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--Apple-Mail=_BA736013-6B2A-4771-B6FF-D56C3D886AE6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: black vulture from C.B., now at Hope For Wildlife > Date: November 6, 2015 at 4:52:55 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Hope Swinimer = <hopeswinimer@gmail.com>, "Hope Swinimer >" = <hopeswinnimer@accesswave.ca> > Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Helene Van Doninck = <helene.birdvet@gmail.com> >=20 > NOV. 5, 2015 - On CBC Radio=92s Maritime Noon, Norma Lee interviewed = Hope Swinimer of Hope For Wildlife rehab. ctr., about a BLACK VULTURE = that for a couple of weeks was behaving weirdly/tamely at people=92s = doorsteps somewhere in Cape Breton. Then, after a few phone = conversations with Hope, someone caught the vulture by hand and managed = to get the bird to Hope for Wildlife in Seaforth on the Eastern Shore. = Now it is doing well there and hopefully can be released to the wild in = the future, perhaps spring, maybe in the Annapolis Valley somewhere, = where it might be able to associate with turkey vultures? >=20 > Hope mentioned that this black vulture was far north of its usual = range, but she misled the listeners by suggesting its main range was in = South America. It is quite common to abundant in the southeastern = states, especially Florida, and she did say it strays regularly to = Massachusetts (and Nova Scotia has accumulated a lot of records, nearly = all single strays). =20 >=20 > Hope mentioned that black vultures have no sense of smell, or very = little, in contrast to the turkey vulture which has that sense well = developed. According to Hope, black vultures often associate with = turkey vultures and probably get to share the carcasses that the latter = detect. >=20 > If any readers know more about where the black vulture was captured, = please let us know. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail=_BA736013-6B2A-4771-B6FF-D56C3D886AE6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><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;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>black vulture = from C.B., now at Hope For Wildlife</b><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">November 6, 2015 at 4:52:55 PM = AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-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';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>>, Hope Swinimer <<a = href=3D"mailto:hopeswinimer@gmail.com">hopeswinimer@gmail.com</a>>, = "Hope Swinimer >" <<a = href=3D"mailto:hopeswinnimer@accesswave.ca">hopeswinnimer@accesswave.ca</a= >><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = Helene Van Doninck <<a = href=3D"mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a>><= br></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>NOV. 5, 2015</b> - On = CBC Radio=92s <b>Maritime Noon</b>, Norma Lee interviewed <b>Hope = Swinimer</b> of Hope For Wildlife rehab. ctr., about a <b>BLACK = VULTURE</b> that for a couple of weeks was behaving weirdly/tamely at = people=92s doorsteps somewhere in Cape Breton. Then, after a few = phone conversations with Hope, someone caught the vulture by hand and = managed to get the bird to Hope for Wildlife in Seaforth on the Eastern = Shore. Now it is doing well there and hopefully can be released to = the wild in the future, perhaps spring, maybe in the Annapolis Valley = somewhere, where it might be able to associate with turkey = vultures?</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Hope mentioned that this = black vulture was far north of its usual range, but she misled the = listeners by suggesting its main range was in South America. It is = quite common to abundant in the southeastern states, especially Florida, = and she did say it strays regularly to Massachusetts (and Nova Scotia = has accumulated a lot of records, nearly all single strays). = </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">Hope mentioned that <b>black vultures have no = sense of smell</b>, or very little, in contrast to the turkey vulture = which has that sense well developed. According to Hope, <b>black = vultures often associate with turkey vultures</b> and probably get to = share the carcasses that the latter detect.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">If any = readers know more about where the black vulture was captured, please let = us know.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_BA736013-6B2A-4771-B6FF-D56C3D886AE6--
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