[NatureNS] black gray squirrel & nesting ravens at Greenwich -- was Mr. Squirrel

Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:36:44 -0300
From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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Thanks, Pat! for both items! from Jim

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> From: Pat Dix <patdix@ns.sympatico.ca>
> Date: April 24, 2009 3:48:24 PM ADT
> To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Harold Forsyth  
> <harold.forsyth@ns.sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Mr. Squirrel and Mrs. Raven's Antics
>
> Hi,
>
> Mr. Squirrel is back in my back yard maple tree.
>
> A raven couple have set up nesting in my front yard Blue Spruce tree.
>
> A raven has started picking up the dried bread, put out in the yard  
> of my next door neighbour, bringing it over to my back yard, and  
> laying the bread in a small water puddle (a depression in the  
> pavement in the path of the water coming out of the basement via  
> the sump pump, that is wending its way toward the back lawn).  The  
> raven then sits in the top of the maple tree, cawing quietly for  
> awhile, then comes down to the water puddle where the bread has  
> softened up, and then eats the bread there or takes it in bite- 
> sized bits off somewhere else to eat it.  Clever, eh?
>
> Patricia Dix
> 10141 Highway 1
> Greenwich
>


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<div><br></div>Thanks, Pat! for both items! from =
Jim<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">Pat Dix &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:patdix@ns.sympatico.ca">patdix@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></font><=
/div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 24, 2009 3:48:24 PM =
ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, =
Harold Forsyth &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:harold.forsyth@ns.sympatico.ca">harold.forsyth@ns.sympatico=
.ca</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Mr. Squirrel and Mrs. Raven's =
Antics</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> =
<div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Hi,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mr. Squirrel is back in my back =
yard maple tree.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">A raven couple have set up nesting in my front yard =
Blue Spruce tree.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">A raven has started picking up the dried bread, put =
out in the yard of my next door neighbour, bringing it over to my back =
yard, and laying the bread in a small water puddle (a depression in the =
pavement in the path of the water coming out of the basement via the =
sump pump, that is wending its way toward the back lawn).<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>The raven then sits in the =
top of the maple tree, cawing quietly for awhile, then comes down to the =
water puddle where the bread has softened up, and then eats the bread =
there or takes it in bite-sized bits off somewhere else to eat it.<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>Clever, eh?</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Patricia =
Dix</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">10141 Highway 1</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Greenwich</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>=

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