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Index of Subjects --0-181698240-1264964191=:63117 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had a little too much work to do today to head down to the valley this we= ekend, so I thought I'd spend an hour this morning checking out a smaller e= agle congregation site in Shubenacadie. Moxsom Meats (off the connector bet= ween the #14 and #2 highways) puts out some kind of offal on a regular basi= s, and the eagles and ravens are happy to take advantage.=0A=0AI made a con= servative count of 36 eagles, mostly young birds, but about 7 adults were p= resent.=0A=0AEagles and ravens both were noisy, and there were several acro= batic chases involving birds which had gotten hold of a particularly tasty = morsel. I was surprised to see a banded adult eagle, though it was much too= far away to read the number, not to mention the fact that it kept its feat= hers fluffed over its feet most of the time. =0A=0AOne juvenile eagle looke= d to be in rough shape - its plumage was ruffled, and its flight feathers w= ere worn and some broken, as though it had spent a lot of time on the groun= d. It flew pretty strongly however, and successfully defended its meal from= several other eagles. Perhaps it is recovering from an illness or injury. = I wasn't the only one who thought it looked out of sorts, though - one rave= n persistently snuck up behind the eagle to tweak its tail, dancing aside w= henever the eagle whipped around to face it. I could almost hear the raven = snickering. It's the first time I've actually seen a raven do this kind of = behaviour, though I've heard about it many times. =0A=0AI brought my camer= a and got lots of pictures, though my batteries died so I didn't get to dow= nload or review them yet. I'll post some later this week.=0A=0AThere were a= lso three tree sparrows and a savannah sparrow picking at grit on the roads= ide.=0A=0ABack at home, I was greeted by the sound of drumming and calling = from two pileated woodpeckers. =0A=0AKathleen MacAulay=0AMilford Station=0A= =0A=0A=0A ____________________________________________________________= ______=0AAsk a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go t= o Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com --0-181698240-1264964191=:63117 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><style type=3D"text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></he= ad><body><div style=3D"font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:1= 0pt">I had a little too much work to do today to head down to the valley th= is weekend, so I thought I'd spend an hour this morning checking out a smal= ler eagle congregation site in Shubenacadie. Moxsom Meats (off the connecto= r between the #14 and #2 highways) puts out some kind of offal on a regular= basis, and the eagles and ravens are happy to take advantage.<br><br>I mad= e a conservative count of 36 eagles, mostly young birds, but about 7 adults= were present.<br><br>Eagles and ravens both were noisy, and there were sev= eral acrobatic chases involving birds which had gotten hold of a particular= ly tasty morsel. I was surprised to see a banded adult eagle, though it was= much too far away to read the number, not to mention the fact that it kept= its feathers fluffed over its feet most of the time. <br><br>One juvenile eagle looked to be in rough shape - its plumage was ruffled, and = its flight feathers were worn and some broken, as though it had spent a lot= of time on the ground. It flew pretty strongly however, and successfully d= efended its meal from several other eagles. Perhaps it is recovering from a= n illness or injury. I wasn't the only one who thought it looked out of sor= ts, though - one raven persistently snuck up behind the eagle to tweak its = tail, dancing aside whenever the eagle whipped around to face it. I could a= lmost hear the raven snickering. It's the first time I've actually seen a r= aven do this kind of behaviour, though I've heard about it many times. = ; <br><br>I brought my camera and got lots of pictures, though my batteries= died so I didn't get to download or review them yet. I'll post some later = this week.<br><br>There were also three tree sparrows and a savannah sparro= w picking at grit on the roadside.<br><br>Back at home, I was greeted by the sound of drumming and calling from two pileated woodpeckers= . <br><br>Kathleen MacAulay<br>Milford Station<br><!-- cg8.c4.mail.gq1.yaho= o.com compressed/chunked Wed Jan 20 17:33:20 PST 2010 -->=0A</div><br>=0A = <hr size=3D1>Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new = Internet Explorer=AE 8. Optimized for Yahoo! <a href=3D"http://downloads.ya= hoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/"><b>Get it Now for Free! </b></a></body></html= > --0-181698240-1264964191=:63117--
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