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--Apple-Mail=_94AE8131-16CD-4CC8-8B2D-BBF07F6FB71B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Of course, moles are Insectivores and therefore related to shrews, = which, especially short-tailed shrews, are frequent but uneaten prey of = house cats =97 thus perhaps moles are distasteful (not necessarily = poisonous although short-tailed shrews have toxic saliva). Perhaps more = interestingly, we can wonder what the predators were in these two = places? (Three Fathom Hbr. & Big Island). I imagine the star-nosed = moles are rarely near or at the surface of their burrows except at dusk, = overnight, or dawn, so perhaps owls might be suspected? or a variety of = mammals? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Annabelle Thiebaux <hamst@xplornet.com> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] recent Pictou Co. observations > Date: September 17, 2014 at 5:31:59 PM ADT > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > Was it something poisonous? >=20 > Sent from my iPad >=20 > On Sep 17, 2014, at 5:05 PM, Kate Steele <katefsteele@gmail.com> = wrote: >=20 >> Over the past year or so, I have found three or four dead star-nosed = moles on a trail where I walk frequently in the fall in Three Fathom = Harbour, HRM. They always appear unharmed from what I can see. Any idea = what is killing these neat creatures and leaving them on the trails? = There are frequently hawks around, lots of dogs, and I have seen a cat = as well.=20 >>=20 >> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> = wrote: >> =20 >> Ken McKenna >> Box 218 Stellarton NS >> B0K 1S0 >> 902 752-7644 >> Hi all >> Got news today that a imm Piping Plover seen by myself and Polly = Szantor at Melmerby Beach PP Sept 11 and supporting a black leg flag = with H3 in white letters was banded in Escuminac Beach NB July 18 as a = chick. It had been fitted with a temporary nanotag transmitter but I saw = no evidence it was still present. >> =20 >> There are what probably are a couple thousand Northern Gannets last = few days in the Northumberland Strait off the Caribou lighthouse. Gray = Seals and Herring also abundant! >> =20 >> At Big I today I saw a dead Minke? Whale ( it was a small baleen = whale) on the Strait side of the causeway to the island.( rocks marked = with red ribbon). Ann Doull indicated the whale was first seen evening = of Sept 13. =20 >> Also saw a dead star-nosed mole on Doris Mason lane. (yes the = singer).=20 >> =20 >> Passerines were not overly abundant but I did see and photograph and = empid that looks like a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher to my eye. Had my = first Big I fall Dunlin (4) today. Had 1 yesterday afternoon at Gull . = (Caribou I.). >> =20 >> Complete list at Big I can be viewed at = http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=3DS19842994 >>=20 --Apple-Mail=_94AE8131-16CD-4CC8-8B2D-BBF07F6FB71B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Of = course, moles are Insectivores and therefore related to shrews, which, = especially short-tailed shrews, are frequent but uneaten prey of house = cats =97 thus perhaps moles are distasteful (not necessarily poisonous = although short-tailed shrews have toxic saliva). Perhaps more = interestingly, we can wonder what the predators were in these two = places? (Three Fathom Hbr. & Big Island). I imagine the = star-nosed moles are rarely near or at the surface of their burrows = except at dusk, overnight, or dawn, so perhaps owls might be suspected? = or a variety of mammals?<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;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Annabelle Thiebaux <<a = href=3D"mailto:hamst@xplornet.com">hamst@xplornet.com</a>><br></span></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] recent Pictou Co. = observations</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">September 17, 2014 = at 5:31:59 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br= ></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html;= charset=3Dutf-8"><div dir=3D"auto"><div>Was it something = poisonous?<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Sep 17, 2014, at = 5:05 PM, Kate Steele <<a = href=3D"mailto:katefsteele@gmail.com">katefsteele@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">Over the = past year or so, I have found three or four dead star-nosed moles on a = trail where I walk frequently in the fall in Three Fathom Harbour, HRM. = They always appear unharmed from what I can see. Any idea what is = killing these neat creatures and leaving them on the trails? There are = frequently hawks a