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Index of Subjects --f46d043be1decad96d04cb189543 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Being hit by cars is the #1 reason I get injured wildlife, especially raptors. In every educational program I do, I talk to people about moving roadkill off the road, a ways off the road if possible, as long as it's safe to do so. Many bald eagles are struck each year ( 2 just last week) when scavenging on the road or shoulder. I keep a shovel in my car for just that reason. Helene Cobequid Wildlife Rehab On Oct 2, 2012 4:18 PM, "Mike McCall" <frogmore@xcountry.tv> wrote: > As I was riding my bike along 221 west of Centreville yesterday I blazed > past > (do you believe that?) two fluffy masses of feathers lying about ten feet > apart > on the right hand side of the road. The small mass was a seriously damaged > Robin; the other a more seriously torn up Merlin. It seems likely that the > Merlin had offed the Robin but managed to encounter a vehicle before he > could devour his lunch. I suppose the Robin could have come to grief and > the remains were then spotted by the Merlin who went for the free lunch and > paid for it. But I prefer to think he took his prey in the traditional > Merlin style, > eschewing the scavenging habits of Crows for instance. > --f46d043be1decad96d04cb189543 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p>Being hit by cars is the #1 reason I get injured wildlife, especially ra= ptors. In every educational program I do, I talk to people about moving roa= dkill off the road, a ways off the road if possible, as long as it's sa= fe to do so. Many bald eagles are struck each year ( 2 just last week) when= scavenging on the road or shoulder. I keep a shovel in my car for just tha= t reason.<br> Helene<br> Cobequid Wildlife Rehab</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Oct 2, 2012 4:18 PM, "Mike McCall" = <frogmore@xcountry.tv> wr= ote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar= gin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> As I was riding my bike along 221 west of Centreville yesterday I blazed pa= st<br> (do you believe that?) two fluffy masses of feathers lying about ten feet a= part<br> on the right hand side of the road. The small mass was a seriously damaged<= br> Robin; the other a more seriously torn up Merlin. It seems likely that the<= br> Merlin had offed the Robin but managed to encounter a vehicle before he<br> could devour his lunch. I suppose the Robin could have come to grief and<br= > the remains were then spotted by the Merlin who went for the free lunch and= <br> paid for it. But I prefer to think he took his prey in the traditional Merl= in style,<br> eschewing the scavenging habits of Crows for instance.<br> </blockquote></div> --f46d043be1decad96d04cb189543--
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