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Index of Subjects Enjoyed hearing about these owls etc. A very brave person to band the young Goshawks! They are so ready, willing and able to guard the nest area against any intruders. I have heard of several successful three-young Barred Owl nests this year which suggests food is plentiful. Nancy D EDalhousie, Kings Sent from my iPad > On Jun 5, 2020, at 10:09 PM, Judy Tufts <tandove@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > We have had so much wonderful Barred Owl vocalising - day or night - around > our Ridge Road property since April that I mentioned it to Bernard Forsythe > our local dedicated 'Barred Owl' man as you all know. So he became > interested in checking it out, as several years ago, BAOW did successfully > nest here on our property in the broken top of an old oak tree snag. He > thought it might be another pair that he knew were in the area, nesting near > here (see below), checked their nest, found they had three young chicks, > and realised here was a NEW pair, possibly young birds just starting out to > pair up. It took some time to find where they had they were nesting. > > > > Eventually seeing them wandering around the Dug Woods (our property being > part of that wooded area which Robie and his brother Harold loved for its > bird diversity), he at last tracked them down to this old snag (wildlife > tree), brought his long ladder from home, and discovered one egg in the nest > on May 13, and there was some snow too. Yesterday (Jun 4) he checked again > and there was a healthy owlet, > > @ four days old. Persistence paid off! > > > > The other nesting Barred Owl pair is within a km of our house, northwest of > here, successfully raising three chicks - last two years raccoons had taken > over this nest box much to Bernard's disappointment, so this is heartening > for him. He has already banded them. In fact he has banded 22 baby owls, so > if ours survives he will have 23 for the season, and he is feeling pretty > happy about that. Knowing that his days are numbered for climbing trees, he > is content on this year's crop of baby owls. > > > > He tells me he found a Goshawk nest in a new area, with three young today > which I believe he said he had banded. > > > > Take care, one and all please, > > > > Judy Tufts > > > >>>>>>>>> > > Judy Tufts > > Wolfville > > <<<<<<<< > > > >
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