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Helvetica"=3B'><b>To: </b></span><span style=3D'font-family: "Helvetica --001a11c202e48a82a305035b377a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I can add to this apparent phenomena. In July I found a dead star-nosed mole in an overgrown pasture in the Saint John, NB, area. It had no apparent injuries, visible blood, etc. I was baffled. Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote= : > Of course, moles are Insectivores and therefore related to shrews, which, > especially short-tailed shrews, are frequent but uneaten prey of house ca= ts > =E2=80=94 thus perhaps moles are distasteful (not necessarily poisonous a= lthough > short-tailed shrews have toxic saliva). Perhaps more interestingly, we c= an > wonder what the predators were in these two places? (Three Fathom Hbr. & > Big Island). I imagine the star-nosed moles are rarely near or at the > surface of their burrows except at dusk, overnight, or dawn, so perhaps > owls might be suspected? or a variety of mammals? > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Annabelle Thiebaux <hamst@xplornet.com> > *Subject: **Re: [NatureNS] recent Pictou Co. observations* > *Date: *September 17, 2014 at 5:31:59 PM ADT > *To: *"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Was it something poisonous? > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 17, 2014, at 5:05 PM, Kate Steele <katefsteele@gmail.com> wrote: > > Over the past year or so, I have found three or four dead star-nosed mole= s > on a trail where I walk frequently in the fall in Three Fathom Harbour, > HRM. They always appear unharmed from what I can see. Any idea what is > killing these neat creatures and leaving them on the trails? There are > frequently hawks around, lots of dogs, and I have seen a cat as well. > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote= : > >> >> Ken McKenna >> Box 218 Stellarton NS >> B0K 1S0 >> 902 752-7644 >> Hi all >> Got news today that a imm *Piping Plover* seen by myself and Polly >> Szantor at Melmerby Beach PP Sept 11 and supporting a black leg flag wit= h >> H3 in white letters was banded in Escuminac Beach NB July 18 as a chick.= It >> had been fitted with a temporary nanotag transmitter but I saw no eviden= ce >> it was still present. >> >> There are what probably are a *couple thousand* *Northern Gannets* last >> few days in the Northumberland Strait off the Caribou lighthouse. Gray >> Seals and Herring also abundant! >> >> At Big I today I saw a dead *Minke? Whale* ( it was a small baleen >> whale) on the Strait side of the causeway to the island.( rocks marked w= ith >> red ribbon). Ann Doull indicated the whale was first seen evening of Sep= t >> 13. >> > > Also saw a dead star-nosed mole on Doris Mason lane. (yes the singer). >> >> Passerines were not overly abundant but I did see and photograph and >> empid that looks like a *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher* to my eye. Had my >> first Big I fall *Dunlin* (4) today. Had 1 yesterday afternoon at Gull . >> (Caribou I.). >> >> Complete list at Big I can be viewed at >> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=3DS19842994 >> > > > --001a11c202e48a82a305035b377a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I can add to this apparent phenomena. In July I found= a dead star-nosed mole in an overgrown pasture in the Saint John, NB, area= . It had no apparent injuries, visible blood, etc. I was baffled.<br><br></= div>Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div= class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Jim Wolford <span d= ir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">= jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_= quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1= ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word">Of course, moles are Insectivores a= nd therefore related to shrews, which, especially short-tailed shrews, are = frequent but uneaten prey of house cats =E2=80=94 thus perhaps moles are di= stasteful (not necessarily poisonous although short-tailed shrews have toxi= c saliva). =C2=A0Perhaps more interestingly, we can wonder what the predato= rs were in these two places? (Three Fathom Hbr. & Big Island). =C2=A0I = imagine the star-nosed moles are rarely near or at the surface of their bur= rows except at dusk, overnight, or dawn, so perhaps owls might be suspected= ? or a variety of mammals?<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.= <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cit= e"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-l= eft:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.= 0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'">Ann= abelle Thiebaux <<a href=3D"mailto:hamst@xplornet.com" target=3D"_blank"= >hamst@xplornet.com</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;ma= rgin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-famil= y:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span s= tyle=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Re: [NatureNS] recent Pictou Co= . observations</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-righ= t:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:'He= lvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style=3D"font= -family:'Helvetica'">September 17, 2014 at 5:31:59 PM ADT<br></span= ></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;marg= in-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,= 0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'">&= quot;<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@= chebucto.ns.ca</a>" <<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca