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--Apple-Mail-1--899770926 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Yes, and sharp-shins do routinely kill mourning doves, and the sharpy can even fly a bit, awkwardly, with a m. dove in its talons, like we all have just learned about northern shrikes, too. Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Doug Linzey <doug@fundymud.com> > Date: February 24, 2013 3:59:47 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] WOW! One less redpoll! > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Well, Pat. At least your bird feeding is helping to keep one > sharpie alive. > > Doug > > On 24/02/2013 3:24 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote: >> HI everyone: >> >> Two weeks ago I noticed a pile of mourning dove feathers on the >> path through the snow that leads to my bird feeders. As there were >> no tracks leading to or from the feathers, I figured that a raptor >> of some type had caught one. I have also noticed fewer birds >> around the feeders of late. >> >> I was just looking out the window at the redpolls when I sharp- >> shinned hawk came from parts unknown and had snagged one of the >> redpolls and landed on one of the feeders. It just stood there >> looking at me, and my brain went from WOW to GET CAMERA. I got >> back and it was still there and I was able to get one picture >> before it flew off across the back yards and into the woods at the >> back of the house. The picture is here: >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/SSHawk.jpg >> > --Apple-Mail-1--899770926 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; "> Yes, and sharp-shins do routinely kill mourning doves, and the sharpy = can even fly a bit, awkwardly, with a m. dove in its talons, like we all = have just learned about northern shrikes, too. 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">Doug Linzey <<a = href=3D"mailto:doug@fundymud.com">doug@fundymud.com</a>></font></div><d= iv 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 24, 2013 3:59:47 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] WOW! One less = redpoll!</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 = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Well, Pat. At least your bird feeding is helping to = keep one sharpie alive.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Doug</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On = 24/02/2013 3:24 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote:</div> <blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">HI everyone:</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Two = weeks ago I noticed a pile of mourning dove feathers on the path through = the snow that leads to my bird feeders. As there were no tracks leading = to or from the feathers, I figured that a raptor of some type had caught = one. I have also noticed fewer birds around the feeders of = late.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I was just looking out the window at the redpolls = when I sharp-shinned hawk came from parts unknown and had snagged one of = the redpolls and landed on one of the feeders. It just stood there = looking at me, and my brain went from WOW to GET CAMERA. I got back and = it was still there and I was able to get one picture before it flew off = across the back yards and into the woods at the back of the house. The = picture is here:</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/SSHawk.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkell= y/SSHawk.jpg</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1--899770926--
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