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--=====================_484619390==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 07 October 2009 In the past 10 days I've noted four different dead Gray Seals in HRM. Three are on the Prospect Peninsula. We found the first one on Wagner's Beach on Sept. 26, when it was still intact, though when I saw the bird on Oct. 4 we noted that Ravens had stripped it entirely, down to the skin and ribs. The second carcass was near Prospect Village, while the third was on Kelly Point. The fourth carcass, a couple of days old, was on Martinique Beach. On none of the specimens were there any injuries that indicated how they died. Does anyone have any thoughts regarding these mortalities, and has anyone else found recently dead seals? Cheers, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" http://nsbs.chebucto.org author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://tinyurl.com/birdingns Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: http://tinyurl.com/mr627d White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --=====================_484619390==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> 07 October 2009<br><br> In the past 10 days I've noted four different dead Gray Seals in HRM. Three are on the Prospect Peninsula. We found the first one on Wagner's Beach on Sept. 26, when it was still intact, though when I saw the bird on Oct. 4 we noted that Ravens had stripped it entirely, down to the skin and ribs. The second carcass was near Prospect Village, while the third was on Kelly Point.<br><br> The fourth carcass, a couple of days old, was on Martinique Beach. <br><br> On none of the specimens were there any injuries that indicated how they died.<br><br> Does anyone have any thoughts regarding these mortalities, and has anyone else found recently dead seals?<br><br> Cheers,<br><br> Blake<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> 902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br> <a href="http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora="autourl"> http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br> </a>author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</a> <br><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </body> </html> --=====================_484619390==.ALT--
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