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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010603000302050800080100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit That subject sounds much more interesting than this post really is. Today I started a Spruce Grouse in our woods. It reminded me of a sighting last summer. As I was coming in our driveway a hen Spruce Grouse came slowly out of the bush on one side. With her was a chick. The chick hurried across the drive but the hen very slowly and sedately walked across. As the first chick disappeared, another chick appeared and hurried across the drive. The mother hen kept her slow pace as her chicks one by one crossed the drive in front of me. Just as she disappeared into the bush her last chick rushed past and disappeared also. I counted 12 chicks; I was impressed by her timing. A few days ago a murder of crows was murderously trying to murder a Snowy Owl. No luck, the owl found a thick Spruce tree and retreated. Haven't seen it since. Feeder birds this winter have been ordinary. Blackcapped Chickadees, one Downy Woodpecker, a small flock of Mourning Doves, Bluejays, one Brown Creeper, one Red Breasted Nuthatch and crows. A single visit by a small flock of Evening Grosbeaks. Virginia Redden Port Howe Cumb Co. NS --------------010603000302050800080100 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font face="Candara">That subject sounds much more interesting than this post really is.<br> <br> Today I started a Spruce Grouse in our woods. It reminded me of a sighting last summer. As I was coming in our driveway a hen Spruce Grouse came slowly out of the bush on one side. With her was a chick. The chick hurried across the drive but the hen very slowly and sedately walked across. As the first chick disappeared, another chick appeared and hurried across the drive. The mother hen kept her slow pace as her chicks one by one crossed the drive in front of me. Just as she disappeared into the bush her last chick rushed past and disappeared also. I counted 12 chicks; I was impressed by her timing. <br> <br> A few days ago a murder of crows was murderously trying to murder a Snowy Owl. No luck, the owl found a thick Spruce tree and retreated. Haven't seen it since.<br> <br> Feeder birds this winter have been ordinary. Blackcapped Chickadees, one Downy Woodpecker, a small flock of Mourning Doves, Bluejays, one Brown Creeper, one Red Breasted Nuthatch and crows. A single visit by a small flock of Evening Grosbeaks. <br> <br> Virginia Redden<br> Port Howe Cumb Co.<br> NS<br> </font> <br> </body> </html> --------------010603000302050800080100--
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