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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C75D64.CF756AC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As mentioned by Jim, Eagles don't usually hunt live prey in winter but = exceptions do occur as I discovered yesterday. Arriving at Sullivan's = Pond I noticed that there were no gulls in sight and quickly discovered = why. An eagle was on the ice, and I had barely got my car parked when it = took flight with its prey of what appeared to be a gull. It took its = meal over to Lake Banook. This photo might not be for everyone (photo = #46):http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44269649/Medium = Considering how far gulls can spot eagles in the distance, one would = think an eagle would never be able to capture one. A peregrine flew by in the area at a slower pace than usual, slow = enough to capture a backlit pic (photo #47): http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44269650/Medium In Lower Sackville, while looking for the Mandarin Duck escapee, my = sister Anita and I came across this muskcrat mostly out of the water for = a change(photo #48): http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44269652/Medium Back at Sullivan's Pond, here is a disturbing photo of a Herring Gull = that appears to be coated with an oily substance, likely picked up from = elsewhere (photo #49): http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44331954/Medium And finally, here are two photos (#'s 50 and #51) of a large gull, what = might be a hybrid, between a Glaucous Gull and a Herring Gull...a so = called "Nelson's Gull": http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44331959/Medium http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44331960/Medium Bernard Burke blburke@ns.sympatico.ca Dartmouth ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C75D64.CF756AC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As mentioned by Jim, Eagles don't = usually hunt live=20 prey in winter but exceptions do occur as I discovered yesterday. = Arriving at=20 Sullivan's Pond I noticed that there were no gulls in sight and = quickly=20 discovered why. An eagle was on the ice, and I had barely got my car = parked when=20 it took flight with its prey of what appeared to be a gull. It took its = meal=20 over to Lake Banook. This photo might not be for everyone (photo=20 #46):</FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44269649/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44269649/Medium</A> Consider= ing=20 how far gulls can spot eagles in the distance, one would think an eagle = would=20 never be able to capture one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> A peregrine flew by in the area = at a slower=20 pace than usual, slow enough to capture a backlit pic (photo = #47):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44269650/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44269650/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> In Lower Sackville, while looking = for the=20 Mandarin Duck escapee, my sister Anita and I came across this muskcrat = mostly=20 out of the water for a change(photo #48):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44269652/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44269652/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Back at Sullivan's Pond, here is = a disturbing=20 photo of a Herring Gull that appears to be coated with an oily = substance, likely=20 picked up from elsewhere (photo #49):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44331954/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44331954/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And finally, here are two photos (#'s = 50 and=20 #51) of a large gull, what <EM><U>might</U> </EM>be a hybrid, = between=20 a Glaucous Gull and a Herring Gull...a so called "Nelson's = Gull":</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44331959/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44331959/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44331960/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/44331960/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bernard Burke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:blburke@ns.sympatico.ca">blburke@ns.sympatico.ca</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C75D64.CF756AC0--
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