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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-2--266049757 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Randy, Amazing! Could you locate the road for me? Sounds like a good bet for my = video adventures. Paul Ruggles. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9vPZWRq8auD66f8rfEKeQ On 2014-05-01, at 9:12 AM, Randy Lauff wrote: > Last night, my buddy Ivan and I did my second of two owl surveys. The = starting point is the farthest point away from home, and we drive the = route backwards during daylight to make sure the very remote road is in = adequate condition. It was good enough for my truck, but I wouldn't have = taken a car through that. There has been cutting on this route over the = past few years, but nothing new this year. >=20 > We should have kept track of the wildlife we saw during the approach = to Stop 1. We estimated about 20 grouse, including some strutting, at = least a dozen porcupine, probably 25 hare and a few deer. No bear this = year. >=20 > The listening conditions were awesome, with barely a breath of air = movement. Ivan heard one distant Saw-whet at stop 4, then both of us = heard two more on two stops further up the line. Our habit is to stand a = few metres apart, near the truck, facing each other so each is looking = either up or down the road, and we can communicate with each other, as = well. At one stop, I spotted a large owl flying at tree top level over = the road, approaching us...I didn't want to spook the bird, so I didn't = say anything to Ivan...he was destined to see it in a few seconds = anyway. Sadly, just before it got to him, it veered into the woods and = he didn't get a look. It never vocalized or appeared again despite the = two Barred Owl recordings being played after that. >=20 > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. --Apple-Mail-2--266049757 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Randy,<div>Amazing! Could you locate the road for me? Sounds like a good = bet for my video adventures.</div><div>Paul = Ruggles.</div><div><br></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; "><a = href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9vPZWRq8auD66f8rfEKeQ">https://= www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9vPZWRq8auD66f8rfEKeQ</a></div></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; = "><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 2014-05-01, at 9:12 AM, Randy Lauff = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">Last night, my buddy Ivan and I did my = second of two owl surveys. The starting point is the farthest point away = from home, and we drive the route backwards during daylight to make sure = the very remote road is in adequate condition. It was good enough for my = truck, but I wouldn't have taken a car through that. There has been = cutting on this route over the past few years, but nothing new this = year.<div> <br></div><div>We should have kept track of the wildlife we saw during = the approach to Stop 1. We estimated about 20 grouse, including some = strutting, at least a dozen porcupine, probably 25 hare and a few deer. = No bear this year.</div> <div><br></div><div>The listening conditions were awesome, with barely a = breath of air movement. Ivan heard one distant Saw-whet at stop 4, then = both of us heard two more on two stops further up the line. Our habit is = to stand a few metres apart, near the truck, facing each other so each = is looking either up or down the road, and we can communicate with each = other, as well. At one stop, I spotted a large owl flying at tree top = level over the road, approaching us...I didn't want to spook the bird, = so I didn't say anything to Ivan...he was destined to see it in a few = seconds anyway. Sadly, just before it got to him, it veered into the = woods and he didn't get a look. It never vocalized or appeared again = despite the two Barred Owl recordings being played after that.</div> <div><br></div><div>Randy<br = clear=3D"all"><div>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way = in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div> </div></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-2--266049757--
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