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Index of Subjects Hi all, my guess would be that the creature you saw may have been a harbour seal, rather than a harbour porpoise. There are numerous records of harbour seals making their way on occasions upriver into strictly freshwater environments. There are freshwater lakes in the Canadian Arctic that support permanent harbour seal populations. And there are a number of sightings over the years of harbour seals in Dartmouth's Sullivan Pond. I have never heard of a harbour porpoise in freshwater. Dusan Soudek ----- Original Message ----- From: "nhungjohn" <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:57 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Strange sight in Eel Lake > To: All > > From: John Sollows > > Date: October 25/09 > > This afternoon, my wife and ook a short drive to catch the little > remaining > foliage, which is disappearing unseaonably rapidly down here in Yarmouth > County. (Oh, those breezes!) > > About 3 P.M. today, we crossed the old Eel Lake bridge, and noticed a > flock > of smallish gulls (ring bills?) and a smallish raft of cormorants > congregating a little south of the bridge. In the midst of it all, > something much too large to be prey surfaced briefly a number of times and > moved to the southwest of us. > > Porpoise? That is how the behaviour and appearance struck me. I wonder > if > one found its way into the lake throgh the shallow guzzle that connects > to > Lobster Bay, during some of the recent very high tides. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.28/2454 - Release Date: 10/23/09 14:09:00
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