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--Boundary_(ID_KJFceoRrGwEeSBM4fggbyg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Begin forwarded message: > From: John Gilhen <GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca> > Date: July 8, 2010 9:37:51 AM ADT > To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Cc: Mark F Elderkin <ELDERKMF@gov.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: crow with a snake? or eel? > > Hi Jim; > I'm really not surprised a Crow would carry off a Garter Snake. I > wonder if it ate the snake??. I have watched Crows do things that > just don't make any sense to me. Not long ago I saw a Grackle fly > into a window here at the Museum. It was still alive in the parking > lot but seemed disabled. Suddenly a Crow pounced on it and began > pecking at its breast vigorously.I took a few photographs. Upon > killing the Grackle the Crow left the seen and had nothing more to > do with the now dead Grackle. > John > >>>> "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> 7/7/2010 9:09 PM >>> > Hi, Nancy -- crows definitely are consummate omnivores, meaning they > will eat just about anything and will be opportunistic about it too. > I'm sure they do eat snakes, and probably the best candidate for what > you saw was a garter snake. Regarding eels as possible prey, I would > never rule it out. And you might know that eels can come out of the > water (mostly at night?), can breathe through their mouths, and can > forage for terrestrial prey as well as move from one water body to > another -- amazing beasts! > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > > On 7-Jul-10, at 7:20 PM, Nancy Nickerson wrote: > >> Hi Jim: >> >> This afternoon I saw a crow flying over Highway 101 near the >> Greenwich exit, carrying a good-sized snake (or perhaps an eel?). >> Do crows eat snakes and/or eels? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Nancy > > --Boundary_(ID_KJFceoRrGwEeSBM4fggbyg) 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; "> <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">John Gilhen <<a = href=3D"mailto:GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca">GILHENJA@gov.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>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">July 8, 2010 9:37:51 AM ADT</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">"James W. = Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></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>Cc: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Mark F Elderkin <<a = href=3D"mailto:ELDERKMF@gov.ns.ca">ELDERKMF@gov.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>Re: crow with a snake? or eel?</b></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; ">Hi = Jim;</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I'm really not surprised a Crow = would carry off a Garter Snake. I wonder if it ate the snake??. I have = watched Crows do things that just don't make any sense to me. Not long = ago I saw a Grackle fly into a window here at the Museum. It was still = alive in the parking lot but seemed disabled. Suddenly a Crow pounced on = it and began pecking at its breast vigorously.I took a few photographs. = Upon killing the Grackle the Crow left the seen and had nothing more to = do with the now dead Grackle.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">John</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"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>> = 7/7/2010 9:09 PM = >>></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><br>= <blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> = </blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi, Nancy -- = crows definitely are consummate omnivores, meaning they <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">will eat just about anything and will be = opportunistic about it too.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I'm sure they do eat snakes, and = probably the best candidate for what <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">you saw was a garter snake.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Regarding eels as possible = prey, I would <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">never rule it out.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>And you might know that = eels can come out of the <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">water (mostly at night?), can breathe through their = mouths, and can <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">forage for terrestrial prey as well as move from one = water body to <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">another -- amazing beasts!</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; ">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville</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; ">On 7-Jul-10, at 7:20 PM, Nancy = Nickerson wrote:</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"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Jim:</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; ">This = afternoon I saw a crow flying over Highway 101 near the <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Greenwich exit, carrying a good-sized snake (or = perhaps an eel?). <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Do crows eat snakes and/or eels?</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; = ">Cheers,</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; ">Nancy</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> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_KJFceoRrGwEeSBM4fggbyg)--
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