[NatureNS] Great Horned Owl

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From: Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:50:29 -0400
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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
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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
> >
> >
>
>

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