Why not just fewer drivers/cars out and about. There sure are a lot less cars on the road downstate. Cannot speak for where you are, but if so, the odds are fewer owls would be road-killed — so may not portend any decline. L. Trachtenberg Ossining
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 15, 2020, at 10:24 AM, Richard Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: -CAUTION: EXTERNAL EMAIL It occurred to me while driving home in upstate, New York - I've been seeing fewer road-kill E. Screech Owls lately. It used to be a fairly regular, albeit unfortunate, occurrence to see a dead Screech Owl alongside the road. I would often stop to check the color morph and to see if any were banded, or if any were salvageable for science/education. It's a crude census method - the more animals, the more road-kills. You see that in the boon years of squirrels, skunks, and other critters. And we saw that a few years ago with the winter incursion of Barred Owls - a spike in the number of road-kill Barred Owls throughout the northeast USA. Nowadays, I hardly see any E. Screech Owls alongside the road. I should be glad about that. But does it indicate a more ominous note? Owls are hard enough to census as it is. But could my anecdotal observation of fewer road-kills indicate fewer E. Screech Owls out there? Rich Guthrie New Baltimore, The Greene County, NY -- Richard Guthrie -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics [northeastbirding.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.northeastbirding.com_NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm&d=DwMFaQ&c=dpn1WjMMQGUYKOlM1k1w3OIaMfTHNTwPoUrrILOsxvs&r=NwFWAUOlLbz1fEv1wZE8gwFOElNPUvOXd2Pih8klMD8&m=pO3a0ayEQfPbOiaJnlOflfO9VPwlTRD0bZB7FlYQUMA&s=XBY542rqv3Dr2HaIn5cimPvdwAO5GxYySfs0CMWTuWE&e=> Rules and Information [northeastbirding.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.northeastbirding.com_NYSbirdsRULES.htm&d=DwMFaQ&c=dpn1WjMMQGUYKOlM1k1w3OIaMfTHNTwPoUrrILOsxvs&r=NwFWAUOlLbz1fEv1wZE8gwFOElNPUvOXd2Pih8klMD8&m=pO3a0ayEQfPbOiaJnlOflfO9VPwlTRD0bZB7FlYQUMA&s=T9EXMOwyCK3MZvXXhfaV5SsP2Cc4b6YjVWhItJFtp30&e=> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave [northeastbirding.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.northeastbirding.com_NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm&d=DwMFaQ&c=dpn1WjMMQGUYKOlM1k1w3OIaMfTHNTwPoUrrILOsxvs&r=NwFWAUOlLbz1fEv1wZE8gwFOElNPUvOXd2Pih8klMD8&m=pO3a0ayEQfPbOiaJnlOflfO9VPwlTRD0bZB7FlYQUMA&s=ZtOR0c79uOsFyMGM--mQAsv6GNOh-sbYsiec7bagII0&e=> Archives: The Mail Archive [mail-archive.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_nysbirds-2Dl-40cornell.edu_maillist.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=dpn1WjMMQGUYKOlM1k1w3OIaMfTHNTwPoUrrILOsxvs&r=NwFWAUOlLbz1fEv1wZE8gwFOElNPUvOXd2Pih8klMD8&m=pO3a0ayEQfPbOiaJnlOflfO9VPwlTRD0bZB7FlYQUMA&s=M8zUFK7G2GfrquvENk_e1MMDkB0N6h4RfRpyPAEBe88&e=> Surfbirds [surfbirds.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.surfbirds.com_birdingmail_Group_NYSBirds-2DL&d=DwMFaQ&c=dpn1WjMMQGUYKOlM1k1w3OIaMfTHNTwPoUrrILOsxvs&r=NwFWAUOlLbz1fEv1wZE8gwFOElNPUvOXd2Pih8klMD8&m=pO3a0ayEQfPbOiaJnlOflfO9VPwlTRD0bZB7FlYQUMA&s=yM9vWOG7_xFn4XNJu6t5svmGr1zmtmMtPTL4XmtR1C0&e=> ABA [birding.aba.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__birding.aba.org_maillist_NY01&d=DwMFaQ&c=dpn1WjMMQGUYKOlM1k1w3OIaMfTHNTwPoUrrILOsxvs&r=NwFWAUOlLbz1fEv1wZE8gwFOElNPUvOXd2Pih8klMD8&m=pO3a0ayEQfPbOiaJnlOflfO9VPwlTRD0bZB7FlYQUMA&s=2zPUn74fhSHg-3-E49OnJNNgvNUytz30cgGwSugCZ8Q&e=> Please submit your observations to eBird [ebird.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ebird.org_content_ebird_&d=DwMFaQ&c=dpn1WjMMQGUYKOlM1k1w3OIaMfTHNTwPoUrrILOsxvs&r=NwFWAUOlLbz1fEv1wZE8gwFOElNPUvOXd2Pih8klMD8&m=pO3a0ayEQfPbOiaJnlOflfO9VPwlTRD0bZB7FlYQUMA&s=_c5JWKrE1IVhGh968kR238794MR-wdnzFW22DRAQp6g&e=>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
