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--Boundary_(ID_RssClmhi9MBCfagLs8bh3Q) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT July 5, 2011 - speaking of nesting owls this year, and just for the record for the Bird Society records, Pam Matthews showed me photos of a successful nesting of GREAT HORNED OWLS there this past Spring. The nest platform was in a big but bushy planted pine very close to Belcher St. in their front yard at Port Williams. And that platform blew down in a big wind when the two baby owls were pretty small and weak. Pam called Bernard Forsythe for assistance, and at the time one youngster seemed very weak and a probable mortality; but both youngsters were successfully raised by their parents to full size and real fledging and dispersal. I reported the final result above to Bernard, and he wonders if these great horned owls might be the same pair that nested recently for a few years at Noggins Farm woods at Greenwich and, further back in time, nested at the Muttarts' house near Prescott House on Starr's Point? Begin forwarded message: > From: Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> > Date: July 3, 2011 7:54:46 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Barred Owl Report from Bernard Forsythe > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Bernard has written a full report for the BNS Newsletter but I > thought a brief report (with Bernard's agreement) might be of > interest here. All boxes are in Kings County. Most are Bernard's > own but several were put up by other folks & Bernard just bands the > young owls. He worked with 18 boxes this year. Eleven boxes > produced 15 young owls that fledged. There would have been somewhat > more eggs in total because the 8 boxes that he followed closely > produced a total of 17 eggs. The other 3 boxes that produced young > were not monitored in the egg stage. > > Adults visited 7 boxes where eggs were never produced. > > In 2010 Bernard recorded 36 fledged young, so 2011 is down for > Barred Owls also, while not a failure to any serious degree. > -- > Rick Whitman > --Boundary_(ID_RssClmhi9MBCfagLs8bh3Q) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> July 5, 2011 - speaking of nesting owls this year, and just for = the record for the Bird Society records, <div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 20px; = "><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 20px; ">Pam Matthews showed me photos of a = successful nesting of </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 20px; "><b>GREAT HORNED OWLS</b></span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 20px; "> there this past = Spring. The nest platform was in a big but bushy planted pine very = close to Belcher St. in their front yard at Port Williams. And = that platform blew down in a big wind when the two baby owls were pretty = small and weak. Pam called Bernard Forsythe for assistance, and at = the time one youngster seemed very weak and a probable mortality; but = both youngsters were successfully raised by their parents to full size = and real fledging and dispersal. </span><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">I reported the final result = above to <b>Bernard</b>, and he<b> wonders if these great horned = owls</b> might be the same pair that nested recently for a few years at = Noggins Farm woods at <b>Greenwich</b> and, further back in time, nested = at the Muttarts' house near Prescott House on <b>Starr's = Point</b>?</font></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Rick Whitman <<a = href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">dendroica.caerulescens@gm= ail.com</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 3, 2011 7:54:46 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Barred Owl Report from = Bernard Forsythe</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> Bernard has = written a full report for the BNS Newsletter but I thought a brief = report (with Bernard's agreement) might be of interest here. All boxes = are in Kings County. Most are Bernard's own but several were put up by = other folks & Bernard just bands the young owls. He worked with 18 = boxes this year. Eleven boxes produced 15 young owls that fledged. There = would have been somewhat more eggs in total because the 8 boxes that he = followed closely produced a total of 17 eggs. The other 3 boxes that = produced young were not monitored in the egg stage.<div> = <br></div><div>Adults visited 7 boxes where eggs were never = produced.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2010 Bernard recorded 36 fledged = young, so 2011 is down for Barred Owls also, while not a failure to any = serious degree.<br> -- <br>Rick Whitman<br><br> = </div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_RssClmhi9MBCfagLs8bh3Q)--
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