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--Boundary_(ID_zMvKMyI3dqdkTFb8cl6Miw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Manny or most of Nature's creatures, esp. predators and scavengers, =20 are opportunistic, and the crow-mediated damage to the woodpecker =20 plus the escape presented a great opportunity for the merlin. And =20 I'm sure there are lots of similar but unwitnessed stories like this =20 all around us all the time. Regarding Richard's comments below, I don't know of algae that =20 consume bacteria, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that there are =20 some, given Nature's huge inventory of diverse life-cycles. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: duartess@ns.sympatico.ca > Date: December 21, 2011 2:45:15 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Cc: Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Fwd: A bird affair... > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hi All, > > Having re-read what I wrote & how it sounded, it was certainly =20 > overly sentimental and guess I might have sounded like one of those =20= > wacko Animal Rights activist. YIKES!! Must admit, I too wished =20 > someone could have been there to photograph this event too. > > Anyway, Cheers to all! > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > ---- Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> What I=92m wondering is, do you think the crow and the merlin were =20= >> in kahoots? Perhaps they shared the plunder, back at the =20 >> clubhouse.... just like the boys in Oliver Twist. I=92m thinking =20= >> more and more, as I watch the birds at the feeders, that they can =20 >> do telepathy . >> Oh well, a fun thought... >> Jane >> From: Richard Stern >> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 9:35 PM >> To: duartess@ns.sympatico.ca >> Cc: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Fwd: A bird affair... >> >> Hi, >> >> Personally I don't think it's shocking or sad, and I would love to =20= >> have photographed or video-d it. But I agree, nature doesn't =20 >> follow what people think of as cute or kind. Merlins like to eat =20 >> woodpeckers, woodpeckers like to eat insect larvae, insect larvae =20 >> like to eat algae, algae like to eat bacteria, and if you're a =20 >> bacterium-lover, you'd probably think algae were cruel or =20 >> shocking. It's all just nature's way of preserving the individual =20= >> and propagating the species. >> >> Cheers - Richard >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:08 PM, <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >> Oh, how shocking and very sad for your friend to have witnessed =20 >> this, but, that's nature, and nature's way. Beautiful, but hard, =20 >> and completely unforgiving. >> >> Gayle MacLean >> Dartmouth >> >> >> >> ---- Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> A photographer friend sent me this the other day - thought I'd =20 >>> share it >>> with NatureNS. >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> >>> >>> Hi Richard: >>> >>> Just had to share this story with you.... >>> >>> Last week I was walking our dog past a neighbour's yard and heard a >>> commotion. I turned and saw a crow (raven?) attacking a small =20 >>> Woodpecker... >>> >>> The woodpecker managed to escape and flew directly toward me, a =20 >>> little >>> unstable and chirping the whole time. >>> >>> It then flew right by by me and almost across the road, when a =20 >>> merlin come >>> out of nowhere and snatched it up in midair & up out of sight. =20 >>> No more >>> chirping from the woodpecker. >>> >>> The whole event took about 5 seconds: I was dumbfounded, alone, =20 >>> and amazed. >>> >>> Thought you'd like to know! >>> >>> Happy Holidays... >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ################# >>> Richard Stern, >>> Port Williams, NS, Canada >>> sternrichard@gmail.com >>> ################### >> >> >> >> >> --=20 >> ################# >> Richard Stern, >> Port Williams, NS, Canada >> sternrichard@gmail.com >> ################### --Boundary_(ID_zMvKMyI3dqdkTFb8cl6Miw) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Manny or most of Nature's creatures, esp. predators and scavengers, are = opportunistic, and the crow-mediated damage to the woodpecker plus the = escape presented a great opportunity for the merlin. And I'm sure = there are lots of similar but unwitnessed stories like this all around = us all the time. <div><br></div><div>Regarding Richard's comments = below, I don't know of algae that consume bacteria, but I wouldn't be = surprised to hear that there are some, given Nature's huge inventory of = diverse life-cycles.</div><div><br></div><div>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"><a = href=3D"mailto:duartess@ns.sympatico.ca">duartess@ns.sympatico.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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 21, 2011 2:45:15 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@ch