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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01CD137F.02CBFDF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All=20 With the lack of Sea Ice this winter in the Gulf and elsewhere I wasn't = expecting many "Northern Specie" to show up.=20 Over the past week there were a few "beaters" young Harp Seals around = the harbour. Without the ice it's harder to tell with a bobbing head = compared to the study of them you get while hauled out.=20 Last week because of the ice free conditions a couple of docks were = returned to the Marina and yesterday, I/We were rewarded with great = looks of a hauled out "saddle back" adult Harp Seal at the end of the = finger.=20 While making my rounds this morning I discovered another seal hauled out = this time on the inner part of the finger. To my surprise when I got = close enough to ID it I found a "blue back", Juv. Hooded Seal. I quickly = grabbed a few doc shots before it returned to the water. The last one of = this specie I found I collected for the StFX collection and it ended up = making its way to the Museum of Natural History's collection. As kids we = use to find a few almost every year during late winter or early spring. = I remember putting them in the tub with warm water and trying to nurse = them back with them all passing away. Of course there was no shortage of = transportation (sea ice) for the seals then.=20 On the up side without the heave ice I bet there'll be a lot less = "Headless Seals" reported this year.=20 Tom K=20 Canso ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01CD137F.02CBFDF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 9.00.8112.16441"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN lang=3DEN> <P>Hi All </P> <P>With the lack of Sea Ice this winter in the Gulf and elsewhere I = wasn't=20 expecting many "Northern Specie" to show up.<FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times = New Roman">=20 </FONT></P><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <P>Over the past week there were a few "beaters" young Harp Seals around = the=20 harbour. Without the ice it's harder to tell with a bobbing head = compared to the=20 study of them you get while hauled out.</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"> </FONT></P><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT = size=3D2=20 face=3DArial> <P>Last week because of the ice free conditions a couple of docks were = returned=20 to the Marina and yesterday, I/We were rewarded with great looks of a = hauled out=20 "saddle back" adult Harp Seal at the end of the = finger.</FONT></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"> </FONT></P><FONT size=3D2 = face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial> <P>While making my rounds this morning I discovered another seal hauled = out this=20 time on the inner part of the finger. To my surprise when I got close = enough to=20 ID it I found a "blue back", Juv. Hooded Seal. I quickly grabbed a few = doc shots=20 before it returned to the water. The last one of this specie I found I = collected=20 for the StFX collection and it ended up making its way to the Museum of = Natural=20 History's collection. As kids we use to find a few almost every year = during late=20 winter or early spring. I remember putting them in the tub with warm = water and=20 trying to nurse them back with them all passing away. Of course there = was no=20 shortage of transportation (sea ice) for the seals then. </P> <P>On the up side without the heave ice I bet there'll be a lot less = "Headless=20 Seals" reported this year.</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New = Roman">=20 </FONT></P><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <P>Tom K</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"> = </FONT></P><FONT=20 size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <P>Canso</P></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01CD137F.02CBFDF0--
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