[NatureNS] ground-nesting birds in hayfields; bear photos

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Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:17:42 -0300
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Re the bears, amazing photos Randy. Re 011 & 012, you should provide straws
with your feeders !! Too funny for words.

Nice to see the white on the chest so clearly in 014 too.

Rick Whitman

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> I have been very fortunate to be able to work on the lands on which the
> local convent sits (see: http://www.themarthas.com/). I have done both owl
> work and beetle work there. This morning, I was asked if it would be ok for
> them to cut the hay at this point...it's earlier than usual but they want to
> reduce the impact on the ground-nesting birds. Being somewhat out of my
> realm, I told them that I thought it was early, and that mid/late July would
> be safe(r). Can anyone add anything to this?
>
> I have posted a few of the shots of the young bears at my feeder:
> http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/feederbears/  Enjoy. Evidently, the
> bears were so disgruntled at me taking down my seed feeders, they took down
> and smashed (crunched?) my hummingbird feeder. I took pictures of that, too,
> but I can't find the cable to my camera just now.
>
> Randy
> _________________________________
> RF Lauff
> Way in the boonies of
> Antigonish County, NS.
>

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Re the bears, amazing photos Randy. Re 011 &amp; 012, you should provide st=
raws with your feeders !! Too funny for words.<div><br></div><div>Nice to s=
ee the white on the chest so clearly in 014 too.</div><div><br></div><div>
Rick Whitman<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:58=
 AM, Randy Lauff <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.=
com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le=
ft:1ex;">
All,<div><br></div><div>I have been very fortunate to be able to work on th=
e lands on which the local convent sits (see:=A0<a href=3D"http://www.thema=
rthas.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.themarthas.com/</a>). I have done =
both owl work and beetle work there. This morning, I was asked if it would =
be ok for them to cut the hay at this point...it&#39;s earlier than usual b=
ut they want to reduce the impact on the ground-nesting birds. Being somewh=
at out of my realm, I told them that I thought it was early, and that mid/l=
ate July would be safe(r). Can anyone add anything to this?</div>


<div><br></div><div>I have posted a few of the shots of the young bears at =
my feeder:=A0<a href=3D"http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/feederbears/" t=
arget=3D"_blank">http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/feederbears/</a>=A0 En=
joy. Evidently, the bears were so disgruntled at me taking down my seed fee=
ders, they took down and smashed (crunched?) my hummingbird feeder. I took =
pictures of that, too, but I can&#39;t find the cable to my camera just now=
.</div>


<div><br></div><div>Randy<br clear=3D"all">________________________________=
_<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></blo=
ckquote></div>
</div>

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