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& I wrote this a few days back and apparently didn't send it- Very interesting, Bev. It's great that you've begun an INaturalist project on breeding owls, or any sightings. I think Paul MacDonald mentioned that there were Long-eared owls reported in Round Hill a few years back. Strangely, I have never heard them, though have memorized their call. There were Great-horned owls nesting in Annapolis Royal one year in a shade tree near the Academy. I am not sure if they are still nesting in the area. Despite their size, they and their nest are easy to miss. I used to hear a pair every year on calm cold winter nights, fairly early in the evening, in East Dalhousie. A lot of Barred owls likely lost their nest cavity tree in the hurricane last fall. (Forestry is rapidly taking care of other potential nest trees.) It's good to encourage some nest box constructions for those species who cannot build their own cavity. We have too many crows in our neighbourhood to have owls move in and try to nest (too wise?). They'd have no rest, and likely no nesting success between the crows and raccoons who will also take over the boxes if they can. (In my thinking, there are too many people feeding crows and other corvids without realizing the negative impacts they have on other bird species.) Donna On 2020-02-11 9:16 p.m., Bev Wigney wrote: > Donna and all, > > Sounds like a good idea. I could make an announcement on the > Annapolis Environment & Ecology group on FB and see if we could > organize some listening in this area. I do know that one local > resident at Round Hill made some pretty wild recordings of owls in the > woods right behind her house. I think there were owls down by > Whippletree Farm as well. > > bev > > > > On 2/11/20, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> wrote: >> 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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