[NatureNS] Great Horned Owl

Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:19:21 -0400 (AST)
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">Well Donna you always have such great posts.</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">Makes my old brain cells get active!</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">There is no doubt the calls used in the Owl Surveys attract</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">Horned Owls. I know this from experience on my back steps.</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">But I&#39;ve never had one on my owl route. Its not the type</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">of habitat that you would expect Horned Owls.</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">In my younger days when I did a lot of hunting and fishing</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">I would be out well before sunrise and well after sunset.&#160;</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">Then I would be on marshs or along rivers - generally wet spots</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">and I would hear Horned Owls quite often. See a brood of Common Mergansers</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">along the river and the chances were good to see a Horned Owl after sunset.</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">Same with a teal marsh.</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">They seem more habitat specific than Barred Owls.</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">Ann-Lee sent a great report about the owl survey.</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">A lot of info there!</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">Looking forward to swimming a fly for Keji trout.</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">Enjoy the winter</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 16px;">Paul</span>
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   On February 11, 2020 at 8:57 PM Donna Crossland &#60;dcrossland@eastlink.ca&#62; wrote:
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   <p>It would be fun to form some sort of auditory census for Great-horned owl nesting pairs right about now.&#160; It&#39;s interesting to learn of just where they are nesting and whether they are increasing/decreasing.&#160; The nocturnal owl survey takes care of this to some extent, but it would be interesting to learn more of their whereabouts, particularly close to towns, etc.&#160; </p> 
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   <p>Here&#39;s hoping that this 2nd apparently &#39;open winter&#39; (I know that March can still surprise us) does not negatively affect Barred owl populations.&#160; Bernard Forsythe&#39;s report of last year&#39;s uncommonly low (nonexistent?) success rate for nesting Barred owls leaves us hoping this winter will be more productive.</p> 
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   <p>The yellow-breasted chat must be regretting its choices by now?</p> 
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    On 2020-02-11 10:25 a.m., James Hirtle wrote:
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     <span>When I got out of work on Feb. 16 at 23:00 there was a great horned owl calling.&#160; It sounded like it was somewhere in the vicinity of Woodland Gardens.&#160; I was on Dufferin Street up over the hill from there. &#160;</span>
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     <span>The yellow-breasted chat continues at Barbara McLeans in Lunenburg and a pine warbler has returned after quite an absence. &#160;</span>
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