[NatureNS] Gray jay gets the mouse

From: GayleMacLean <duartess@EastLink.ca>
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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:23:07 -0300
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Loved reading about all of these encounters!! =

Cheers to everyone on NatureNS=2C and thank you for every post shared!! =

Happy Spring to all!! =

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Gayle MacLean
Dartmouth
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On 04/17/17 07=3A05 PM=2C Hubcove=40aol=2Ecom wrote=3A =

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=3E Many years ago I was fishing the Cowichan River on Vancouver Island =
for Brown Trout=2E I hooked and landed a good sized fish which promptly =
coughed up a mouse=2EMuch to my amazement it lay for a few moments then =
shook itself and took off into the grass=2E I can only assume that it ha=
d been taken moments before the trout took my lure=2E
=3E Peter Stow
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=3E In a message dated 2017-04-17 4=3A31=3A52 P=2EM=2E Atlantic Daylight=
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=3E =3E That=92s a wonderful story=2C Paul=2E   I rather suspect that ch=
ain pickerel might go after a mouse=2C at any rate=2C but you=92d know b=
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=3E =3E Donna
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=3E =3E From=3A naturens-owner=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =5Bmailto=3Anaturens=
-owner=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca=5D On Behalf Of rita=2Epaul=40ns=2Esympatico=
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=3E =3E To=3A naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca
=3E =3E Subject=3A Re=3A =5BNatureNS=5D Gray jay gets the mouse
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=3E =3E Hi Donna and All =

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=3E =3E This story reminds me of years ago when the
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=3E =3E ice fishing for pickerel first started=2E A friend wanted
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=3E =3E to try it so we planned to go one cold morning=2E
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=3E =3E Before we left I checked my mouse trap in the basement
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=3E =3E and had caught a mouse=2E So I put it in a plastic bag and put
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=3E =3E it in my pocket=2E and forgot it was there=2E
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=3E =3E While we were fishing a fellow came around doing a survey of
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=3E =3E what we were using for bait=2E I remembered the mouse and quickl=
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=3E =3E put it on my hook and down the hole=2E
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=3E =3E He came to me and asked what I was using=2E A mouse I said - A w=
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=3E =3E he answered I said Une souris! - I understand English he said an=
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=3E =3E I showed him  the wet mouse on the hook I though he would barf! =

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=3E =3E I=27ll not eat any fish from this lake he said as he stomped off=
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=3E =3E Have an enjoyable week!
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=3E =3E =3E On April 16=2C 2017 at 10=3A33 PM Donna Crossland =3Cdcrossl=
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=3E =3E =3E My mother=92s gray jays are still coming to the yard regular=
ly for food=2E  They are believed to be nesting nearby=2E
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=3E =3E =3E On Friday=2C the cat caught a mouse=2C possibly its first on=
e (it=92s a young cat)=2E  It dropped it near the door before it entered=
 the house=2E  A short while later=2C my mother saw a gray jay flying to=
ward the woods with a large piece of cargo on board (in its beak)=2E  Sh=
e looked out to see most of the mouse was gone=2E  The cat hadn=92t eate=
n any of it=2C so I guess the gray jays ate well that day=2E
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