next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
Dear All, Oct 29, 2007
On Oct 21 (Sunday afternoon) I had an unusual encounter with a
Barred Owl in woods through which I frequently walk. I took a slightly
different route than usual because I wanted to pass through a small
clearing where Hemlock trees had been cut 5-10 years ago so I could
check for _Ganoderma_.
As I approached the clearing, the Owl took off, flew across the
small clearing and landed on the far side facing me (about 30 paces
away) in full view and facing the sun so every detail was clear. Over a
period of perhaps 5 minutes I crossed the clearing calling softly at
intervals while raising me left arm as a way to say 'I see you' and it
made no reaction until I started waving at a distance of about 10 paces.
After a dozen or so waves it swiveled its head twice to the South and
then flew off to the South.
In short it was unusually tame and I thought that it might have
become so after having seen me numerous times (when I had not seen it).
Yesterday afternoon (Oct 28) I went back to the same clearing,
turned South to resume the search for _Ganoderma_ and, about 40 paces
south of the Owl tree, found a south-facing Owl nesting box on a Yellow
Birch and just SW of this a north-facing smaller box (Pileated WP ?) on
a Beech tree. They appear to have about 4 years of weathering.
So I am wondering if the human contact that arises from having used
a nesting box tends to generate Owls that are less wary of humans.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects