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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_l9EJnxUudrPJnbBckv2Yjg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Eagles (see typo of "owl" below) frequently do catch American eels, sometimes quite large ones. Nancy Nickerson saw an eagle bring one to the nest at Starr's Point east of Port Williams very recently. But I doubt that they take muskrats very often. Cheers from Jim ---------- From: Roland McCormick <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:13:12 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] FW: Headless muskrat When I think of predators of muskrats I think of eagles. When the Bear River got hydro a plant was put in at the Ridge, five miles up river. A large eagle had a place to sit overlooking the water outlet below the plant. When the plant was shut down it collected any food left in the shallow water. My sister told me she saw the owl pick up and fly away with an eel on one occasion, and another time it flew away with a young muskrat. Roland. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Wolford <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca> To: NatureNS <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Cc: Tom Herman <mailto:tom.herman@acadiau.ca> ; Fred Scott <mailto:fwscott@eastlink.ca> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 8:02 PM Subject: [NatureNS] FW: Headless muskrat Thanks for the report, Nancy. I don't have a suggestion, but I will forward it to NatureNS and to Tom Herman and Fred Scott for help. Great horned owls come to mind as predators that often behead their victims, which would certainly include muskrats. Perhaps the owl was interrupted in this process, but what became of the head? Cheers from Jim ---------- From: "Nickerson, Nancy" <NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA> Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 09:59:10 -0400 To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Subject: Headless muskrat On Sunday I came across the decapitated body of a muskrat beside a pond near Port Williams. The rest of the body looked untouched, and there was no sign of the missing head in the immediate vicinity. Lots of things prey on muskrats. Is there something that selectively eats only the head, or parts of the head? Just curious. - Nancy No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/821 - Release Date: 5/27/2007 3:05 PM --Boundary_(ID_l9EJnxUudrPJnbBckv2Yjg) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>FW: eagles and eels and muskrats, was Headless muskrat</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Eagles (see typo of "owl" below) frequently do catch American eels, sometimes quite large ones. Nancy Nickerson saw an eagle bring one to the nest at Starr's Point east of Port Williams very recently. But I doubt that they take muskrats very often. Cheers from Jim<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Roland McCormick <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca><BR> <B>Reply-To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Date: </B>Tue, 29 May 2007 13:13:12 -0300<BR> <B>To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Subject: </B>Re: [NatureNS] FW: Headless muskrat<BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">When I think of predators of muskrats I think of eagles.<BR> When the Bear River got hydro a plant was put in at the Ridge, five miles up river. A large eagle had a place to sit overlooking the water outlet below the plant. When the plant was shut down it collected any food left in the shallow water. My sister told me she saw the owl pick up and fly away with an eel on one occasion, and another time it flew away with a young muskrat. <BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Roland.</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <B>From:</B> Jim Wolford <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca> <BR> <B>To:</B> NatureNS <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> <BR> <B>Cc:</B> Tom Herman <mailto:tom.herman@acadiau.ca> ; Fred Scott <mailto:fwscott@eastlink.ca> <BR> <B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 28, 2007 8:02 PM<BR> <B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] FW: Headless muskrat<BR> <BR> Thanks for the report, Nancy. I don't have a suggestion, but I will forward it to NatureNS and to Tom Herman and Fred Scott for help.<BR> <BR> Great horned owls come to mind as predators that often behead their victims, which would certainly include muskrats. Perhaps the owl was interrupted in this process, but what became of the head?<BR> <BR> Cheers from Jim<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>"Nickerson, Nancy" <NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA><BR> <B>Date: </B>Mon, 28 May 2007 09:59:10 -0400<BR> <B>To: </B>Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca><BR> <B>Subject: </B>Headless muskrat<BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">On Sunday I came across the decapitated body of a muskrat beside a pond near Port Williams. The rest of the body looked untouched, and there was no sign of the missing head in the immediate vicinity. Lots of things prey on muskrats. Is there something that selectively eats only the head, or parts of the head? Just curious. - Nancy <BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR> </FONT><BR> <BR> <HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="100%"><BR> No virus found in this incoming message.<BR> Checked by AVG Free Edition. <BR> Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/821 - Release Date: 5/27/2007 3:05 PM<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_l9EJnxUudrPJnbBckv2Yjg)--
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