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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01CC2A79.257DC2B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday, while biking the Harbourfront Trail with a friend, I = noticed some Greater Black-Backed Gulls in the little estuary of the = stream near Dartmouth Cove. Since the presence of these gulls often = means that there are fish around, usually in the deep pool at the outlet = of the long Alderney Drive culvert, attempting to migrate upstream. There were probably several hundred gaspereau (?) in the pool, = milling around, reluctant to move upstream through the dark culvert = towards the Sullivans Pond dam. Suddenly we saw a mink made an = appearance. It dove into the pool, creating a great disturbance among = the fish. It took maybe twenty seconds before it captured one. The mink = crawled ashore, holding the flapping fish by its tail. It wasn't much = shorter than the mink itself.=20 Once ashore, the mink changed its grip and bit the fish behind its = head, killing it. It then dragged it along the rocky seawall of the = stream towards the visitors' centre, where it may have a den. All this = took place only a few yards from a group of bystanders. Human and gull. Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01CC2A79.257DC2B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19046"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> On Sunday, while biking the = Harbourfront Trail=20 with a friend, I noticed some Greater Black-Backed Gulls in the little = estuary=20 of the stream near Dartmouth Cove. Since the presence of these = gulls often=20 means that there are fish around, usually in the deep pool at the outlet = of the=20 long Alderney Drive culvert, attempting to migrate = upstream.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> There were probably several=20 hundred gaspereau (?) in the pool, milling around, reluctant to = move=20 upstream through the dark culvert towards the Sullivans Pond dam. = Suddenly we=20 saw a mink made an appearance. It dove into the pool, creating a great=20 disturbance among the fish. It took maybe twenty seconds before it = captured=20 one. The mink crawled ashore, holding the flapping fish by its = tail. It=20 wasn't much shorter than the mink itself. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Once ashore, the mink changed its grip = and bit=20 the fish behind its head, killing it. It then dragged it along the = rocky=20 seawall of the stream towards the visitors' centre, where it = may have=20 a den. All this took place only a few yards from a group of bystanders. = Human=20 and gull.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Dusan=20 Soudek </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01CC2A79.257DC2B0--
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