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Hello, Peter,
I am a NatureNS subscriber. I received the email below with no
message. This happened time after time last week, so I am letting you
know immediately this week.
Cheers,
Nancy
Nancy Roberts Design
Celebrating 17 years of making you look GOOD
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6
902 461-9488
On 26-Oct-09, at 1:46 PM, Peter Angus Mac Leod wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Randy Lauff
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 10:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re porpoise? or seal? in Eel Lake
>
> Whales have external parasites...a foray into fresh water would kill
> them. I don't know if seals are subject to external parasites as
> much as whales; none of the seals that have crossed my lab space
> have had obvious external parasites. Perhaps seals are lost, though
> perhaps those who venture into FW know they have a parasite problem
> and are going there to rid themselves of the infestation?
>
> Randy
>
> 2009/10/26 James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Here in the Wolfville area, there have been periodic records of
> harbour porpoises (as well as harbour and young harp seals even)
> heading inland at least along the tidal parts of the mouth of the
> Cornwallis River, as far as New Minas and perhaps further. I also
> recall an incidence of a harbour seal up the Kennetcook River as far
> as Stanley (photographed). Jim in Wolfville
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "nhungjohn" <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca
>>> >
>>> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:57 PM
>>> Subject: [NatureNS] Strange sight in Eel Lake
>>>
>>>
>>>> To: All
>>>>
>>>> From: John Sollows
>>>>
>>>> Date: October 25/09
>>>>
>>>> This afternoon, my wife and I took a short drive to catch the
>>>> little remaining foliage, which is disappearing unseaonably
>>>> rapidly down here in Yarmouth County. (Oh, those breezes!)
>>>>
>>>> About 3 P.M. today, we crossed the old Eel Lake bridge, and
>>>> noticed a flock of smallish gulls (ring bills?) and a smallish
>>>> raft of cormorants congregating a little south of the bridge. In
>>>> the midst of it all, something much too large to be prey surfaced
>>>> briefly a number of times and moved to the southwest of us.
>>>>
>>>> Porpoise? That is how the behaviour and appearance struck me. I
>>>> wonder if one found its way into the lake throgh the shallow
>>>> guzzle that connects to Lobster Bay, during some of the recent
>>>> very high tides.
>
> _________________________________
> RF Lauff
> Way in the boonies of
> Antigonish County, NS.
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