Owls for Education - Page 4 - Wildlife Gardeners

biigblueyes · 02-21-2009, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Porthand

A co-worker walked into my office and said "I'd like to say you are the first manager I've worked for who has a baggie of owl pellets tacked to a bulletin board in their office." Stuff like that is what makes working in the nursery business special.

Who wants a boring job anyway?

Sage · 02-22-2009, 12:49 AM

This a Northern Saw Whet Owl at ~Hawk Creek Wildlife~ near Buffalo.

TheLorax · 02-22-2009, 03:28 AM

That would make a great poster for a nature center.

Porthand · 03-01-2009, 12:01 PM

We have short eared owls nesting in a block of shrubs at the nursery. DW is a high school biology teacher. So, my"assignment" was to collect owl pellets. I brought home a qt ziplock full. Is that true love or what?

biigblueyes · 03-01-2009, 12:08 PM

You're such a sweetheart. Mine has brought me home spanish moss on request, but I'm not sure I'd have much luck getting him to pick up and transport poop for me.

Porthand · 03-02-2009, 11:03 PM

Someone I hope will weigh in on this but aren't owl pellets actually regurgitated from their gizzard?

TheLorax · 03-02-2009, 11:09 PM

Sort of. Owls don't have a crop. The pellets are formed in the gizzard. They are regurgitated from their proventriculus.

midwesternerr · 03-14-2009, 03:54 PM

Going off the owl trail just a bit here, but here are some more signs and such. These are from Western North Carolina Nature Center which is a good place to visit. I talked to one of the staff members and he was very energetic about educating people on the various habitats found in the area.

midwesternerr · 03-14-2009, 03:56 PM

Bobcat tracks and they have 2 display animals. The full displays compares bobcat, cougar, dog, house cat, and fox tracks.

Porthand · 03-15-2009, 06:39 AM

We have a nesting pair at the nursery! I'm packing the ggod camera with the goal of getting a few good images to share. Downside is rain is in the forcast all week dang it.

02-22-2009, 12:49 AM	#32
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	This a Northern Saw Whet Owl at ~Hawk Creek Wildlife~ near Buffalo. Attached Thumbnails __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

02-22-2009, 03:28 AM	#33
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	That would make a great poster for a nature center. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

03-01-2009, 12:08 PM	#35
biigblueyes WG Facilitator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA	You're such a sweetheart. Mine has brought me home spanish moss on request, but I'm not sure I'd have much luck getting him to pick up and transport poop for me. __________________ My yarden and I lean a little to the wild side.

03-02-2009, 11:09 PM	#37
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	Sort of. Owls don't have a crop. The pellets are formed in the gizzard. They are regurgitated from their proventriculus. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

03-14-2009, 03:54 PM	#38
midwesternerr Mentor Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: STLOUIS USA	Going off the owl trail just a bit here, but here are some more signs and such. These are from Western North Carolina Nature Center which is a good place to visit. I talked to one of the staff members and he was very energetic about educating people on the various habitats found in the area. Attached Thumbnails

03-01-2009, 12:01 PM	#34
Porthand Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Orygun	We have short eared owls nesting in a block of shrubs at the nursery. DW is a high school biology teacher. So, my"assignment" was to collect owl pellets. I brought home a qt ziplock full. Is that true love or what?

03-02-2009, 11:03 PM	#36
Porthand Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Orygun	Someone I hope will weigh in on this but aren't owl pellets actually regurgitated from their gizzard?

03-14-2009, 03:56 PM	#39
midwesternerr Mentor Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: STLOUIS USA	Bobcat tracks and they have 2 display animals. The full displays compares bobcat, cougar, dog, house cat, and fox tracks. Attached Thumbnails

03-15-2009, 06:39 AM	#40
Porthand Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Orygun	Short Eared Owls We have a nesting pair at the nursery! I'm packing the ggod camera with the goal of getting a few good images to share. Downside is rain is in the forcast all week dang it.

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