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Index of Subjects --089e0158b35a22ba0104da7e68b3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks Ron, I'll have to check some nest boxes this evening! Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 16 April 2013 14:16, Ronald Arsenault <rongarsenault@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Randy, > > This may in fact be good news. Scott Makepeace, NB Dept. Nat. Resources > biologist who monitors owls, told me that his work has revealed that the > response rate of owls is actually inversely related to their nesting > success, especially with Barred Owls, if I remember correctly. In other > words, owls which have settled down with nesting duties are much less > likely to respond to a taped call than are owls who are either looking for > a mate or whose nesting attempt has failed. > > Hope this cheers you up! > > Ron > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Krista and I did the Fairmont (Ant. Coi.) route last night. Frogs were >> barely an issue as it was about -3 oC the whole time. Three or four years >> ago, I got a dozen (?) or so Barreds, GHOW and S'whets. Last year, skunked. >> This year, under similarly ideal conditions as last year...skunked. Very >> perplexing. >> >> Randy >> >> _________________________________ >> RF Lauff >> Way in the boonies of >> Antigonish County, NS. >> >> >> On 16 April 2013 01:13, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> An interesting evening for running this route with owls on 8 out of 10 >>> stops. We missed out on owls interestingly on two of the stops that we >>> usually get them. One of these stops now has a trailer at the location, so >>> that could be the reason. The other stop we always have wood frogs and >>> spring peepers so loud that it is unbelievable, but by that point the >>> temperature had dropped to around freezing. Wood frogs and spring peepers >>> were at the first five stops and I suspect we would have heard them on all >>> stops had the temperature not dropped. As the temperature dropped the owls >>> seemed to become less vocal. I don't know if any studies have been done in >>> respects to this observation or not. In all we had 10 barred owls. Most >>> of the owls all except for the first stop where there were three, two of >>> which were seen, were all more distant than is the norm on this route. >>> >>> James R. Hirtle >>> Bridgewater >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Ronald G. Arsenault > Moncton, N.B. > --089e0158b35a22ba0104da7e68b3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks Ron,<div><br></div><div style>I'll have to chec= k some nest boxes this evening!</div><div style><br></div><div style>Randy<= /div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div>______________= ___________________<br> RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 16 April 2013 14:16, Ronald Arsenault= <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:rongarsenault@gmail.com" target=3D= "_blank">rongarsenault@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex"> <div dir=3D"ltr">Hello Randy,<div><br></div><div>This may in fact be good n= ews. =A0Scott Makepeace, NB Dept. Nat. Resources biologist who monitors owl= s, told me that his work has revealed that the response rate of owls is act= ually inversely=A0related to their nesting success, especially with Barred = Owls, if I remember correctly. =A0In other words, owls which have settled d= own with nesting duties are much less likely to respond to a taped call tha= n are owls who are either looking for a mate or whose nesting attempt has f= ailed.</div> <div><br></div><div>Hope this cheers you up!</div><div><br></div><div>Ron</= div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div><div class=3D"h5"><br><br><div cl= ass=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Randy Lauff <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">ran= dy.lauff@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Krista and I did the Fairmo= nt (Ant. Coi.) route last night. Frogs were barely an issue as it was about= -3 oC the whole time. Three or four years ago, I got a dozen (?) or so Bar= reds, GHOW and S'whets. Last year, skunked. This year, under similarly = ideal conditions as last year...skunked. Very perplexing.<div> <br></div><div>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all= "><div>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies = of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div><div><div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 16 April 2013 01:13, James Hirtle <sp= an dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blan= k">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmai= l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left= :1ex"> <div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><font size=3D"4">An interesting evening for runni= ng this route with owls on 8 out of 10 stops.=A0=A0 We missed out on owls i= nterestingly on two of the stops that we usually get them.=A0 One of these = stops now has a trailer at the location, so that could be the reason.=A0 Th= e other stop we always have wood frogs and spring peepers so loud that it i= s unbelievable, =A0but by that point the temperature had dropped to around = freezing.=A0 Wood frogs and spring peepers were at the first five stops and= I suspect we would have heard them on all stops had the temperature not dr= opped.=A0 As the temperature dropped the owls seemed to become less vocal.= =A0 I don't know if any studies have been done in respects to this obse= rvation