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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01CF7083.59EF10A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable With a very promising forecast for last night (balmy spring day, light = winds throughout afternoon and evening, and full moon), I took some = vacation leave and dashed down to Cape Breton yesterday afternoon, to = run my owl survey on the Salmon River Road in CBRM, with the skilled = assistance of John MacInnis. This was the first warm day of the spring = in Cape Breton, and the first night of light winds in weeks. Owls had = had little previous opportunity to advertise territorial boundaries, and = were very vocal last night. We heard a total of 31 owls (24 Barreds, 2 Great Horneds and 5 Northern = Saw-whets), 8 American Woodcock and 6 Wilson's Snipe in the 10 stops. = 19 of the 31 owls were heard in the initial 2-minute silence. This is = not a record for this route, since I once heard 33 owls there on a = similar calm full-moon night in May. Counts have been much lower on = less perfect nights, though. =20 The temperature fell from +6 degrees C at the start of the survey to -1 = at the end, but owls were still calling at the last stop. The sky was = mostly overcast at the start, but became mostly clear by the third stop. Laura Saunders ran a survey on another route near the Mira River in Cape = Breton last night, along the Broughton Road, and heard a total of 18 = owls. The previous maximum count for that route was about 6 owls, = although I haven't checked the records. It was a magical night for owling! We can't count on getting such = perfect conditions, even once every few years. I wish that everyone = interested in owls could experience a night like this one. Cheers, Susann Myers ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01CF7083.59EF10A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: = 15px"=20 id=3DMailContainerBody leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 = CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>With a very promising forecast for last night = (balmy=20 spring day, light winds throughout afternoon and evening, and full = moon), I took=20 some vacation leave and dashed down to Cape Breton yesterday afternoon, = to run=20 my owl survey on the Salmon River Road in CBRM, with the skilled = assistance of=20 John MacInnis. This was the first warm day of the spring in = Cape=20 Breton, and the first night of light winds in weeks. Owls had had = little=20 previous opportunity to advertise territorial boundaries, and were = very=20 vocal last night.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>We heard a total of 31 owls (24 Barreds, 2 = Great Horneds=20 and 5 Northern Saw-whets), 8 American Woodcock and 6 Wilson's Snipe in = the 10=20 stops. 19 of the 31 owls were heard in the initial 2-minute=20 silence. This is not a record for this route, since I once heard 33 = owls=20 there on a similar calm full-moon night in May. Counts have been = much=20 lower on less perfect nights, though.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>The temperature fell from +6 degrees C at the = start of=20 the survey to -1 at the end, but owls were still calling at the last = stop. =20 The sky was mostly overcast at the start, but became mostly clear by the = third=20 stop.</FONT></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Laura Saunders ran a survey on another route = near the=20 Mira River in Cape Breton last night, along the Broughton Road, and = heard a=20 total of 18 owls. The previous maximum count for that route was = about 6=20 owls, although I haven't checked the records.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>It was a magical night for owling! We = can't count=20 on getting such perfect conditions, even once every few years. I = wish that=20 everyone interested in owls could experience a night like this = one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Susann Myers</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01CF7083.59EF10A0--
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