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Index of Subjects Thank you for this reminder, Rosemary. It does make sense, and I shall not do this again. Happy holidays! Joan ---- Rosemary G <mountainchickadee@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Sandy Hiltz's email regarding dead owls hit by cars reminds me of a conversation I had one day with a naturalist in the Alberta Rockies. He commented that most people don't think twice about throwing apple cores, fruit peels, etc. out their vehicle windows because these items are biodegradable. But he said what happens is this food attracts rodents/small mammals who go onto the road or close to the road to eat our fruit cores...then owls fly down to catch these rodents that are munching on the apple core, etc. He said this practice causes many owls to be killed by vehicles. > > It seemed to make sense. Any thoughts on this? > > Rosemary Gallinger > > From: birddog@ns.sympatico.ca > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Barred Owls > Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:03:53 -0400 > > > > > > > > > > > Yesterday in the late afternoon while driving between Metegan and Yarmouth > on the 101 I had the unfortunate experience of seeing 2 Barred Owls hit by > vehicles and killed within 5 minutes of each other. The first one literally died > in my hands and the second as hit by a large truck and was killed instantly. > These owls were about a kilometer a part. > > > Sandy
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