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Index of Subjects --e0cb4efa6dfc813ac304d2273336 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 We had a tame farmyard duck that would wander around the backyard, until 2 days before Xmas. Then he disappeared during the evening, with no sign of any blood, feathers or signs of struggle. For the next 2 mornings I saw a Fox hanging around the neighbourhood, and at one point heading towards our chicken coop. I assume the fox ate the duck and was coming back for a second helping - just like a Beatrix Potter tale! Richard On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Helene Van Doninck < helene.birdvet@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Angela, Is there blood around at all? If there's no blood or obvious > wound it may have just been coincidence that there was something else > happening in the yard. Both pheasants and grouse regularly fly into windows > and the sides of house and kill themselves regularly. Perhaps in the bad > weather it got startled and did a burst flight? > Just a thought.. > > Helene > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:10 AM, AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>wrote: > >> Good Morning All. >> >> My Dad was wondering what might kill a male pheasant in the night. We've >> talked about fox, coyote, owl. >> >> Nothing was heard in the night. The cat was going snaky though! Staring >> through the windows, jumping to get higher vantage points to see out the >> window. She definitely knew something was going on in the backyard. >> >> The pheasant was found in the am. But nothing was 'missing' from him. >> Whatever killed him wasn't interested in eating. ( or was startled away. ) >> This was before the snow, so no one was able to find any other tracks or >> tell tale signs. >> >> Just wondering.... >> >> Thanks. >> Angela in Windsor for Dad in Beaverbank. >> >> >> -- >> "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level >> of thinking that created them." >> Albert Einstein >> >> "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the >> rest of the world." >> John Muir > > > > > -- > Helene Van Doninck DVM > Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre > RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 > 902-893-0253 > birdvet@hotmail.com > www.cwrc.net > -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --e0cb4efa6dfc813ac304d2273336 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We had a tame farmyard duck that would wander around the backyard, until 2 = days before Xmas. Then he disappeared during the evening, with no sign of a= ny blood, feathers or signs of struggle. For the next 2 mornings I saw a Fo= x hanging around the neighbourhood, and at one point heading towards our ch= icken coop. I assume the fox ate the duck and was coming back for a second = helping - just like a Beatrix Potter tale!<br> <br>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:27= AM, Helene Van Doninck <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:helene.bird= vet@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a>></span> wr= ote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Angela, Is there blood around at all? If = there's no blood or obvious wound it may have just been coincidence tha= t there was something else happening in the yard. Both pheasants and grouse= regularly fly into windows and the sides of house and kill themselves regu= larly. Perhaps in the bad weather it got startled and did a burst flight?<d= iv> =A0Just a thought..</div><div><br></div><div>Helene</div><div><div><div cla= ss=3D"h5"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:10 AM, A= ngelaJoudrey <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:aljoudrey@eastlink.ca"= target=3D"_blank">aljoudrey@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Good Morning All.<br><br>My Dad was wonderin= g what might kill a male pheasant in the night. We've talked about fox,= coyote, owl. <br> <br>Nothing was heard in the night. The cat was going snaky though! Staring= through the windows, jumping to get higher vantage points to see out the w= indow. She definitely knew something was going on in the backyard.<br> <br> The pheasant was found in the am. But nothing was 'missing' from hi= m. Whatever killed him wasn't interested in eating. ( or was startled a= way. ) This was before the snow, so no one was able to find any other track= s or tell tale signs.<br> <br>Just wondering....<br><br>Thanks.<br>Angela in Windsor for Dad in Beave= rbank.<br><br><br>--<br>"The significant problems of our time cannot b= e solved by the same level of thinking that created them."<br>Albert E= instein<br> <br>"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached t= o the rest of the world."<br>John Muir </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div></div></div><span c= lass=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">-- <br>Helene Van Doninck DVM<br>Co= bequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<br>RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0<br>902-8= 93-0253<br> <a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">birdvet@hotmail.co= m</a><br> www.cwrc.net<br> </font></span></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Ri= chard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichar= d@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>##############= ##### --e0cb4efa6dfc813ac304d2273336--
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