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Augu That's a very interesting piece of information, Bev. Thanks very much. John -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of bev@magickcanoe.com Sent: July 1, 2011 11:41 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Be Careful What You Pish For John, It has been awhile since I read the book, "The Howls of August: Encounters with Algonquin Wolves" by Michael Runtz, a biologist who has studied predator behaviour at Algonquin P.P. in Ontario for many years. However, I have a vague recollection of a note in the book about him stopping his vehicle somewhere to pish for birds, and having a wolf come running straight toward him. I recall that he got into his vehicle as he wasn't sure what the wolf would do - I think it ran on by. I believe he thought the wolf was attracted by the pishing which might have sounded like an animal in distress. Anyhow, definitely something to consider if you are in a place where you might attract something much larger than a bird. bev wigney Round Hill (in summer) --- On Fri, 7/1/11, John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > From: John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Be Careful What You Pish For > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Received: Friday, July 1, 2011, 9:54 AM I would like to share with you > a rather harrowing experience that I had when doing a bird survey > yesterday. I had driven down an overgrown woods road on Browns > Mountain near the Antigonish-Pictou Counties line. > At one point I got out of my truck, looking for some of the local > breeding birds and was pishing for some warblers in the nearby trees > and shrubs. I then heard something large moving through the brush to > my right in the woods. I assumed it was a deer running away, something > that often occurs in this area. However, I then realized it was not > rushing away but coming towards me. At this point, I decided to move > quickly back to my truck which was 20-30 metres away. Just as I got to > my truck, an adult Black Bear burst from the trees on to the road, > exactly where I had just stood pishing. It looked around, saw me and > the truck, and disappeard on the other side of the road. Within a > couple of seconds, another adult bear burst from the woods, and a few > second after that, a third. These two also disappeared again into the > brush. > I can think of three possible explanations for this > incidence.1) > The bears were attracted by the pishing sound and came to > investigate2) The bears were engaged in some territorial > interaction (it is now their rutting season) and I was simply in the > wrong place at the wrong time3) The bears were predatory (which > would be a first in Nova Scotia). I would be interested in hearing > anyone else’s explanation about the possible reason for this > incidence.John PS. I did report this incidence to NS DNR.
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