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--Boundary_(ID_PjVCvhBfBGde2A0Gpg7Fvw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Has anyone else on our list heard of a sharp-shinned hawk preying on a mammal of any kind, much less a rat?? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> > Date: February 8, 2010 2:22:46 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Dartmouth Birds > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Brown Creeper seen through my binnoculars going up the side of a > tree in the green belt in back of our backyard. Hadn't seen one in > years! but then again they're really not that easy to spot. > Haven't seen the Orange-crowned Warbler at all today yet. It's had > a so-so reaction to the meal worms, so far, or it may have been the > way they were presented. Still loves the plum pudding though! May > be 'laying low' today as a Sharp-shinned Hawk has been successful > now 3 days in a row at killing starlings in my backyard, mind you, > today's kill looked more like a rat; it appeared to have a long > skinny tail! I didn't think Sharp-shinned Hawks went after rodents. > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > >> >> > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and > bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now > http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. --Boundary_(ID_PjVCvhBfBGde2A0Gpg7Fvw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Has anyone else on our list heard of a sharp-shinned hawk preying on a = mammal of any kind, much less a rat?? Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><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>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Gayle MacLean <<a = href=3D"mailto:duartess2003@yahoo.ca">duartess2003@yahoo.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">February 8, 2010 2:22:46 PM = AST</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"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.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>[NatureNS] Dartmouth = Birds</b></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>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></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; ">Brown Creeper seen through my binnoculars going up = the side of a tree in the green belt in back of our backyard. Hadn't = seen one in years! but then again they're really not that easy to = spot.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Haven't seen the Orange-crowned = Warbler at all today yet. It's had a so-so reaction to the meal worms, = so far, or it may have been the way they were presented. Still loves the = plum pudding though! May be 'laying low' today as a Sharp-shinned Hawk = has been successful now 3 days in a row at killing starlings in my = backyard, mind you, today's kill looked more like a rat; it appeared to = have a long skinny tail! I didn't think Sharp-shinned Hawks went after = rodents.</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; ">Gayle MacLean</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Dartmouth</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; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <blockquote = type=3D"cite"><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote><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; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>__________________________________________________________________<= /div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on = the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-le