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Index of Subjects --0000000000006664d4059e664a46 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I could see Audiomoths being used concurrently with the Nocturnal Owl Survey for a few years, just to correlate the two protocols, then converting over entirely to the Audiomoth protocol. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 at 14:37, John Kearney <j.f.kearney@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bev, Nancy, Randy and all, > I would be most happy to share my knowledge about using AudioMoths; > set-up, deployment in the field, and programs for listening to and > annotating recordings. An essential component of the Listening Together > project is to reach out to community organizations such as yours so I would > be glad to come and meet with your group to discuss how bioacoustics might > be useful to the group now and in the future. The Listening Together > project area includes most of the Valley and the South Shore up to about > Bridgewater. > There are many views about the use of playback during the breeding season > (and during migration as well). It is strictly prohibited, including > pishing, in the North American Breeding Bird Survey, while it is an > integral component of other survey methods such as nocturnal owl monitoring > routes. My purpose is to offer another alternative, one that, in the > long-term, will provide more in-depth and reliable results. We haven't yet > developed a survey protocol for owls using AudioMoths, but it would be fun > to work on one. > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca On Behalf Of Bev Wigney > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 10:08 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Great Horned Owl > > Hi John, > > That sounds like an interesting project. I just bought an AudioMoth unit > to try out and was thinking of buying a couple more. I bought this one to > put in forests to determine which birds are nesting in an area. I'll be > interested in hearing more about how you will be putting your units to work. > Agree -- I think community listening projects could be quite useful. > Our local facebook group has a few hundred members in the Annapolis Royal > area and many are very interested in nature. I'm quite sure we could get > something going for listening for owls as many people are already doing so > at their farms and rural residences. > I look forward to hearing more about how you'll be putting the AudioMoth > units to use in your area. > > Bev > > On 2/12/20, John Kearney <j.f.kearney@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Donna and all, > > > > This kind of census has a great appeal to me. I don't participate in > > the nocturnal owl studies sponsored by Birds Canada since I don't > > agree with disturbing and agitating breeding birds that may result > > from the requirement to broadcast recordings of owl calls. So many > > studies of birds, in the name of conservation, are stressing birds > > through capture, tagging, and playback. > > Studies are beginning to show that stress during the breeding season > > from human-generated sources can affect not only breeding success but > > long-term physiological health. > > > > A new project, called Listening Together, in Southwest Nova Scotia, is > > developing a survey method that people could use to replace the Birds > > Canada survey method. This method involves the placement of > > inexpensive but programmable recording devices along an owl survey > > route. This method enables the survey participant to listen on a more > > frequent basis for the presence of owls on the route without > > disturbing the owls. The project is also working on methods to detect > > the presence of owl calls in the recording automatically and even > > identify the species. These more advanced features will take more time > > to develop but I'm hoping to have automatic identifiers for a few > > species-at-risk, Canada Warbler, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Rusty > > Blackbird, in the next few months. These identifiers will be useful > > for confirming the breeding presence of these species-at-risk in > > woodlands. I hope to have recording devices, called AudioMoths, > > available to borrow by conservation groups by early April. > > Unfortunately, the coronavirus may delay the arrival of my order since > > China produces the circuit boards. Listening Together is funded by > > Environment and Climate Change Canada, Nova Scotia Lands and Forestry, > > and a group of university and NGO partners in Southwest Nova Scotia. > > Please contact me if you would like to know more about it. > > > > John > > > > j.f.kearney@gmail.com > > > > > > > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca On Behalf Of Donna Crossland > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 20:58 > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Great Horned Owl > > > > > > > > It would be fun to form some sort of auditory census for Great-horned > > owl nesting pairs right about now. It's interesting to learn of just > > where they are nesting and whether they are increasing/decreasing. > > 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. > > > > > > > > Here's hoping that this 2nd apparently 'open winter' (I know that > > March can still surprise us) does not negatively affect Barred owl > populations. > > Bernard Forsythe's report of last year's uncommonly low (nonexistent?) > > success rate for nesting Barred owls leaves us hoping this winter will > > be more productive. > > > > > > > > The yellow-breasted chat must be regretting its choices by now? > > > > > > > > Donna Crossland > > > > Tupperville > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2020-02-11 10:25 a.m., James Hirtle wrote: > > > > When I got out of work on Feb. 16 at 23:00 there was a great horned > > owl calling. It sounded like it was somewhere in the vicinity of > > Woodland Gardens. I was on Dufferin Street up over the hill from there. > > > > > > > > The yellow-breasted chat continues at Barbara McLeans in Lunenburg and > > a pine warbler has returned after quite an absence. > > > > > > > > James R. Hirtle > > > > LaHave > > > > > > --0000000000006664d4059e