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Could also have been an immature eagle or a Black Vulture. Both can move =
on their feet!!!
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Paul S. Boyer=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] From today's CH
Sounds like en enraged raven. Ravin' mad, he was!
On Aug 6, 2008, at 5:58 AM, Chris Callaghan/Andy Moir wrote:
'Damn big bird' giving some South Shore folks a fright
Enormous winged creature rushes, swoops at Crousetown residents
By BEVERLEY WARE South Shore Bureau
Wed. Aug 6 - 5:04 AM
Myles Rafuse carries a big stick on his daily walks after a "damn =
big bird" came at him during a recent stroll after church.
"I had quite an experience with it, I tell you," said the Crousetown =
resident who turns 80 in a couple of weeks.
In fact, he wasn=92t the only one to have a close encounter with the =
jet black bird.
"It was enormous really," said Goldie Stewart, who said the bird =
barely missed her scalp as it swooped down at her while she was hanging =
out laundry.
"Maybe it was after my white hair," chuckled the 73-year-old.
Mr. Rafuse was the first to have a close encounter with the =
gargantuan bird about a month ago. He was walking on a dirt road near =
his home southwest of Bridgewater after church on a Sunday.
"I was going along and it got kind of warm so I took my jacket off =
and carried it over my arm."
Then he heard something in the woods along the side of the road. =
"This huge bird come at me on the road and made a rush at me."
He said it was black as coal and stood "at least two feet high and =
it was wide. . . . The only thing that saved me from not getting tangled =
up was I kept hitting it with my jacket." He said he ran backwards =
because he was afraid to turn his back on the bird.
He said the bird never flew, it just ran at him from the side of the =
road making a "howling like" noise with its wings partially out from its =
body. Then it suddenly turned and ran back into the woods.
"The damn thing could move quite swiftly," but Mr. Rafuse said in =
that moment he moved pretty quickly, too. "It was kind of scary for a =
while."
He hasn=92t been up that road since and now carries a 1.5-metre-long =
stick with him on his daily walks.
About a week after that happened, Mrs. Stewart said she was in her =
driveway hanging out laundry when a massive black bird swooped down so =
close she felt the rush of the air from its wings on top of her head.
"If he would have put his claws down he would have struck the top of =
my head. I just stopped, it scared me so."
It made a crying-like sound, she said. "It was weird."
Initial reports were that it could have been a raven, a cormorant or =
a northern goshawk. Randy Milton is acting director of wildlife for the =
provincial Department of Natural Resources. He said it sounds too big to =
be a raven, cormorants do not go to inland wooded areas and a goshawk is =
grey.
Given its size and the fact the bird ran at him, Mr. Milton said it =
could be a turkey. "People have released turkeys in the province, not =
legally."
They are not true wild turkeys, but a variant of a domestic turkey. =
"That is the only thing I could possibly think of that size," Mr. Milton =
said.
A goshawk has more stealth and would attack from the rear, and =
neither a raven nor a cormorant would come running at someone from the =
ground.
"Turkeys can run quite fast," and Mr. Milton said they can fly and =
do roost in trees.
For his part, Mr. Rafuse said the behemoth black bird hasn=92t been =
spotted since Mrs. Stewart stood in her driveway and watched it fly off =
over a brook. But he hasn=92t been back to that road since. "I don=92t =
really want to unless I know it=92s gone."
Crousetown is a small rural community about 15 kilometres south of =
Bridgewater
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Could also have been an immature eagle =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 06, =
2008 8:24=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] From =
today's=20
CH</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Sounds like en enraged raven. Ravin' mad, he was!
<DIV><BR>
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<DIV>On Aug 6, 2008, at 5:58 AM, Chris Callaghan/Andy Moir =
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bird' giving some South Shore folks a fright<BR><FONT=20
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Crousetown residents</FONT><BR><FONT class=3Dbyline>By BEVERLEY WARE =
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AM</FONT><BR></FONT><FONT class=3DContent_body-links>
<P>Myles Rafuse carries a big stick on his daily walks after a "damn =
big=20
bird" came at him during a recent stroll after church.</P>
<P>"I had quite an experience with it, I tell you," said the =
Crousetown=20
resident who turns 80 in a couple of weeks.</P>
<P>In fact, he wasn=92t the only one to have a close encounter with =
the jet=20
black bird.</P>
<P>"It was enormous really," said Goldie Stewart, who said the bird =
barely=20
missed her scalp as it swooped down at her while she was hanging out =
laundry.</P>
<P>"Maybe it was after my white hair," chuckled the 73-year-old.</P>
<P>Mr. Rafuse was the first to have a close encounter with the =
gargantuan=20
bird about a month ago. He was walking on a dirt road near his home=20
southwest of Bridgewater after church on a Sunday.</P>
<P>"I was going along and it got kind of warm so I took my jacket =
off and=20
carried it over my arm."</P>
<P>Then he heard something in the woods along the side of the road. =
"This=20
huge bird come at me on the road and made a rush at me."</P>
<P>He said it was black as coal and stood "at least two feet high =
and it was=20
wide. . . . The only thing that saved me from not getting tangled up =
was I=20
kept hitting it with my jacket." He said he ran backwards because he =
was=20
afraid to turn his back on the bird.</P>
<P>He said the bird never flew, it just ran at him from the side of =
the road=20
making a "howling like" noise with its wings partially out from its =
body.=20
Then it suddenly turned and ran back into the woods.</P>
<P>"The damn thing could move quite swiftly," but Mr. Rafuse said in =
that=20
moment he moved pretty quickly, too. "It was kind of scary for a =
while."</P>
<P>He hasn=92t been up that road since and now carries a =
1.5-metre-long stick=20
with him on his daily walks.</P>
<P>About a week after that happened, Mrs. Stewart said she was in =
her=20
driveway hanging out laundry when a massive black bird swooped down =
so close=20
she felt the rush of the air from its wings on top of her head.</P>
<P>"If he would have put his claws down he would have struck the top =
of my=20
head. I just stopped, it scared me so."</P>
<P>It made a crying-like sound, she said. "It was weird."</P>
<P>Initial reports were that it could have been a raven, a cormorant =
or a=20
northern goshawk. Randy Milton is acting director of wildlife for =
the=20
provincial Department of Natural Resources. He said it sounds too =
big to be=20
a raven, cormorants do not go to inland wooded areas and a goshawk =
is=20
grey.</P>
<P>Given its size and the fact the bird ran at him, Mr. Milton said =
it could=20
be a turkey. "People have released turkeys in the province, not=20
legally."</P>
<P>They are not true wild turkeys, but a variant of a domestic =
turkey. "That=20
is the only thing I could possibly think of that size," Mr. Milton =
said.</P>
<P>A goshawk has more stealth and would attack from the rear, and =
neither a=20
raven nor a cormorant would come running at someone from the =
ground.</P>
<P>"Turkeys can run quite fast," and Mr. Milton said they can fly =
and do=20
roost in trees.</P>
<P>For his part, Mr. Rafuse said the behemoth black bird hasn=92t =
been spotted=20
since Mrs. Stewart stood in her driveway and watched it fly off over =
a=20
brook. But he hasn=92t been back to that road since. "I don=92t =
really want to=20
unless I know it=92s gone."</P>
<P>Crousetown is a small rural community about 15 kilometres south =
of=20
=
Bridgewater</P></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></=
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