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Index of Subjects >Hi Suzanne and others; I'm jealous. I had my worst night on Sunday and was beginning to think it was clearcuts, (though it wasn't all clearcuts) so I'll have to re-think it. Our numbers dropped dramatically. Billy I am resending this because it didn't make it through earlier. > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax > > >>Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:23:36 -0700 (PDT) >>From: Suzanne Borkowski <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca> >>Subject: Owl Bonanza on Bowater Route! >> >> >>Hi Everyone; >> >>Patricia Chalmers and I ran my owl route on Friday night in the >>Bowater lands at Sandy Lake, Tantallon. Pat had called me at >>lunchtime to say the winds were dropping in the evening and could I >>go? I always keep a bag packed during owl survey season: warm >>clothes, flashlight, compass, clipboard, forms, pencil, batteries, >>extra playback CD and at the last minute I throw in some snacks. We >>get pretty hungry by midnight. So, I jumped in the car and went to >>scout the route in daylight hours. I got to see a Barred owl on >>this excursion. It flew across the road, landed on a branch, and >>proceeded to stare at me! I also saw a flock of White-winged >>Crossbills and several Hairy Woodpeckers. There were loads of >>Robins, Juncos and Mourning Doves, a few Golden-crowned Kinglets and >>some Chickadees. >> >>That night the wind dropped completely - not even a "fresh breeze >>felt on face". Listening conditions were excellent. We could even >>hear distant highway traffic from the 103 at stop 3 - about 5 km up >>the road. Our first stop produced no owls, but at our second, we >>had a pair of duetting Barred Owls calling from further up the road >>- a nice treat! At our next stop we could hear these two owls >>behind us; but we also picked up a Northern Saw-whet and a Great >>Horned. Four owls in three stops - the night was looking >>promising! After that I amwe had owls at every stop. On two >>occasions we got good looks at Barred Owls as they flew in and >>called to us from less than 50 feet away. Our total for the night >>was 23 owls: 14 Barred, 10 Northern Saw-whet and one Great Horned; >>the highest number we've ever had on any of our routes. >>By contrast, other wildlife was scarce. No Woodcock or Snipe, no >>hares, no coyotes calling, and no deer. There were no signs of >>porcupine or raccoons either. We had Spring Peepers at one stop >>only, a few loons calling at another, and a small number of Canada >>Geese. Again, there were more clearcuts in the woods this year, but >>they certainly didn't have a negative effect on our owl numbers! >> >>Any thoughts? >> >>Cheers; >>Suzanne >> >> >> > >
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