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<a href="../20 --bcaec50e5ea5dea18d04f9d51ced Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable True dat Dusan/Andy! On 20 May 2014 08:15, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Andy, > amen. A reminder that cats are not on top of the urban/suburban food > chain. Good for the nesting birds, amphibians, reptiles, and small mammal= s > in the area.... > Dusan Soudek > > *From:* Andrew Horn <aghorn@dal.ca> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 20, 2014 7:43 AM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] disappearing outside cats in Halifax's South En= d > > Hi Dusan, > > A raven snatching a kitten seems pretty likely; there=E2=80=99s ravens on= the > prowl all the time around here, and they=E2=80=99re awfully good generali= st > predators. A grown cat would be a tall order for a raven, though, and I > would think any big raptor prowling the south end would be noticed, so I > suspect that incident=E2=80=99s unrelated to the reported rash of cat > disappearances in that (my) neighborhood. > > I don=E2=80=99t know the facts about the disappearances, only rumor. The = rumored > rate of six cats in six weeks that I=E2=80=99ve heard doesn=E2=80=99t fit= the > disappearances I=E2=80=99ve heard about (1 within the last couple weeks, = 2 around > that blizzard in late March, and another run over by a car months ago) = =E2=80=94 > but again, I=E2=80=99m just going on hearsay. > > The possible coyote sighting in the park might well be the source of > another neighborhood rumor, that a coyote might have snatched the cats. B= ut > no coyotes or coyote scat have been sighted in the neighborhood, as far a= s > I know. > > The up side of all this of course is that people are keeping their cats > indoors, as they should everywhere. > > Cheers, > Andy > > On May 19, 2014, at 7:09 PM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote: > > Recently there were two letters to the editor and one column devoted > to the rash of cat disappearances in a fairly compact area of Halifax=E2= =80=99s > South End. On May 17 a letter writer reports a =E2=80=9Cvery large black = bird=E2=80=9D > taking off, with a probable kitten in its talons. Any speculation about > what species the predator might have belonged to? A raven? A turkey > vulture? A melanistic bald eagle? Incidentally, there is a warning in > nearby Point Pleasant Park about a recent probable coyote sighting. > Dusan Soudek > > > --=20 Jamie Simpson Hantsport, NS --bcaec50e5ea5dea18d04f9d51ced Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">True dat Dusan/Andy!</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><= br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 20 May 2014 08:15, Dusan Soudek <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank">s= oudekd@ns.sympatico.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"> <div style=3D"WORD-WRAP:break-word" dir=3D"ltr"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:12pt"> <div>Andy,</div> <div>=C2=A0=C2=A0 amen. A reminder that cats are not on top of the=20 urban/suburban food chain. Good for the nesting birds, amphibians, reptiles= , and=20 small mammals in the area....</div> <div>=C2=A0=C2=A0 Dusan Soudek</div> <div style=3D"FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri'= ;;COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:small;FONT-WEIGHT:normal;TEXT-DECORATION:none"> <div style=3D"FONT:10pt tahoma"> <div>=C2=A0</div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND:#f5f5f5"> <div><b>From:</b> <a title=3D"aghorn@dal.ca" href=3D"mailto:aghorn@dal.ca" = target=3D"_blank">Andrew Horn</a> </div> <div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 20, 2014 7:43 AM</div> <div><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" href=3D"mailto:naturen= s@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> </div> <div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] disappearing outside cats in Halifax= 9;s South=20 End</div></div></div> <div>=C2=A0</div></div><div><div class=3D"h5"> <div style=3D"FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri'= ;;COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:small;FONT-WEIGHT:normal;TEXT-DECORATION:none">Hi= =20 Dusan,=20 <div>=C2=A0</div> <div>A raven snatching a kitten seems pretty likely; there=E2=80=99s ravens= on the prowl=20 all the time around here, and they=E2=80=99re awfully good generalist preda= tors. A grown=20 cat would be a tall order for a raven, though, and I would think any big ra= ptor=20 prowling the south end would be noticed, so I suspect that incident=E2=80= =99s unrelated=20 to the reported rash of cat disappearances in that (my) neighborhood.</div> <div>=C2=A0</div> <div>I don=E2=80=99t know the facts about the disappearances, only rumor. T= he rumored=20 rate of six cats in six weeks that I=E2=80=99ve heard doesn=E2=80=99t fit t= he disappearances=20 I=E2=80=99ve heard about (1 within the last couple weeks, 2 around that bli= zzard in late=20 March, and another run over by a car months ago) =E2=80=94 but again, I=E2= =80=99m just going on=20 hearsay.</div> <div>=C2=A0</div> <div>The possible coyote sighting in the park might well be the source of= =20 another neighborhood rumor, that a coyote might have snatched the cats. But= no=20 coyotes or coyote scat have been sighted in the neighborhood, as far as I= =20 know.</div> <div>=C2=A0</div> <div>The up side of all this of course is that people are keeping their cat= s=20 indoors, as they should everywhere.</div> <div>=C2=A0</div> <div>Cheers,</div> <div>Andy</div> <div>=C2=A0</div> <div> <div> <div>On May 19, 2014, at 7:09 PM, Dusan Soudek <<a href=3D"mailto:soudek= d@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>=20 wrote:</div><br> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:calibri;FONT-SIZE:12pt"> <div>=C2=A0=C2=A0 Recently there were two letters to the editor and one c= olumn=20 devoted to the rash of cat disappearances in a fairly compact area of=20 Halifax=E2=80=99s South End. On May 17 a letter writer reports a =E2=80= =9Cvery large black=20 bird=E2=80=9D taking off, with a probable kitten in its talons. Any specu= lation about=20 what species the predator might have belonged to? A raven? A turkey vultu= re? A=20 melanistic bald eagle? Incidentally, there is a warning in nearby Point= =20 Pleasant Park about a recent probable coyote sighting.</div> <div>=C2=A0=C2=A0 Dusan Soudek=C2=A0 </div></div></div></div></blockquote= ></div> <div>=C2=A0</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"= ltr"><div>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Hantsport, NS<br></div> </div> --bcaec50e5ea5dea18d04f9d51ced--
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