[NatureNS] Deer Etc

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:11:07 -0300
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Hi Peter:

Royal Terns are normally hurricane strays here - only about 12+  
individuals, plus ca. 25 total in "Wilma," although the odd one has  
arrived without such unwelcome asssiatnce.

Cheers, Ian

Ian McLaren

Quoting Hubcove@aol.com:

> I was pleased to see that our piebald doe and her buddy with the broken leg
>  survived the winter well. They were both in the neighbours yard yesterday
> with  another doe. I have never seen any coyotes on our peninsula and there
> are too  many houses to hunt so I don't think they have any predators.
> On a completely different subject I wonder if we ever have any royal terns
> in the area. This winter for the first time we had a flock on the beach in
> Eastern Florida and, quite unexpectedly, they turned out to be accomplished
>  thieves, going so far as to dart between my legs on the beach to  steal
> shrimp and clam bait I was using for surf fishing. The regular gulls  hang
> around all the time, including a one legged laughing gull who seems to cope
> very well, but they are not anywhere near as aggressive as the Royal in
> stealing  bait.
> Peter Stow
> Hubbards
>



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