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Index of Subjects --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I passed by Sullivan's Pond about 3:30 pm, and saw the gull carcass lying on the ice, apparently of interest to no one and no bird. Douglas. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 05:46:04PM -0400, bernard burke wrote: > I tend to avoid Sullivans without a camera for fear of seeing something p= hotogenic, but after work today being rather dreary out, light-wise anyway,= I decided to chance it and swing by after work figuring there would probab= ly be a large number of gulls to scrutinize. Sure enough there had to be th= e biggest number of gulls that I've seen there so far this winter on the ic= e and near the fountain. I wasn't there two minutes while checking them ove= r with some small binoculars from my car when all the gulls took flight. I= looked to my right to see an adult Bald Eagle flying lower than usual, and= I figured that it was going to try for a gull. Instead it ended up being d= istracted by the local Peregrine Falcon as it proceeded to dive at the Eagl= e, while the Eagle vocalized back at it as it ventured down towards the Pon= d ice. The Peregrine eventually veered off towards the tall buildings nearb= y. Turns out there was a gull casualty on the ice already that I did not no= tice previous and the Eagle proceeded to work on it...( perhaps the Peregri= nes previous kill ?). I worked my way over to the other side of the Pond a= nd the Eagle was allowing a fairly close approach for this area as it ate, = but as expected, being it was rush hour, a couple of people in the immediat= e area when they noticed it ran from the street nearby, cameras or camera p= hones in hand and eventually it was just too much for the Eagle, who parted= with its meal in the direction of the Harbor. >=20 > Bernard Burke > Dartmouth --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkteLCwACgkQE4SjUIkGz9WUUQCeMB57/sjYqN7aGG4Fu/4JgG5w EvoAnjSPV+CEyrnH12YuHVxbFu7FgrQ7 =TZtY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--
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