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Dorothy Poole and I did my owl route #49 last night. It runs from Rhodes C=
orner to Whynott's Settlement and then inland to Maitland and through to Sw=
eetland. It was a perfect night with no wind=2C very dark and clear brig=
ht skies with sound traveling for miles. It did not look good for the firs=
t three stops. Then very close to stop number four a barred owl came flyi=
ng down the road and landed in a tree. We proceeded to our stop number fo=
ur and after the second barred owl playback the owl came flying in and land=
ed on the road two feet from the CD player looking at it. This is the firs=
t time I've ever had this happen. I've had them land in a tree close to th=
e CD player=2C but never on the open road ready to confront the CD player. =
I was standing about five feet away. Exciting indeed. We continued on to=
Maitland and at this stop we have never been without owls. This is the fi=
rst time that stop five was quiet. The same went for stop six and seven. =
Part way between seven and eight=2C we made a stop and tried for a northern=
saw-whet there just out of curiousity as the habitat is perfect. Dorothy =
played her ipod and the response was from four barred owls. We continued o=
n to stop eight which was a long ways from these four owls and we picked up=
four barred owls. Stop number nine produced six barred owls from differen=
t directions and the hunting screech of a great horned owl. At the last st=
op we heard two more barred owls. I feel that none of these were repeats d=
ue to the closeness of the owls and the distance between stops. So the tot=
al counting those not at an official stop was 17 barred owls and one great =
horned owl. Frogs were plentiful with spring peepers at most stops ranging=
from loud to softer and wood frogs at two or three stops.
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Today at Ragged Harbour we had quite a few swamp sparrows and one at Cherry=
Hill. At ragged harbour also was a hermit thrush.
I heard my first leopard frog calling at Cherry Hill Beach today. At my fe=
eders at home today a red crossbill was back. I got good photos=2C but mis=
sed the calls again as it flew. This is a very difficult task to get a rec=
ording of these calls and probably my tenth or eleventh attempt now. Purpl=
e finches are also back. Pat has seen them here=2C but not myself yet. At=
Ragged Harbour there were palm and yellow-rumped warblers calling=2C but t=
hey would not come out. They would be new arrivals that will not move for =
any amount of chuck chucking or pishing.
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James R. Hirtle
Bayport =
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Dorothy Poole and I did my owl route #49 last night. =3B It runs from R=
hodes Corner to Whynott's Settlement and then inland to Maitland and throug=
h to Sweetland. =3B =3B =3B It was a perfect night with no wind=
=2C very dark and clear bright skies with sound traveling for miles. =
=3B It did not look good for the first three stops. =3B =3B Then ve=
ry close to stop number four a barred owl came flying down the road and lan=
ded in a tree. =3B We proceeded to our stop =3B number four and aft=
er the second barred owl playback the owl came flying in and landed on the =
road two feet from the CD player looking at it. =3B This is the first t=
ime I've ever had this happen. =3B I've had them land in a tree close t=
o the CD player=2C but never on the open road ready to confront the CD play=
er. =3B I was standing about five feet away. =3B Exciting indeed.&n=
bsp=3B We continued on to Maitland and at this stop we have never been with=
out owls. =3B This is the first time that stop five was quiet. =3B =
The same went for stop six and seven. =3B Part way between =3Bseven=
and eight=2C we made a stop and tried for a northern saw-whet there just o=
ut of curiousity as the habitat is perfect. =3B Dorothy played her ipod=
and the response was from four barred owls. =3B We continued on to sto=
p eight which was a long ways from these four owls and we picked up four ba=
rred owls. =3B Stop number nine produced six barred owls from different=
directions and the hunting screech of a great horned owl. =3B At the l=
ast stop we heard two more barred owls. =3B I feel that none of these w=
ere repeats due to the closeness of the owls and the distance between stops=
. =3B So the total counting those not at an official stop was 17 barred=
owls and one great horned owl. =3B Frogs were plentiful with spring pe=
epers at most stops ranging from loud to softer and wood frogs at two or th=
ree stops.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
Today at Ragged Harbour we had quite a few swamp sparrows and one at Cherry=
Hill. =3B At ragged harbour also was a hermit thrush.<BR>
I heard my first leopard frog calling at Cherry Hill Beach today. =3B A=
t my feeders at home today a red crossbill was back. =3B I got good pho=
tos=2C but missed the calls again as it flew. =3B This is a very diffic=
ult task to get a recording of these calls and probably my tenth or elevent=
h attempt now. =3B Purple finches are also back. =3B Pat has seen t=
hem here=2C but not myself yet. =3B At Ragged Harbour there were palm a=
nd yellow-rumped warblers calling=2C but they would not come out. =3B T=
hey would be new arrivals that will not move for any amount of chuck chucki=
ng or pishing.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
James R. Hirtle<BR>
Bayport<BR> </body>
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