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--Apple-Mail-9--100639982 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] re Hall's Harbour 'rabbit'/hare? > > Thanks, Mike. I'm sure it was a snowshoe or varying hare (same =20 > thing). Jim in Wolfville. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Mike McCall <frogmore@xcountry.tv> >> Date: April 8, 2014 10:16:30 AM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Hall's Harbour birds + 'rabbit'/hare? >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> JIM: >> >> The rabbit (or hare) went by me very quickly so I had little =20 >> chance of noting >> any details. Its coat however, was patchy - some dark areas and =20 >> some lighter. >> Rather scruffy looking. Maybe 12=94 - 14=94 in length. Not a small =20= >> =93bunny rabbit=94 >> type. >> >> Mike >> >> On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:18 AM, James W. Wolford =20 >> <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>>> Date: April 7, 2014 7:22:26 PM ADT >>>> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >>>> Subject: [ValleyNature] Hall's 'Harbour birds + 'rabbit'/hare? >>>> >>>> Mike, please let me know if your 'rabbit' is not a varying hare, =20= >>>> alias snowshoe 'rabbit' (hare). Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >>>> >>>> P.S. The well-known rabbits at White Point Lodge are true =20 >>>> rabbits (not hares), not native but introduced (and did not =20 >>>> hybridize with snowshoe hares), and are the same European rabbit =20= >>>> species that was unfortunately and infamously introduced to =20 >>>> Australia and, like the cane toad in some many warm places, =20 >>>> became a huge pest for a long time until the disease myxomatosis =20= >>>> (and other measures?) was able to control the rabbits. Also I =20 >>>> recommend the book "Watership Down" by Richard Adams, for a =20 >>>> great fictionalized account of European rabbits and their society. >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>>> From: Mike McCall <frogmore@xcountry.tv> >>>>> Date: April 7, 2014 9:25:56 AM ADT >>>>> To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca >>>>> Subject: [NatureNS] Hall's 'Harbour birds >>>>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Today=92s dawn brought the sun and (probably) the three Fox =20 >>>>> Sparrows that have been feeding >>>>> voraciously beneath my feeders since last Wednesday. The usual =20 >>>>> crowd of >>>>> Ch=92dees, Juncos, RB Nuthatch, Purple Finches (who are also =20 >>>>> singing), Goldfinches >>>>> are here and a Raven did a low pass over the area where he (or =20 >>>>> his twin) >>>>> scored a recently deceased Red Squirrel last week. >>>>> >>>>> That Spring! is about to envelope us was signalled by an adult =20 >>>>> rabbit munching >>>>> parsley in the kitchen garden. >>>>> >>>>> Mike McCall >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nature mailing list >>>> Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca >>>> http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/=20 >>>> nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/=20 > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-9--100639982 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] re Hall's Harbour = 'rabbit'/hare?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> Thanks, Mike. I'm sure it was a snowshoe or = varying hare (same thing). 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">Mike McCall <<a = href=3D"mailto:frogmore@xcountry.tv">frogmore@xcountry.tv</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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 8, 2014 10:16:30 AM = ADT</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] Hall's Harbour birds = + 'rabbit'/hare?</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> = JIM:<div><br></div><div>The rabbit (or hare) went by me very quickly so = I had little chance of noting</div><div>any details. Its coat however, = was patchy - some dark areas and some lighter.</div><div>Rather scruffy = looking. Maybe 12=94 - 14=94 in length. Not a small =93bunny = rabbit=94</div><div>type.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><br><div= ><div>On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:18 AM, James W. Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <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" = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.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" = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">April 7, 2014 7:22:26 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</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" style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] Hall's 'Harbour birds = + 'rabbit'/hare?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> Mike, please let me know if your 'rabbit' is not a = varying hare, alias snowshoe 'rabbit' (hare). Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville. <div><br></div><div>P.S. The well-known rabbits at = White Point Lodge are true rabbits (not hares), not native but = introduced (and did not hybridize with snowshoe hares), and are the same = European rabbit species that was unfortunately and infamously introduced = to Australia and, like the cane toad in some many warm places, became a = huge pest for a long time until the disease myxomatosis (and other = measures?) was able to control the rabbits. Also I recommend the = book "Watership Down" by Richard Adams, for a great fictionalized = account of European rabbits and their society.<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" = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Mike McCall <<a = href=3D"mailto:frogmore@xcountry.tv">frogmore@xcountry.tv</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" = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">April 7, 2014 9:25:56 AM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><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" = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Hall's 'Harbour = birds</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" style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Helvetica;"><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; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Today=92s = dawn brought the sun and (probably) the three Fox Sparrows that have = been feeding<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">voraciously beneath my feeders since last Wednesday. = The usual crowd of</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ch=92dees, Juncos, RB = Nuthatch, Purple Finches (who are also singing), Goldfinches</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">are here and a Raven did a low pass over the area = where he (or his twin)</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">scored a recently deceased = Red Squirrel last week.</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; ">That Spring! is about to = envelope us was signalled by an adult rabbit munching<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">parsley in the kitchen garden.</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; ">Mike = McCall</div> </blockquote></div><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></d= iv><br><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-9--100639982--
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