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Index of Subjects --0016364d1f21f47c8b049728075c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Oh, I so agree with that. So much so that I have a shovel in my car with me and push roadkill to the side of the road or in the ditch if I can. We have has 2 eagles in the past month that were killed scavenging in the middle of the road. Helene On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 2:31 PM, 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 > --0016364d1f21f47c8b049728075c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oh, I so agree with that. So much so that I have a shovel in my car with me= and push roadkill to the side of the road or in the ditch if I can. We hav= e has 2 eagles in the past month that were killed scavenging in the middle = of the road.<div> <br></div><div>Helene<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 11, 201= 0 at 2:31 PM, Rosemary G <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:mountainch= ickadee@hotmail.com">mountainchickadee@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br= ><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1= px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div> Sandy Hiltz's email regarding dead owls hit by cars reminds me of a con= versation I had one day with a naturalist in the Alberta Rockies.=A0 He com= mented that most people don't think twice about throwing apple cores, f= ruit peels, etc. out their vehicle windows because these items are biodegra= dable.=A0 But he said what=A0 happens is this food attracts rodents/small m= ammals who go onto the road or close to the road to eat our fruit cores...t= hen owls fly down to catch these rodents that are munching on the apple cor= e, etc.=A0 He said this practice causes many owls to be killed by vehicles.= <br> <br>It seemed to make sense.=A0 Any thoughts on this?=A0 <br><br>Rosemary G= allinger<br><br><hr>From: <a href=3D"mailto:birddog@ns.sympatico.ca" target= =3D"_blank">birddog@ns.sympatico.ca</a><br>To: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@c= hebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br> Subject: [NatureNS] Barred Owls<br>Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:03:53 -0400<br= ><br> <div>Yesterday in the late afternoon while driving between Metegan and Yarm= outh=20 on the 101 I had the unfortunate experience of seeing 2 Barred Owls hit by= =20 vehicles and killed within 5 minutes of each other. The first one literally= died=20 in my hands and the second as hit by a large truck and was killed instantly= .=20 These owls were about a kilometer a part.</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>Sandy</div> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div> --0016364d1f21f47c8b049728075c--
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