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Index of Subjects --047d7b342d289254a504dc337c74 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, After weeks of windy evenings and being busy with other activities I finally got around around to doing my owl survey route yesterday evening, aided and abetted by the good company and excellent ears of Rick Whitman and Karen Casselman. The route is basically the length of Mines Rd., from near Falmouth to Benjamin Mills, Hants. Co.. What an amazing night, with temp of +18C at the beginning, falling to +15C at the end - a far cry from the usual hovering around zero. Also a great night for stargazing and plane-watching. At one stop we had 2 pairs of Barred Owls on opposite sides of the road, responding to the Barred Owl part of the tape, and sounding very like the pair on the tape. At the last 2 stops we had 3 Saw-Whets, including one that was so close that we were right beside the tree from which it was calling - continuously from s soon as we stopped, to when we left - but it was a dense fir, and we couldn't actually see the bird. The owl locations and count are similar to the last few years, but we missed the Gt. Horned at the last stop this time around. We also had 2 Woodcock and 1 Snipe, many Robins before it got too dark, and some deafening Peepers, Toads, and many small moths. Got home around 12:30 this morning. Richard -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --047d7b342d289254a504dc337c74 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>After weeks of windy eveni= ngs and being busy with other activities I finally got around around to doi= ng my owl survey route yesterday evening, aided and abetted by the good com= pany and excellent ears of Rick Whitman and Karen Casselman. The route is b= asically the length of Mines Rd., from near Falmouth to Benjamin Mills, Han= ts. Co.. What an amazing night, with temp of +18C at the beginning, falling= to +15C at the end - a far cry from the usual hovering around zero. Also a= great night for stargazing and plane-watching. At one stop we had 2 pairs = of Barred Owls on opposite sides of the road, responding to the Barred Owl = part of the tape, and sounding very like the pair on the tape. At the last = 2 stops we had 3 Saw-Whets, including one that was so close that we were ri= ght beside the tree from which it was calling - continuously from s soon as= we stopped, to when we left - but it was a dense fir, and we couldn't = actually see the bird. <br> <br></div>The owl locations and count are similar to the last few years, bu= t we missed the Gt. Horned at the last stop this time around. We also had 2= Woodcock and 1 Snipe, many Robins before it got too dark, and some deafeni= ng Peepers, Toads, and many small moths.=A0 Got home around 12:30 this morn= ing.<br> <br></div>Richard<br clear=3D"all"><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br>####= #############<br>Richard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D= "mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a= ><br> ################### </div></div></div></div></div></div> --047d7b342d289254a504dc337c74--
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