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--Apple-Mail-20-484300532 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Two of Paul's comments caught my eye. First, wolves eating only the heads of salmon: brown bears in the West are well-known, when the salmon are abundant and esp. when still caught alive, to go first for the brains (head) and then open the belly to look for roe, discarding the male salmon, just like our herring and capelin fishers do -- thus I'm not surprised to hear this about coastal wolves as well, they being quite different from inland wolves. Secondly, dare I ask about the "potted head"? From what is the "head"? or maybe Paul could answer only me, since I have opened a delicate subject about which some may not want to hear more? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan <slickdog1@gmail.com> > Date: February 16, 2013 2:45:43 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Dead dovekie and razorbill wing > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Thanks for the comment on the decapitated dovekie > > Potted head, I think, is similar to Head Cheese, which is what my > Scottish father called it. Never had the pleasure of making it, > and we probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as we did had my > father told us what it was we were eating. > . > Andy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul MacDonald > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Dead dovekie and razorbill wing > > Hi Andy > Decapitated usually means great horned owl. > For some reason they eat the head and leave the rest. > On a Nature program I saw a little bit ago, wolves > were doing eating only the head of salmon. > My mother used to make delicious potted head when I was young. > Learned a lot about anatomy helping her make it. > Such skills have disappeared. > Have a nice winter > Paul > > --- On Fri, 2/15/13, Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan > <slickdog1@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan <slickdog1@gmail.com> > Subject: [NatureNS] Dead dovekie and razorbill wing > To: "NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Received: Friday, February 15, 2013, 6:05 PM > > Today I came across the decapitated remains of a dovekie in one of > the pastures up behind our house in Freeport. The > pasture is several hundred metres from the Bay of Fundy. The other > day Chris picked up a wing along the shore. After consultation > with people with much more experience, we have concluded it is most > likely a wing from a razorbill. > > We have no idea what led to the demise of either bird. > > Andy > Freeport, Long Island, > Digby County NS > > --Apple-Mail-20-484300532 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Two of Paul's comments caught my eye. First, wolves eating only = the heads of salmon: brown bears in the West are well-known, when the = salmon are abundant and esp. when still caught alive, to go first for = the brains (head) and then open the belly to look for roe, discarding = the male salmon, just like our herring and capelin fishers do -- thus = I'm not surprised to hear this about coastal wolves as well, they being = quite different from inland wolves.<div><br></div><div>Secondly, dare I = ask about the "potted head"? =46rom what is the "head"? or maybe = Paul could answer only me, since I have opened a delicate subject about = which some may not want to hear more?</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">Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan <<a = href=3D"mailto:slickdog1@gmail.com">slickdog1@gmail.com</a>></font></di= v><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">February 16, 2013 2:45:43 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@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Dead dovekie and = razorbill wing</b></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>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div><font = size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Thanks for the comment on the decapitated = dovekie</font></div> <div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">Potted head, I think, is similar to Head Cheese, which is = what my Scottish father called it. Never had the pleasure of = making it, and we probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as we did = had my father told us what it was we were eating.</font></div> = <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">.</font></div> <div><font size=3D"2"