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--Apple-Mail=_9210196F-7D4A-4950-B169-754B4A4F0542 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 FEBRUARY 22, 2017 - Today=92s CBC Radio News had a very short item at = noon, saying that EAGLES in New Brunswick were going after pets of = humans. I used Google & CBC News to find an article, dated today, about = two different small dogs that were attacked in Charlotte County, N.B., = one of them after dark at night recently =97 both dogs survived the = attacks, thanks to their owners. FEB. 23, 2017 - At noon, CBC Radio News reported that someone in New = Brunswick saw a large flock of about 40 =93WILD TURKEYS=94. The person = who saw them reported that they would move away from curious humans, but = that they were not scared of anything. No mention was made of their = colour, but their relative tameness makes me wonder about their = =93wildness=94. ----------------------------- Lisa Eye, who lives on lower Church St. north of Port Williams, had a = couple of local reports: (a) in her back yard, which features a small cattail pond, three days = ago she saw a MINK which was dragging a much larger MUSKRAT through the = snow. I told her that muskrats are favourite prey items of mink; and (b) Very recently, apparently strong winds severely damaged the Church = St. BALD EAGLE NEST =97 part of the nest is still high in the tree, but = they have a lot of repairs to make =97 this nest is about a kilometre = east from where Lisa lives with her husband Dale. =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 More news from myself on the location of the very recent or new? BALD = EAGLE NEST just north of Avonport: I first heard of this nest from Sherman Williams on Feb. 5/17, when he = was turning in his report on his part of our annual count of eagles and = other raptors. =46rom Sherman=92s description, I had no trouble in = locating this nest. =46rom the L.E. Shaw School in Avonport, I drove = north along the road to Oak Island for 1.1 kilometres, then looked well = off the road to the east, where the new nest is in a deciduous tree in a = long line of mostly deciduous trees. Until I hear otherwise, I will = assume this obvious nest is the one that Sherman reported. Also he says = there is a secondary road that gets closer to the nest. On Feb. 5/17, Pat & I =93discovered=94 a second new BALD EAGLE NEST, at = Grand Pre =97 this nest is in the last tree at the west end of the line = of tall poplars along the old railroad tracks right-of-way just west and = south of Grand Pre Historic Park. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.= --Apple-Mail=_9210196F-7D4A-4950-B169-754B4A4F0542 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 = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>FEBRUARY 22, 2017 </b>- Today=92s CBC Radio = News had a very short item at noon, saying that <b>EAGLES in New = Brunswick</b> were <b>going after pets of humans</b>. I used = Google & CBC News to find an article, dated today, about two = different small dogs that were attacked in Charlotte County, N.B., one = of them after dark at night recently =97 both dogs survived the attacks, = thanks to their owners.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>FEB. 23, 2017</b> - At = noon, CBC Radio News reported that someone in <b>New Brunswick</b> saw a = large flock of about <b>40 =93WILD TURKEYS=94</b>. The person who = saw them reported that they would move away from curious humans, but = that they were not scared of anything. No mention was made of = their colour, but their relative tameness makes me wonder about their = =93wildness=94.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;">-----------------------------</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">Lisa Eye, who lives on lower Church St. north of Port Williams, = had a couple of local reports:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">(a) in her back = yard, which features a small cattail pond, three days ago she saw a = <b>MINK</b> which was dragging a much larger <b>MUSKRAT </b>through the = snow. I told her that muskrats are favourite prey items of mink; = and</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">(b) Very recently, apparently <b>strong winds = severely damaged the Church St. BALD EAGLE NEST </b>=97 part of the nest = is still high in the tree, but they have a lot of repairs to make =97 = this nest is about a kilometre east from where Lisa lives with her = husband Dale.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97= =97=97=97=97=97=97</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">More news from = myself on the location of the <b>very recent or new? BALD EAGLE NEST = just north of Avonport:</b></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">I first heard of this nest = from Sherman Williams on Feb. 5/17, when he was turning in his report on = his part of our annual count of eagles and other raptors. =46rom = Sherman=92s description, I had no trouble in locating this nest. = =46rom the L.E. Shaw School in Avonport, I drove north along the road to = Oak Island for 1.1 kilometres, then looked well off the road to the = east, where the new nest is in a deciduous tree in a long line of mostly = deciduous trees. Until I hear otherwise, I will assume this = obvious nest is the one that Sherman reported. Also he says there = is a secondary road that gets closer to the nest.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">On Feb. 5/17, Pat & I =93discovered=94 a <b>second new BALD = EAGLE NEST, at Grand Pre</b> =97 this nest is in the last tree at the = <b>west end of the line of tall poplars</b> along the old railroad = tracks right-of-way just west and south of Grand Pre Historic = Park.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_9210196F-7D4A-4950-B169-754B4A4F0542--
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