on = behalf of the barred = owls.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br><div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><di= v apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <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-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-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"orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit