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Index of Subjects --14dae9c097fea76dc404b49035b5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, Personally I don't think it's shocking or sad, and I would love to have photographed or video-d it. But I agree, nature doesn't follow what people think of as cute or kind. Merlins like to eat woodpeckers, woodpeckers like to eat insect larvae, insect larvae like to eat algae, algae like to eat bacteria, and if you're a bacterium-lover, you'd probably think algae were cruel or shocking. It's all just nature's way of preserving the individual and propagating the species. Cheers - Richard On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:08 PM, <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Oh, how shocking and very sad for your friend to have witnessed this, but, > that's nature, and nature's way. Beautiful, but hard, and completely > unforgiving. > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > > ---- Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > A photographer friend sent me this the other day - thought I'd share it > > with NatureNS. > > > > Richard > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > > > Hi Richard: > > > > Just had to share this story with you.... > > > > Last week I was walking our dog past a neighbour's yard and heard a > > commotion. I turned and saw a crow (raven?) attacking a small > Woodpecker... > > > > The woodpecker managed to escape and flew directly toward me, a little > > unstable and chirping the whole time. > > > > It then flew right by by me and almost across the road, when a merlin > come > > out of nowhere and snatched it up in midair & up out of sight. No more > > chirping from the woodpecker. > > > > The whole event took about 5 seconds: I was dumbfounded, alone, and > amazed. > > > > Thought you'd like to know! > > > > Happy Holidays... > > > > Gerry > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ################# > > Richard Stern, > > Port Williams, NS, Canada > > sternrichard@gmail.com > > ################### > -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --14dae9c097fea76dc404b49035b5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<br><br>Personally I don't think it's shocking or sad, and I wou= ld love to have photographed or video-d it. But I agree, nature doesn't= follow what people think of as cute or kind. Merlins like to eat woodpecke= rs, woodpeckers like to eat insect larvae, insect larvae like to eat algae,= algae like to eat bacteria, and if you're a bacterium-lover, you'd= probably think algae were cruel or shocking.=A0 It's all just nature&#= 39;s way of preserving the individual and propagating the species.<br> <br>Cheers - Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 20, 2011= at 9:08 PM, <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:duartess@ns.sympatico= .ca">duartess@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D= "gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding= -left:1ex"> Oh, how shocking and very sad for your friend to have witnessed this, but, = that's nature, and nature's way. Beautiful, but hard, and completel= y unforgiving.<br> <br> Gayle MacLean<br> Dartmouth<br> <div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br> <br> ---- Richard Stern <<a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternricha= rd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > Hi,<br> ><br> > A photographer friend sent me this the other day - thought I'd sha= re it<br> > with NatureNS.<br> ><br> > Richard<br> ><br> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br> ><br> ><br> > Hi Richard:<br> ><br> > Just had to share this story with you....<br> ><br> > Last week I was walking our dog past a neighbour's yard and heard = a<br> > commotion. =A0I turned and saw a crow (raven?) attacking a small Woodp= ecker...<br> ><br> > The woodpecker managed to escape and flew directly toward me, a little= <br> > unstable and chirping the whole time.<br> ><br> > It then flew right by by me and almost across the road, when a merlin = come<br> > out of nowhere and snatched it up in midair & up out of sight. =A0= No more<br> > chirping from the woodpecker.<br> ><br> > The whole event took about 5 seconds: I was dumbfounded, alone, and am= azed.<br> ><br> > Thought you'd like to know!<br> ><br> > Happy Holidays...<br> ><br> > Gerry<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > #################<br> > Richard Stern,<br> > Port Williams, NS, Canada<br> > sternrichard@gmail.com<b= r> > ###################<br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>###########= ######<br>Richard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto= :sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>##= #################<br> --14dae9c097fea76dc404b49035b5--
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