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no next message i --00000000000090af3205a6b2c286 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Had a TV soaring over downtown HRM yesterday at about 600 metres, escorted by a single aggressive crow. Not as ommon as SW Nova but not an unusual sight these days. On Thu., May 28, 2020, 05:39 John and Nhung, <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote: > I=E2=80=99ve told this story before but the first turkey vulture I saw wa= s flying > over the Ellis Road from Chebogue (near Yarmouth) the summer of 1982 or > 1983. We saw another one the Christmas Bird Count of 1983 at Town Point, > in Chebogue. > > > > Turns out there was a fox and lynx farm being operated nearby at the > time. The vultures liked that, so they have stayed. They are now here t= he > year-round, and dare I say that they are common in this neck of the woods= ? > > > > You=E2=80=99ll see more, Bob, especially if you venture to the far southw= est! > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto: > naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *Bob Lindsay > *Sent:* May 27, 2020 9:56 PM > *To:* NatureNS > *Subject:* [NatureNS] My first in Nova Scotia: a single TV > > > > The only time I saw a Turkey Vulture was in Ottawa about 10 or 15 years > ago ... > until yesterday that is. > > I was returning to my car after visiting the Babes in The Wood homestead > east of Dartmouth. It's on a woods road between the Lake Loon Golf Centre > and Topsail Lake (historically King Lake) that goes to a cell phone tower= . > There was a single TV soaring and slowly circling above the road. > > Incidentally, if you don't know the Babes in the Wood story, then look fo= r > the book in the Halifax Regional library system when it reopens, or perha= ps > there are still copies in the Dartmouth Heritage Museum. Failing that, > email me. > > > > *Melancholy Mountain: What Happened in 1842?*Bob Lindsay > Dartmouth > > > > --00000000000090af3205a6b2c286 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">Had a TV soaring over downtown HRM yesterday at about 600= metres,=C2=A0 escorted by a single aggressive crow.=C2=A0 Not as=C2=A0 omm= on as SW Nova but not an unusual sight these days.</div><br><div class=3D"g= mail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu., May 28, 2020, 05= :39 John and Nhung, <<a href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca">nhungjohn@= eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lan= g=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div class=3D"m_2871078222036159= 658WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;fon= t-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I=E2=80= =99ve told this story before but the first turkey vulture I saw was flying = over the Ellis Road from Chebogue (near Yarmouth) the summer of 1982 or 198= 3.=C2=A0 We saw another one the Christmas Bird Count of 1983 at Town Point,= in Chebogue.=C2=A0 <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif&q= uot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><= span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-s= erif";color:#1f497d">Turns out there was a fox and lynx farm being ope= rated nearby at the time.=C2=A0 The vultures liked that, so they have staye= d.=C2=A0 They are now here the year-round, and dare I say that they are com= mon in this neck of the woods?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNorma= l"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sa= ns-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"Ms= oNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",&q= uot;sans-serif";color:#1f497d">You=E2=80=99ll see more, Bob, especiall= y if you venture to the far southwest!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"= MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",= "sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><div><= div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0= cm 0cm"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:1= 0.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></= b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma&q= uot;,"sans-serif""> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> = [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" = rel=3D"noreferrer">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>B= ob Lindsay<br><b>Sent:</b> May 27, 2020 9:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> NatureNS<br><= b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] My first in Nova Scotia: a single TV<u></u><u></u= ></span></p></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p c= lass=3D"MsoNormal">The only time I saw a Turkey Vulture was in Ottawa about= 10 or 15 years ago ...<br>until yesterday that is.<br><br>I was returning = to my car after visiting the Babes in The Wood homestead east of Dartmouth.= It's on a woods road between the Lake Loon Golf Centre and Topsail Lak= e (historically King Lake) that goes to a cell phone tower. There was a sin= gle TV soaring and slowly circling above the road.<br><br>Incidentally, if = you don't know the Babes in the Wood story, then look for the book in t= he Halifax Regional library system when it reopens, or perhaps there are st= ill copies in the Dartmouth Heritage Museum. Failing that, email me. <br><b= r><u>Melancholy Mountain: What Happened in 1842?<br><br></u>Bob Lindsay<br>= Dartmouth<br><br><br>=C2=A0=C2=A0 <u></u><u></u></p></div></div></blockquot= e></div> --00000000000090af32