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I spotted my official first osprey for this spring yesterday. I'm sure I h=
ad one three weeks ago during an ice storm, but again I was paying more att=
ention to my driving then to the bird that I saw in flight, which was shape=
d right and had the right wingbeat of an osprey. Anyhow, there was an offi=
cial on at West LaHave last night. It had not been present in the morning =
or afternoon, but when I drove past around 20:00 it was on the nest and the=
nest which had been totally removed was half rebuilt. So this occurred be=
tween 18:00 and 20:00.
Dorothy Poole and I ran my first of three owl monitoring routes that I do l=
ast night. This route was through Lapland/Laconia. We ended up with eight=
barred owls with owls on five out of 10 stops. I must say that the wind w=
as far greater than had been predicted by www.weathernetwork<http://www.wea=
thernetwork>.com. It was a strong steady wind as well at the end of the ro=
ute. So strong at the first stop or two, then it died down for four or so =
stops and then increased to strong and steady, to the point where you could=
hear it blowing through the trees and it added extra sound.
We saw two of the owls. The one owl I believe would have landed on Dorothy=
had she not turned her head. The owl was coming in for a landing and I th=
ink that it thought Dorothy was a post. It was close enough to me that it =
scared the daylights out of me and even closer to Dorthy before it realised=
that she was not some place to land and it swooped off into the trees.
Of note - Wood frogs at every stop except for two and spring peepers at eve=
ry stop except for one.
We always see or hear other bird species on this route. No other birds wer=
e present. This route is normally run around April 10 or 11 and we always =
hear a load of common loons. I have been running this route long term. Lo=
ons were absent altogether. This suggests that they have not come inland t=
o the lakes yet. My observations of loons along the coastline seems to bac=
k this up.
James R. Hirtle
LaHave
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<p>I spotted my official first osprey for this spring yesterday. I'm =
sure I had one three weeks ago during an ice storm, but again I was paying =
more attention to my driving then to the bird that I saw in flight, which w=
as shaped right and had the right wingbeat
of an osprey. Anyhow, there was an official on at West LaHave last n=
ight. It had not been present in the morning or afternoon, but when I=
drove past around 20:00 it was on the nest and the nest which had been tot=
ally removed was half rebuilt. So this occurred
between 18:00 and 20:00.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Dorothy Poole and I ran my first of three owl monitoring routes that I d=
o last night. This route was through Lapland/Laconia. We ended =
up with eight barred owls with owls on five out of 10 stops. I must s=
ay that the wind was far greater than had been
predicted by <a href=3D"http://www.weathernetwork" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" i=
d=3D"LPlnk764194" previewremoved=3D"true">
www.weathernetwork</a>.com. It was a strong steady wind as well at th=
e end of the route. So strong at the first stop or two, then it died =
down for four or so stops and then increased to strong and steady, to the p=
oint where you could hear it blowing through
the trees and it added extra sound. </p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>We saw two of the owls. The one owl I believe would have landed on=
Dorothy had she not turned her head. The owl was coming in for a lan=
ding and I think that it thought Dorothy was a post. It was close eno=
ugh to me that it scared the daylights out of me
and even closer to Dorthy before it realised that she was not some place t=
o land and it swooped off into the trees. </p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Of note - Wood frogs at every stop except for two and spring peepers at =
every stop except for one. </p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>We always see or hear other bird species on this route. No other b=
irds were present. This route is normally run around April 10 or 11 a=
nd we always hear a load of common loons. I have been running this ro=
ute long term. Loons were absent altogether. This
suggests that they have not come inland to the lakes yet. My observa=
tions of loons along the coastline seems to back this up. </p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>James R. Hirtle</p>
<p>LaHave</p>
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