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Index of Subjects --0-753971123-1309534756=:46883 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Bev=0AReminds me of the time long ago when I was in NB.=0AI was hunting = ducks one evening at a beaver dam.=0AA flock of ducks went by in the distan= ce so I started calling to them.=0AThey started to come but just then I hea= rd slashing and crashing in the water.=0ALooked over and there was a Bull M= oose coming right at me. Those horns=0Aare big.=C2=A0The dog put his tail b= etween his legs and crept off.=0AMy truck was no where nearby so it was me = and the moose eye to eye.=0AI guess the moose felt I wasn't worth his atten= tion so he took his flustration=0A=0Aout on a fir tree. When he got going a= t that I backed out of there and=C2=A0=0Acame back for my decoys the next d= ay.=0ALucky for me I was used to farm animals!=0AHave a nice Canada day=0AP= aul=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: "bev@magickcanoe= .com" <bev@magickcanoe.com>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0ASent: Friday, J= uly 1, 2011 11:41:07 AM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Be Careful What You Pish = For=0A=0AJohn,=0A=0AIt has been awhile since I read the book, "The Howls of= August: Encounters with Algonquin Wolves" by Michael Runtz, a biologist wh= o has studied predator behaviour at Algonquin P.P. in Ontario for many year= s. However, I have a vague recollection of a note in the book about him sto= pping his vehicle somewhere to pish for birds, and having a wolf come runni= ng straight toward him.=C2=A0 I recall that he got into his vehicle as he w= asn't sure what the wolf would do - I think it ran on by.=C2=A0 I believe h= e thought the wolf was attracted by the pishing which might have sounded li= ke an animal in distress.=C2=A0 Anyhow, definitely something to consider if= you are in a place where you might attract something much larger than a bi= rd.=0A=0Abev wigney =0ARound Hill (in summer)=0A=0A--- On Fri, 7/1/11, John= Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:=0A=0A> From: John Kearney <j= ohn.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca>=0A> Subject: [NatureNS] Be Careful What You Pi= sh For=0A> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A> Received: Friday, July 1, 2011, = 9:54 AM=0A> I would like to share with you=0A> a rather harrowing experienc= e that I had when doing a bird=0A> survey yesterday. I had driven down an o= vergrown woods road=0A> on Browns Mountain near the Antigonish-Pictou Count= ies line.=0A> At one point I got out of my truck, looking for some of the= =0A> local breeding birds and was pishing for some warblers in=0A> the near= by trees and shrubs. =C2=A0I then heard something large=0A> moving through = the brush to my right in the woods. I assumed=0A> it was a deer running awa= y, something that often occurs in=0A> this area. However, I then realized i= t was not rushing away=0A> but coming towards me. At this point, I decided = to move=0A> quickly back to my truck which was 20-30 metres away. Just=0A> = as I got to my truck, an adult Black Bear burst from the=0A> trees on to th= e road, exactly where I had just stood=0A> pishing. It looked around, saw m= e and the truck, and=0A> disappeard on the other side of the road. Within a= couple of=0A> seconds, another adult bear burst from the woods, and a few= =0A> second after that, a third. These two also disappeared again=0A> into = the brush.=0A> =C2=A0I can think of three possible explanations for this=0A= > incidence.1)=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=0A> The bears were attracted by the = pishing=0A> sound and came to investigate2)=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 The bears=0A>= were engaged in some territorial interaction (it is now=0A> their rutting = season) and I was simply in the wrong place at=0A> the wrong time3)=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0 The=0A> bears were predatory (which would be a first in Nova= =0A> Scotia). =C2=A0I would be interested in=0A> hearing anyone else=E2=80= =99s explanation about the possible=0A> reason for this incidence.John =C2= =A0PS. I did report this=0A> incidence to NS DNR. --0-753971123-1309534756=:46883 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Bev</sp= an></div><div><span>Reminds me of the time long ago when I was in NB.</span= ></div><div><span>I was hunting ducks one evening at a beaver dam.</span></= div><div><span>A flock of ducks went by in the distance so I started callin= g to them.</span></div><div><span>They started to come but just then I hear= d slashing and crashing in the water.</span></div><div><span>Looked over an= d there was a Bull Moose coming right at me. Those horns</span></div><div><= span>are big. </span>The dog put his tail between his legs and crept o= ff.</div><div><span>My truck was no where nearby so it was me and the moose= eye to eye.</span></div><div>I guess the moose felt I wasn't worth his att= ention so he took his flustration<br></div><div><span>out on a fir tree. Wh= en he got going at that I backed out of there and </span></div><div><span>came back for my decoys the next day.</sp= an></div><div><span>Lucky for me I was used to farm animals!</span></div><d= iv><span>Have a nice Canada day</span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><di= v><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div><div st= yle=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, = serif; "><div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'ne= w york', times, serif; "><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><hr size=3D"1"><b>= <span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "bev@magickcanoe.com" &l= t;bev@magickcanoe.com><br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</spa= n></b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sen= t:</span></b> Friday, July 1, 2011 11:41:07 AM<br><b><span style=3D"font-we= ight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NatureNS] Be Careful What You Pish Fo= r<br></font><br>John,<br><br>It has been awhile since I read the book, "The= Howls of Augu