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style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF --94eb2c088cf297a543054ec9a565 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That route has been "one of those routes" that people tell stories about...owls on every stop, other wildlife... It's also two or even three times, come up empty. There was one new cut that I could see from roadside, but it was small. And there was regrowth in others, but not yet sufficient to house an owl nest of any sort. The route passes my home, and I do hear Barred Owls from the yard...twice last week for example. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 5 May 2017 at 11:37, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Hi Randy: > > > > 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 t= erritory? Nesting > failures? It=E2=80=99s always interesting to speculate. > > > > 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 bu= mper 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 th= e > previous year. The chicks in his back yard (food supplemented) hatched a > week ago, the others should hatch this week, he tells me. > > > > 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 dism= al > forecast and must conduct the route at very next opportunity, which may > have to take place in between showers. Deadline is looming. > > > > Donna > > > > *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 > > > > 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, porcupin= e > and a not so distant pack of coyotes, but not a single owl. > > > > Oh well, as I tell my students, "zeroes are data, too." > > > > Randy > > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > --94eb2c088cf297a543054ec9a565 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">That route has been "one of those routes" that p= eople tell stories about...owls on every stop, other wildlife... It's a= lso two or even three times, come up empty. There was one new cut that I co= uld see from roadside, but it was small. And there was regrowth in others, = but not yet sufficient to house an owl nest of any sort.<div><br></div><div= >The route passes my home, and I do hear Barred Owls from the yard...twice = last week for example.</div><div><br></div><div>Randy</div></div><div class= =3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature" data= -smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">_________________________________<br>RF Lauf= f<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 5 May 2017 at 11:37, Donna Crossland <spa= n dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blan= k">dcrossland@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gma= il_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-lef= t:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div class=3D"m_-= 4241892711179668044WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font= -size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#= 1f497d">Hi Randy:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span styl= e=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"= ;;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><spa= n style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-seri= f";color:#1f497d">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 <u></u><u></u></spa= n></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&q= uot;Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u= ></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-fam= ily:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I checked wit= h Bernard Forsythe to see how his owl nesting activities are progressing th= is year.=C2=A0 He tells me that it=E2=80=99s hard to beat the bumper crop o= f barred owls from last year.=C2=A0 He banded 39 chicks from roughly 15 nes= t boxes in 2016.=C2=A0 This year, from the 7 pairs he=E2=80=99s checked nea= r 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 (f= ood supplemented) hatched a week ago, the others should hatch this week, he= tells me.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color= :#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"= ;color:#1f497d">I have a route to do, an