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That reminds me: When I arrived home on Wyman Road near Yarmouth about 5:30
P.M. yesterday, a mob or crows was vociferously chasing something . The
whole collection wheeled over the nearby trees, and I caught a too-short
glimpse of the victim of their affection. Did not look like an owl.
Raven-sized, pale-bellied, with somewhat dark wingtips, thanks mainly to
folded primaries, I suspect. Shape was intermediate between a buteo and
classic accipiter.
All things considered, I suspect they were chasing a goshawk.
Does that sound unusual?
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Randy Lauff
Sent: October-22-11 11:39 AM
To: NatureNS
Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Owl gut contents
I've posted pictures of the prey from the GHOW gut. These are not pictures
for the faint of heart, they are partially digested, wet critters.
http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/owlstudents002.jpg - shows all the prey
except for the second Jumping Mouse. I'm pretty sure the bird in the bottom
centre is a vireo.
http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/owlstudents004.jpg - a close up of the
warbler...Canada?
http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/owlstudents006.jpg - another view.
Thoughts?
Randy
_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.
On 21 October 2011 16:34, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote:
All,
A few weeks ago, Ken McKenna dropped off a road-killed Great Horned Owl for
me here at StFX. As is typical this time of year, I have a few high school
students doing a skeleton reconstruction project under my guidance, and this
group is currently prepping out the GHOW. (As an aside, I thawed the bird
after Ken gave it to me and felt it all over, thinking that a road-kill
would have broken bones...it felt surprisingly intact, and now that the
students have the feathers off, I still can't see any problems. )
The "stomach" was huge, and when I cut it open with the students, I found a
Jumping Mouse (not sure which species), a warbler and another bird, perhaps
a forest thrush of some sort, and then a second Jumping Mouse. The warbler
really surprised me because there's so little to a warbler, I didn't think a
bird the size of a horned owl would bother. Always learning, I guess. There
are enough feathers on the warbler still that I think it can be
identified...my guess at this point is either Magnolia or Canada, but I'll
let you know.
Randy
_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.
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affection. Did not look like an owl. Raven-sized, =
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pictures of the prey from the GHOW gut. These are not pictures for the =
faint of heart, they are partially digested,