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Index of Subjects --089e0158c396c63a2304d920f533 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In Bernd Heinrich's newer book (Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death) the author suggests Turkey Vultures have steadily expanded their range northwards because carcasses are no longer frozen completely solid during the milder winters in New England allowing a large population to remain year round. Nancy On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:27 PM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>wrote: > My first turkey vulture was back in '82 or '83, as I was walking home from > the Yarmouth Air Show. A large, black bird soared over the trees heading > out of Chebogue for Yarmouth. The set of its wings and its colour pattern > identified it. We saw another one during the Christmas Bird count that > year, and it generated a lot of excitement. > > Local wisdom is that a fox and lynx farm down near the Chebogue River had > something to do with attracting them. The farm no longer exists, but in > the intervening years, turkey vultures in Yarmouth have become commonplace, > the year round. > > Now, if somebody could just find a nest! > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of duartess@ns.sympatico.ca > Sent: March-29-13 4:48 PM > To: Naturelist > Subject: [NatureNS] Turkey Vultures > > Hi All, > New 'Life Bird' for me, or I should say bird-'S'!! > EIGHT Turkey Vultures in a ball field in Granville Ferry (Bridgetown)! > Got some great pictures too!! > They must be very used to people & photographers because they didn't have > a problem with this human, anyway, allowing me to go quite close & take > some pictures! Fantastic!!! > Also, a Pileated Woodpecker on a big dead tree there too!! What a great > day! > Happy Easter! > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > --089e0158c396c63a2304d920f533 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>In Bernd Heinrich's newer book (Life Everlasting:= The Animal Way of Death) the author suggests Turkey Vultures have steadily= expanded their range northwards because carcasses are no longer frozen com= pletely solid during the milder winters in New England allowing a large pop= ulation to remain year round.<br> <br></div>Nancy<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"g= mail_quote">On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:27 PM, John and Nhung <span dir=3D"lt= r"><<a href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">nhungjohn= @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">My first turkey vulture was back in '82 = or '83, as I was walking home from the Yarmouth Air Show. =A0A large, b= lack bird soared over the trees heading out of Chebogue for Yarmouth. =A0Th= e set of its wings and its colour pattern identified it. =A0We saw another = one during the Christmas Bird count that year, and it generated a lot of ex= citement.<br> <br> Local wisdom is that a fox and lynx farm down near the Chebogue River had s= omething to do with attracting them. =A0The farm no longer exists, but in t= he intervening years, turkey vultures in Yarmouth have become commonplace, = the year round.<br> <br> Now, if somebody could just find a nest!<br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebu= cto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">natu= rens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>] On Behalf Of <a href=3D"mailto:duartess@ns.s= ympatico.ca">duartess@ns.sympatico.ca</a><br> Sent: March-29-13 4:48 PM<br> To: Naturelist<br> Subject: [NatureNS] Turkey Vultures<br> <br> Hi All,<br> New 'Life Bird' for me, or I should say bird-'S'!!<br> EIGHT Turkey Vultures in a ball field in Granville Ferry (Bridgetown)!<br> Got some great pictures too!!<br> They must be very used to people & photographers because they didn'= t have a problem with this human, anyway, allowing me to go quite close &am= p; take some pictures! Fantastic!!!<br> Also, a Pileated Woodpecker on a big dead tree there too!! What a great day= !<br> Happy Easter!<br> <br> Gayle MacLean<br> Dartmouth<br> <br> </blockquote></div><br></div> --089e0158c396c63a2304d920f533--
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