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<br>&gt; &gt;&gt; Margaret and --089e0160b9b00d43680511ce9c48 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 We just admitted another starving saw whet, this one from Middle Musquodoboit. Helene Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Hilden Nova Scotia www.cwrc.net helene.birdvet@gmail.com 902-893-0253 On Mar 21, 2015 11:15 AM, "Randy Lauff" <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: > Deep snow is tough on the small - medium owls, but lovely for the rodents. > Pretty much only weasels can get at the rodents (and shrews) in the > subnivean (under the snow, but on the ground) microhabitat. > > I predict, and I really shouldn't since I've had so many bad owl > predictions, that Saw-whet nests will be fewer this year, but those that > are there, will do well (because of greater small mammal survivorship). I > normally start checking my nest boxes (for owls) around now. I'll need > snowshoes, but not my regular (4 m) ladder - maybe just a step stool. > > Randy > > > > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > On 21 March 2015 at 08:33, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca < > rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> You are not susposed to start before April 1 Nancy >> Enjoy the spring until then >> Paul >> >> > On March 21, 2015 at 6:14 AM nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On the topic of owls, has anyone done their owl routes this year to >> listen for breeding/territorial owls? Results? I have not heard the usual >> owls (Great-Horned, Barred) so far this season on the outskirts of >> Bridgewater. >> > >> > Nancy >> > On 2015-03-20, at 10:36 PM, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote: >> > >> > > Hi Billy and all >> > > I had a call this morning from Adam MacInnis of the local NewGlasgow >> News. A friend of his had found a dead small owl at Acadia St. In >> Stellarton earlier in the morning. He sent me a photo of the owl and I >> confirmed it as a Saw-whet. This is only a couple of km away from one >> photographed live by Emily Munro on the night of mar 3 in a shrub near the >> A&W in nearby Lourdes. Could very well have been the same bird. >> > > >> > > One could speculate it died of hunger given weather conditions but >> just speculation. The hamburger connection is there Bill! Undoubtedly this >> is a tough winter on all >> > > wild animals. >> > > Cheers >> > > Ken >> > > >> > > Ken McKenna >> > > Box 218 >> > > Stellarton >> > > NS B0K 1S0 >> > > >> > > >> > >> On Mar 20, 2015, at 10:16 PM, bdigout <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Margaret and Jackie Morrison of St. Peter's had a NSWO on their deck >> railing today. She said it was very tame (maybe weak) and only flew when >> she petted it. I told her it was probably looking for mice around her bird >> feeder. She wanted to know if she should leave out some hamburger in case >> it returns. I told her it couldn't hurt to try. Any comments? >> > >> Billy >> > >> > > --089e0160b9b00d43680511ce9c48 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr">We just admitted another starving saw whet, this one from Mi= ddle Musquodoboit.<br> Helene</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Helene Van Doninck DVM<br> Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<br> Hilden Nova Scotia<br> www.cwrc.net<br> helene.birdvet@gmail.com<br= > 902-893-0253</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mar 21, 2015 11:15 AM, "Randy Lauff"= ; <randy.lauff@gmail.com>= ; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D= "margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D= "ltr">Deep snow is tough on the small - medium owls, but lovely for the rod= ents. Pretty much only weasels can get at the rodents (and shrews) in the s= ubnivean (under the snow, but on the ground) microhabitat.<div><br></div><d= iv>I predict, and I really shouldn't since I've had so many bad owl= predictions, that Saw-whet nests will be fewer this year, but those that a= re there, will do well (because of greater small mammal survivorship). I no= rmally start checking my nest boxes (for owls) around now. I'll need sn= owshoes, but not my regular (4 m) ladder - maybe just a step stool.</div><d= iv><br></div><div>Randy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class= =3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div>______________________________= ___<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></d= iv> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 21 March 2015 at 08:33, <a href=3D"mailto= :rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>= <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" target= =3D"_blank">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote = class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid= ;padding-left:1ex"><u></u> =20 =20 <div> =20 <div> You are not susposed to start before April 1 Nancy </div>=20 <div> Enjoy the spring until then <br><span><font color=3D"#888888">Paul </font></span></div><div><div>=20 <div> <br>> On March 21, 2015 at 6:14 AM nancy dowd <<a href=3D"mailto:n= ancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <br>>=20 <br>>=20 <br>> On the topic of owls, has anyone done their owl routes this yea= r to listen for breeding/territorial owls? Results? I have not heard the us= ual owls (Great-Horned, Barred) so far this season on the outskirts of Brid= gewater.=20 <br>>=20 <br>> Nancy <br>> On 2015-03-20, at 10:36 PM, Ken McKenna <<a href=3D"mailto:k= enmcken@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">kenmcken@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote: <br>>=20 <br>> > Hi Billy and all=20 <br>> > I had a ca