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Index of Subjects --047d7b86f4b28665dd04ccfaa458 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Rick, Without actually having the pellet in my hand, I'd venture to say it has a duck mandible in it. Horned Owls have a very diverse diet...it surprises me that they're less common (around here, anyway) than Barreds. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 26 October 2012 13:59, Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com>wrote: > Yesterday, Oct 25, on the main dyke just S of East Point, N. Grand > Pre, I flushed a Great Horned Owl that was right on the dyke. It flew > a short distance to an older dyke where it tucked in to some of the > salt tolerant plants. It must have stayed there for hours because > today there were two substantial pellets. I have a fine photo of the > owl & equally fine photos of the pellets, for those of you into > coprology. > > http://tinyurl.com/9ydrxt6 > > When the owl flew, several crows immediately flew in for close looks > but did not stick around at all. On my return trip, I saw two ravens > do the same thing. I was struck that they left also after a single > look, a very different reaction from their extreme attacks on > Short-eared Owls. > > Yesterday I had a pale Savannah Sparrow, just S of East Point, which > did not make the grade with Ian as an Ipswich. I think the photo is > useful as a not-Ipswich. > > Today I had my first Snow Bunting of this fall just S of East Point, > also photographed. > > Rick Whitman > --047d7b86f4b28665dd04ccfaa458 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rick,<div><br></div><div>Without actually having the pellet in my hand, I&#= 39;d venture to say it has a duck mandible in it. Horned Owls have a very d= iverse diet...it surprises me that they're less common (around here, an= yway) than Barreds.</div> <div><br></div><div>Randy<br clear=3D"all">________________________________= _<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 26 October 2012 13:59, Rick Whitman <= span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com" ta= rget=3D"_blank">dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><= blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px= #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Yesterday, Oct 25, on the main dyke just S of East Point, N. Grand<br> Pre, I flushed a Great Horned Owl that was right on the dyke. It flew<br> a short distance to an older dyke where it tucked in to some of the<br> salt tolerant plants. It must have stayed there for hours because<br> today there were two substantial pellets. I have a fine photo of the<br> owl & equally fine photos of the pellets, for those of you into<br> coprology.<br> <br> <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/9ydrxt6" target=3D"_blank">http://tinyurl.com= /9ydrxt6</a><br> <br> When the owl flew, several crows immediately flew in for close looks<br> but did not stick around at all. On my return trip, I saw two ravens<br> do the same thing. I was struck that they left also after a single<br> look, a very different reaction from their extreme attacks on<br> Short-eared Owls.<br> <br> Yesterday I had a pale Savannah Sparrow, just S of East Point, which<br> did not make the grade with Ian as an Ipswich. I think the photo is<br> useful as a not-Ipswich.<br> <br> Today I had my first Snow Bunting of this fall just S of East Point,<br> also photographed.<br> <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> Rick Whitman<br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div> --047d7b86f4b28665dd04ccfaa458--
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