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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CD2AC4.B6BF4F40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gillian and Jim Elliott joined me for an owl survey on a route near = Earltown, Colchester, last night. Conditions were near-perfect for = owling, with an almost-full moon, clear skies and wind very light except = at two exposed stops. Unfortunately, there was a damp chill in the air = and the owls, as well as the songbirds, were unusually quiet. We found = only 7 owls, on a route where 20 or more are regular. It was an enjoyable evening, though, with snipe winnowing at the first = stop, woodcock wittering at a couple of later stops, and Ruffed Grouse = drumming til midnight in the bright moonlight. We had four species of = owls: a Boreal that called at the first stop, 3 Barreds (one flew in = silently and perched, craning its neck to watch us), two Great Horneds = and one Northern Saw-whet. Cheers, Susann Myers ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CD2AC4.B6BF4F40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Gillian and Jim Elliott joined me for = an owl survey=20 on a route near Earltown, Colchester, last night. Conditions were=20 near-perfect for owling, with an almost-full moon, clear skies and wind = very=20 light except at two exposed stops. Unfortunately, there was a damp = chill=20 in the air and the owls, as well as the songbirds, were unusually = quiet. =20 We found only 7 owls, on a route where 20 or more are=20 regular.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>It was an enjoyable evening, though, = with snipe=20 winnowing at the first stop, woodcock wittering at a couple of later = stops, and=20 Ruffed Grouse drumming til midnight in the bright = moonlight. We had=20 four species of owls: a Boreal that called at the first stop, 3 Barreds = (one=20 flew in silently and perched, craning its neck to watch us), two Great = Horneds=20 and one Northern Saw-whet.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Susann = Myers</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CD2AC4.B6BF4F40--
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