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--Apple-Mail=_AE01E08B-7D5B-4F0C-B4CD-B0FE0B54603D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: mammal skulls under former eagle nest, n. of Pt. Wms. > Date: April 10, 2016 at 11:38:20 AM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: "Jim Wolford ." <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Mark Elderkin = <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>, Pam Mills <millspl@gov.ns.ca>, Kimberley Huskins = <HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca> >=20 > APRIL 9, 2016 - I looked at the debris under the former bald eagle = nest-site along Lower Church St., like Richard did earlier. I found = parts of 4 mammal skulls: 3 muskrat upper jaws and a lower jaw probably = of a raccoon. Probably some or all of these were road-killed critters? = There=92s no telling how long those skulls had been there on the ground, = with a few years=92 accumulation of lots of nesting sticks plus fallen = branches. And, like Richard, I saw no egg-shells, but a thorough search = was not made. And no eagles were seen there. Also I didn=92t see any = white feathers of chickens. >=20 > When eagle nests or nest-trees fall, the questions of when and where = the adults build another nest are often unanswered. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail=_AE01E08B-7D5B-4F0C-B4CD-B0FE0B54603D 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;"><div><div><br></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';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.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>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>mammal skulls = under former eagle nest, n. of Pt. Wms.</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';">April 10, 2016 at 11:38:20 AM = 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';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</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>Cc: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">"Jim Wolford ." = <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = Mark Elderkin <<a = href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">elderkmf@gov.ns.ca</a>>, Pam Mills = <millspl@gov.ns.ca>, = Kimberley Huskins <<a = href=3D"mailto:HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca">HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca</a>><br></span></= div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>APRIL 9, 2016</b> - I looked at the debris = under the former<b> bald eagle nest-site</b> along Lower Church St., = like Richard did earlier. I found parts of <b>4 mammal skulls</b>: = <b>3 muskrat upper jaws</b> and a<b> lower jaw probably of a = raccoon</b>. Probably some or all of these were road-killed = critters? There=92s no telling how long those skulls had been = there on the ground, with a few years=92 accumulation of lots of nesting = sticks plus fallen branches. And, like Richard, I saw no = egg-shells, but a thorough search was not made. And no eagles were = seen there. Also I didn=92t see any white feathers of = chickens.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:= 0px;">When eagle nests or nest-trees fall, the questions of when and = where the adults build another nest are often unanswered.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Cheers from = Jim in Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_AE01E08B-7D5B-4F0C-B4CD-B0FE0B54603D--
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