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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_IHcuJdHRsXyYvqu4Eae/7A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Chris, not sure what the entire truth on that is but I've seen birds like mourning doves grabbed by one or two feathers and the entire set of tail feathers is then on the ground. I suspect its mostly that they are pulled out by predators...but situations like this make me wonder. Helene -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Andy Moir/Chris Callaghan Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:38 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Tailess Raven: Question Hi Helene, When you say "they drop their tail feathers to escape", do you mean to say that the tail feathers aren't pulled out by the predator but the bird being preyed upon can actually intentionally release the tail feathers? Chris Callaghan --Boundary_(ID_IHcuJdHRsXyYvqu4Eae/7A) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=296594321-27042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Chris, not sure what the entire truth on that is but I've seen birds like mourning doves grabbed by one or two feathers and the entire set of tail feathers is then on the ground. I suspect its mostly that they are pulled out by predators...but situations like this make me wonder.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=296594321-27042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=296594321-27042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Helene</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Andy Moir/Chris Callaghan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Tailess Raven: Question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Helene, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When you say "they drop their tail feathers to escape", do you mean to say that the tail feathers aren't pulled out by the predator but the bird being preyed upon can actually intentionally release the tail feathers?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Callaghan</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_IHcuJdHRsXyYvqu4Eae/7A)--
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