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Hi Randy:
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These were presumably unusual results for your area? Have the forests =
been cut down recently? Small mammal crash? Were they just =
=E2=80=9Cout and about=E2=80=9D and couldn=E2=80=99t be bothered coming =
in to defend the territory? Nesting failures? It=E2=80=99s always =
interesting to speculate. =20
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I checked with Bernard Forsythe to see how his owl nesting activities =
are progressing this year. He tells me that it=E2=80=99s hard to beat =
the bumper crop of barred owls from last year. He banded 39 chicks from =
roughly 15 nest boxes in 2016. This year, from the 7 pairs he=E2=80=99s =
checked near his house, one pair has 3 eggs and the others have only two =
eggs. I guess it=E2=80=99s not uncommon for them to take a break from =
raising the large clutches from the previous year. The chicks in his =
back yard (food supplemented) hatched a week ago, the others should =
hatch this week, he tells me.
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I have a route to do, and should have completed it last night, if not =
for a very sore throat threatening to bring me down. Now I stare at the =
dismal forecast and must conduct the route at very next opportunity, =
which may have to take place in between showers. Deadline is looming.
=20
Donna
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Randy Lauff
Sent: May-05-17 9:21 AM
To: NatureNS
Subject: [NatureNS] NOS - a great night for ambiance
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Last night I ran my Nocturnal Owl Survey =
(http://www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/atowls/) under ideal conditions =
(low-no wind, very bright half moon, very little run-off noise) with a =
student, Danny MacDonald who had not yet seen an owl in the wild. We had =
grouse, snipe, woodcock, porcupine and a not so distant pack of coyotes, =
but not a single owl.
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Oh well, as I tell my students, "zeroes are data, too."
=20
Randy
_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.
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D'>These were presumably unusual results for your area?=C2=A0 Have the =
forests been cut down recently?=C2=A0 Small mammal crash?=C2=A0 Were =
they just =E2=80=9Cout and about=E2=80=9D and couldn=E2=80=99t be =
bothered coming in to defend the territory?=C2=A0 Nesting =
failures?=C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s always interesting to speculate.=C2=A0 =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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D'>I checked with Bernard Forsythe to see how his owl nesting activities =
are progressing this year.=C2=A0 He tells me that it=E2=80=99s hard to =
beat the bumper crop of barred owls from last year.=C2=A0 He banded 39 =
chicks from roughly 15 nest boxes in 2016.=C2=A0 This year, from the 7 =
pairs he=E2=80=99s checked near his house, one pair has 3 eggs and the =
others have only two eggs.=C2=A0 I guess it=E2=80=99s not uncommon for =
them to take a break from raising the large clutches from the previous =
year.=C2=A0 The chicks in his back yard (food supplemented) hatched a =
week ago, the others should hatch this week, he tells =
me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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D'>I have a route to do, and should have completed it last night, if not =
for a very sore throat threatening to bring me down.=C2=A0 Now I stare =
at the dismal forecast and must conduct the route at very next =
opportunity, which may have to take place in between showers.=C2=A0 =
Deadline is looming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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D'>Donna<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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