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--Apple-Mail-3--74765066 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] re Canning Coyotes > > THANKS, MIKE! from Jim in Wolfville et al. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Boudreau, Michael" <BOUDREMJ@gov.ns.ca> >> Date: February 17, 2014 3:05:47 PM AST >> To: "'James W. Wolford'" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> Cc: "Elderkin, Mark" <ELDERKMF@gov.ns.ca>, "Boates, J Sherman" >> <BOATESJS@gov.ns.ca> >> Subject: Coyotes >> >> Interesting account of a multiple coyote sightings. >> Coyotes like other wild animals can function very well with a limb >> missing, provided food /prey is abundant. >> I have seen a coyote which had a hind leg missing clear up to its >> hip socket and completely healed over, almost as if the hind leg >> was surgically removed. This particular female was struck and >> killed by a vehicle and laying on the side of the 101 near the >> Grande Pre exit a couple of years ago. Despite the apparent handy >> cap of missing a leg, this female had 5 pups which were almost >> full term. >> As far as coyotes chewing off their legs as a method of escaping >> from a foot hold trap or snare, I have not seen anything of that >> nature. After years of trapping coyotes for research as well as >> harvesting during the trapping season, I have never seen this happen. >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] >> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 2:09 PM >> To: Boudreau, Michael; Elderkin, Mark; Boates, J Sherman >> Subject: Canning Coyotes, 17 Feb 2014 >> >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> >> From: Ian Manning <imanning@upei.ca> >> Date: February 17, 2014 10:38:16 AM AST >> To: nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca >> Subject: [ValleyNature] Canning Coyotes, 17 Feb 2014 >> >> Sightings occurred between 9:00 and 10:00, 17 Feb 2014, Canning NS. >> >> This morning I was doing a morning GBBC. I saw a coyote walking >> across the field, south of the Habitant River. I noticed it was >> limping, and went outside to get a closer look. It was between >> 150-200 metres away, as I stepped outside it changed directions >> and turned south. I could clearly see it was missing a hind leg, >> must have had a run-in with a car, or maybe a leg trap (I've read >> coyotes will chew their legs off when stuck in a trap). Despite >> missing a leg, the dog seemed no worse for wear. It was in great >> condition, and had a beautiful coat and even managed a pretty >> quick-moving but staggered run. >> >> About five minutes later a second coyote came walking across the >> field, nearly tracing the path of the first coyote. This dog was >> large, probably the biggest coyote I've ever seen. It sat down >> with its head in the air, and looked to be about four feet tall, >> although I have nothing in the field to compare it with in terms >> of size. >> >> I then got a call from my next-door neighbour that she had seen a >> third coyote crossing the field (the second coyote I saw). She >> said a pair had passed through about half an hour earlier. She >> hadn't seen the limping dog missing a leg. So it stands to reason >> that unless one of the first pair doubled back without us seeing, >> that four separate coyotes crossed the field this morning. Most I >> can remember seeing. >> >> Ian >> _______________________________________________ >> Nature mailing list >> Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca >> http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ >> nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca >> > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-3--74765066 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] re Canning = Coyotes</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div> THANKS, MIKE! from Jim in Wolfville et = al.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"Boudreau, Michael" <<a = href=3D"mailto:BOUDREMJ@gov.ns.ca">BOUDREMJ@gov.ns.ca</a>></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">February 17, 2014 3:05:47 PM AST</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"'James = W. Wolford'" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Elderkin, Mark" <<a = href=3D"mailto:ELDERKMF@gov.ns.ca">ELDERKMF@gov.ns.ca</a>>, "Boates, = J Sherman" <<a = href=3D"mailto:BOATESJS@gov.ns.ca">BOATESJS@gov.ns.ca</a>></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>Coyotes</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Interesting account of a multiple = coyote sightings.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = ">Coyotes like other wild animals can function very well with a limb = missing, provided food /prey is abundant.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I have seen a coyote which had a = hind leg missing clear up to its hip socket and completely healed over, = almost as if the hind leg was surgically removed. This particular = female was struck and killed by a vehicle and laying on the side of the = 101 near the Grande Pre exit a couple of years ago. Despite the = apparent handy cap of missing a leg, this female had 5 pups which were = almost full term.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">As = far as coyotes chewing off their legs as a method of escaping from a = foot hold trap or snare, I have not seen anything of that nature. = After years of trapping coyotes for research as well as harvesting = during the trapping season, I have never seen this = happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = ">Mike<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red; = "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style=3D"border-right-style: none; = border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: = initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; = border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; = padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: = 0in; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, = sans-serif; color: red; ">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: = 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: red; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>James W. Wolford [<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>]<= span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; = ">Sent:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, = sans-serif; "><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, = February 17, 2014 2:09 PM<br><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Boudreau, Michael; = Elderkin, Mark; Boates, J Sherman<br><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Canning Coyotes, 17 Feb = 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: = 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Begin forwarded = message:<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><br><br><o:p></o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: = black; ">From:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Ian = Manning <<a href=3D"mailto:imanning@upei.ca" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; = ">imanning@upei.ca</a>></span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; ">Date:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">February = 17, 2014 10:38:16 AM AST</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; ">To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "><a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; = ">nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div= style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; ">Subject:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; = ">[ValleyNature] Canning Coyotes, 17 Feb = 2014</span></b><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Sightings occurred = between 9:00 and 10:00, 17 Feb 2014, Canning = NS.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">This morning I was doing = a morning GBBC. I saw a coyote walking across the field, south of the = Habitant River. I noticed it was limping, and went outside to get a = closer look. It was between 150-200 metres away, as I stepped outside it = changed directions and turned south. I could clearly see it was missing = a hind leg, must have had a run-in with a car, or maybe a leg trap (I've = read coyotes will chew their legs off when stuck in a trap). Despite = missing a leg, the dog seemed no worse for wear. It was in great = condition, and had a beautiful coat and even managed a pretty = quick-moving but staggered run. <o:p></o:p></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">About five = minutes later a second coyote came walking across the field, nearly = tracing the path of the first coyote. This dog was large, probably the = biggest coyote I've ever seen. It sat down with its head in the air, and = looked to be about four feet tall, although I have nothing in the field = to compare it with in terms of size.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I then got a = call from my next-door neighbour that she had seen a third coyote = crossing the field (the second coyote I saw). She said a pair had passed = through about half an hour earlier. She hadn't seen the limping dog = missing a leg. So it stands to reason that unless one of the first pair = doubled back without us seeing, that four separate coyotes crossed the = field this morning. Most I can remember = seeing.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = ">Ian<o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = ">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></div></div><d= iv><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; ">Nature mailing list<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><a href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca" style=3D"color: = blue; text-decoration: underline; = ">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca" style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; = ">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalist= s.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-3--74765066--
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