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Index of Subjects <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 <style type=3D"text/css"><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-fa= mily: "Cambria Math"; } @font-face {font-family: Calibri; } /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:= 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: "Calibri",= "sans-serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: = underline;} span.EmailStyle17 { font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: windowt= ext;} .MsoChpDefault {} @page WordSection1 { margin: 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {} --></style> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> Yesterday Donna I was looking out an upstairs window </div>=20 <div> and saw a vole running across a neighbours lawn. A crow </div>=20 <div> say it too and swooped down picked up the vole, flew up </div>=20 <div> 5 m or so up in the air  and dropped it. done that a couple of time= s then a second </div>=20 <div> crow joined the first. Then they had breakfast with the vole providing </div>=20 <div> the meal. A good time to be careful. </div>=20 <div> See you soon </div>=20 <div> Paul </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-co= lor: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: rela= tive;" type=3D"cite"> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> --> <!-- <![endif] --> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> --> <!-- <![endif] -->On April 17, 2016 at 10:49 AM Donna Crossland <dcr= ossland@eastlink.ca> wrote: <br/> <br/>=20 <div class=3D"WordSection1">=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal">There was a bit of drama in the linden tree in t= he front yard this morning.  A pair of robins has already built a nest= and they are apparently incubating eggs.  A Blue Jay was quite insist= ent that the contents of this nest should be breakfast.   There w= ere a lot of excited chirps from the robins and creeks/croaks from the blue= jay.  The blue jay was very reluctant to leave the area, but finally = did so (I might have helped convince it a little).   The robin is= back on the nest now.   Of course the linden is not leafed out, = so the nest is quite exposed.  We=E2=80=99ll see how that goes!</p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Checked the local ponds last night, and not a sa= lamander to be seen.  I presume the cold temps have convinced them to = hunker down in the detritus and muck(?)  No wood frogs vocalizing, and= only a few hearty peepers.  One snipe calling from somewhere on the m= arsh. </p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Donna</p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 <div> <br/>  </div> =20 </body></html>
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