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Index of Subjects Wish it worked for Rock Pigeons! Lois Codling Roland McCormick wrote: > I can't see someone catching a live crow and fastening it to a branch. > Years ago we had a tame crow that came and pulled clothepins off the > closelines, but even that one could not be caught. A few years ago > someone caught a crow with bait and a fishline and sprayed it with > gold paint - it stayed around the intersection of the number 3 highway > and the road to CSE for a couple of weeks > Incidentally, the best way to get rid of gulls in your > blueberry patch is to get the body of a dead gull and tie it to a > branch in the center of the patch. > > Roland. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don MacNeill" > <donmacneill@eastlink.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 7:53 AM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] This pm at Hartlen and Conrod's > > >> An old trick to discourage crows from your property was to tie a dead >> crow to a branch. Perhaps that is what this one was. If it was >> close to water, the branch may have broken and the crow washed up at >> PPP. >> >> Don >> >> Don MacNeill >> donmacneill@eastlink.ca >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Bartlett" >> <bbartlett@eastlink.ca> >> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 9:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] This pm at Hartlen and Conrod's >> >> >>> Joan, At Hartlen Pt. yesterday, there was also a dead crow among the >>> rocks, with turquoise rope (of the sort found among beach rubble) >>> tied tightly around both of its feet, and attached to a board. I >>> have no idea why anyone performed such a pointless act upon the >>> crow. Couldn't tell how it had died -- seemed full-sized and healthy >>> before death. The sight reminded me of one of the greatest pieces >>> of Canadian nature writing, Don McKay's essay "Baler Twine," which >>> includes a memory of a dead raven with its feet fixed to a fence >>> with baler twine. >>> Late yesterday afternoon the light from the falling sun was >>> perfect at Sullivan's P. for highlighting the green or rust colours >>> of the Wigeons' (both species) heads, and the b&w breast patterns of >>> the Gadwalls. The Coots stayed far from shore. >>> Today on the Young Naturalists' Club hike in the Arnell Lands >>> area, highlights for the kids included an "icefall" (falling water >>> frozen on the north side of an incline), and coyote scats clearly >>> showing Snowshoe Hare fur that came through intact. Also, guide John >>> told of toxic Reindeer Moss eaten farther north than here by Caribou >>> and coming out the other end purified, eaten by some First Nations >>> tribes as a delicacy. Naturally the young ones weren't as enthused >>> about the idea of trying that delicacy as they were while nibbling >>> the Wintergreen along the trail. >>> Brian >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Czapalay" >>> <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca> >>> To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:46 PM >>> Subject: [NatureNS] This pm at Hartlen and Conrod's >>> >>> >>>> Hi all- Couldn't be housebound all day, so took one of my >>>> housemates ( a visiting nursing professor from China) for a drive >>>> about. We went by Sullivan's (nothing new to report), Fishermen's >>>> Reserve in E. Passage ( good lobster sandwiches at the end of the >>>> road), a surprisingly empty harbour ( a half dozen Red breasted >>>> Mergansers, some Common Eider ( about thirty scattered along), >>>> 6-8 Scaup (didn't scope, so not sure if any Lesser were there), and >>>> a single Song Sparrow at Hartlen beach area. Conrad's Beach was >>>> very windy and quiet of birds. Again, RBMergansers, eiders and >>>> Herring Gulls. No early Piping Plover, or Ipswitch that we could >>>> find. Not much surf, so no surfers at Lawrencetown. I took some >>>> pictures of the road work there. Lovely day to be outside. There >>>> have bee Snowdrops in bloom for over a week (south end of Beaufort) >>>> and I (like Pat) also noticed my first Coltsfoot of the spring in >>>> Halifax. >>>> Last evening a *Purple Finch* in south end Robie Street. >>> > >
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