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font-size:1 --_000_BLUPR11MB0834AD2B44E2785E6CBA8808B5520BLUPR11MB0834namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable With nest monitoring for the Maritime Nest Records Scheme for ospreys in th= e area, I witnessed the taking of young osprey out of the nest behind the t= heatre a few years ago by a bald eagle. The young osprey was taken to feed = the young of the eagle at a nearby nest. I've often watched interactions a= t both the bald eagle nest and the osprey nests in the area between the two= species. The osprey were often quite aggressive in the protection of their= young and driving the bald eagle away. James R. Hirtle LaHave ________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beha= lf of Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> Sent: February 24, 2017 2:09 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: RE: [NatureNS] eagles & pets, wild turkeys, mink & muskrat, b. eag= le nests news I didn=92t know about this Yarmouth County turkey flock. I wonder what th= ese wild turkeys taste like? In comparison with the store-bought turkey, = which I refuse to buy ever since I visited a local turkey =93factory=94 and= viewed the conditions of their short lives. Free-range, local chicken... Unless these Yarmouth turkeys start snapping up the tiny black-legged tick = and saving us from Lyme disease... I shall question us embracing another na= turalized species. Two turkey vultures were soaring over the garage today. They seemed to be = lingering. I went to check on Larry but he was fine. : ) Very interesting the suspicions about the young osprey possibly falling pre= y. Thanks for the update from the more =91southern localities=92 of NS! Donna From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = On Behalf Of John and Nhung Sent: February-23-17 8:46 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: RE: [NatureNS] eagles & pets, wild turkeys, mink & muskrat, b. eag= le nests news One of my Christmas Bird count buddies who lives in Tusket suspects that so= me eagles may be making meals off young ospreys. Down here around Yarmouth= , we do see more eagles and fewer ospreys than a generation ago. Turkeys, Donna, have already arrived. There is a resident flock on the Ham= ilton Road, between Pleasant Valley and Raynardton. (Folks out there say t= hey do wonders on ticks!) My brothers have seen some in Lake Annis, and so= me years back, I saw a couple in Richfield, just over the Digby County line= . (Ironically I thought it was a turkey vulture until I got close!) Anyway, they seem established upcountry in Yarmouth County From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> [= mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Donna Crossland Sent: February 23, 2017 8:26 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Cc: 'Bob Bancroft'; 'Mark F Elderkin'; 'Pam Mills'; 'Kimberley Huskins'; 'D= onald Sam >' Subject: RE: [NatureNS] eagles & pets, wild turkeys, mink & muskrat, b. eag= le nests news Wow! Jim you have had a high news day, to say the least. Those eagles must have been quite hungry. I wonder if any cats have succum= bed. Sounds like you have some nests to keep an eye on. Each time there is a mink sighting, I wonder if it is yet another escaped m= ink. The population seems to be up on the Mersey this year. None of them = seem as =91tame=92 though as the one that fought off the raccoon in Jeremys= Campground two years ago for some leftover food in a frying pan, and then = later stole a dust pan from a campsite after taking a few sips of coffee fr= om a camper=92s cup. Needless to say, that one went =93to heaven=94 and th= en necropsy. I hear the mink farms are not doing well, and the banks are a= sking for sudden repayment of loans. Sounds like they see an end to our NS= markets. Damage to wild populations is already done, it seems. I heard CBC radio talking about the turkeys. I once saw on in Kouchibougua= c standing along the roadside. It sort of stuck out like a sore thumb. It= had wondered into the park from a private property close by. I don=92t ju= st as soon not see them here in NS. Regards, Donna From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> [= mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Jim Wolford Sent: February-23-17 4:10 PM To: naturens; Jim Wolford Cc: Bob Bancroft; Mark F Elderkin; Pam Mills; Kimberley Huskins; Donald Sam= > Subject: [NatureNS] eagles & pets, wild turkeys, mink & muskrat, b. eagle n= ests news 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 us= ed Google & CBC News to find an article, dated today, about two different s= mall dogs that were attacked in Charlotte County, N.B., one of them after d= ark at night recently =97 both dogs survived the attacks, thanks to their o= wners. FEB. 23, 2017 - At noon, CBC Radio News reported that someone in New Brunsw= ick saw a large flock of about 40 =93WILD TURKEYS=94. The person who saw t= hem reported that they would move away from curious humans, but that they w= ere 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 coupl= e of local reports: (a) in her back yard, which features a small cattail pond, three days ago s= he 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 ha= ve a lot of repairs to make =97 this nest is about a kilometre east from wh= ere 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 r= aptors. From Sherman=92s description, I had no trouble in locating this ne= st. From the L.E. S