[NatureNS] eagles & pets, wild turkeys, mink & muskrat, b. eagle nests news

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:10:21 -0400
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FEBRUARY 22, 2017 - Today=92s CBC Radio News had a very short item at =
noon, saying that EAGLES in New Brunswick were going after pets of =
humans.  I used Google & CBC News to find an article, dated today, about =
two different small dogs that were attacked in Charlotte County, N.B., =
one of them after dark at night recently =97 both dogs survived the =
attacks, thanks to their owners.

FEB. 23, 2017 - At noon, CBC Radio News reported that someone in New =
Brunswick saw a large flock of about 40 =93WILD TURKEYS=94.  The person =
who saw them reported that they would move away from curious humans, but =
that they were not scared of anything.  No mention was made of their =
colour, but their relative tameness makes me wonder about their =
=93wildness=94.
-----------------------------
Lisa Eye, who lives on lower Church St. north of Port Williams, had a =
couple of local reports:

(a) in her back yard, which features a small cattail pond, three days =
ago she saw a MINK which was dragging a much larger MUSKRAT through the =
snow.  I told her that muskrats are favourite prey items of mink; and

(b) Very recently, apparently strong winds severely damaged the Church =
St. BALD EAGLE NEST =97 part of the nest is still high in the tree, but =
they have a lot of repairs to make =97 this nest is about a kilometre =
east from where Lisa lives with her husband Dale.
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More news from myself on the location of the very recent or new? BALD =
EAGLE NEST just north of Avonport:

I first heard of this nest from Sherman Williams on Feb. 5/17, when he =
was turning in his report on his part of our annual count of eagles and =
other raptors.  =46rom Sherman=92s description, I had no trouble in =
locating this nest.  =46rom the L.E. Shaw School in Avonport, I drove =
north along the road to Oak Island for 1.1 kilometres, then looked well =
off the road to the east, where the new nest is in a deciduous tree in a =
long line of mostly deciduous trees.  Until I hear otherwise, I will =
assume this obvious nest is the one that Sherman reported.  Also he says =
there is a secondary road that gets closer to the nest.

On Feb. 5/17, Pat & I =93discovered=94 a second new BALD EAGLE NEST, at =
Grand Pre =97 this nest is in the last tree at the west end of the line =
of tall poplars along the old railroad tracks right-of-way just west and =
south of Grand Pre Historic Park.

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.=

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<html><head><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;"><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>FEBRUARY 22, 2017 </b>- Today=92s CBC Radio =
News had a very short item at noon, saying that <b>EAGLES in New =
Brunswick</b> were <b>going after pets of humans</b>.&nbsp; I used =
Google &amp; CBC News to find an article, dated today, about two =
different small dogs that were attacked in Charlotte County, N.B., one =
of them after dark at night recently =97 both dogs survived the attacks, =
thanks to their owners.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>FEB. 23, 2017</b> - At =
noon, CBC Radio News reported that someone in <b>New Brunswick</b> saw a =
large flock of about <b>40 =93WILD TURKEYS=94</b>.&nbsp; The person who =
saw them reported that they would move away from curious humans, but =
that they were not scared of anything.&nbsp; No mention was made of =
their colour, but their relative tameness makes me wonder about their =
=93wildness=94.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;">-----------------------------</div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;">Lisa Eye, who lives on lower Church St. north of Port Williams, =
had a couple of local reports:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">(a) in her back =
yard, which features a small cattail pond, three days ago she saw a =
<b>MINK</b> which was dragging a much larger <b>MUSKRAT </b>through the =
snow.&nbsp; I told her that muskrats are favourite prey items of mink; =
and</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px;">(b) Very recently, apparently <b>strong winds =
severely damaged the Church St. BALD EAGLE NEST </b>=97 part of the nest =
is still high in the tree, but they have a lot of repairs to make =97 =
this nest is about a kilometre east from where Lisa lives with her =
husband Dale.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=
=97=97=97=97=97=97</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">More news from =
myself on the location of the <b>very recent or new? BALD EAGLE NEST =
just north of Avonport:</b></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">I first heard of this nest =
from Sherman Williams on Feb. 5/17, when he was turning in his report on =
his part of our annual count of eagles and other raptors.&nbsp; =46rom =
Sherman=92s description, I had no trouble in locating this nest.&nbsp; =
=46rom the L.E. Shaw School in Avonport, I drove north along the road to =
Oak Island for 1.1 kilometres, then looked well off the road to the =
east, where the new nest is in a deciduous tree in a long line of mostly =
deciduous trees.&nbsp; Until I hear otherwise, I will assume this =
obvious nest is the one that Sherman reported.&nbsp; Also he says there =
is a secondary road that gets closer to the nest.</div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;">On Feb. 5/17, Pat &amp; I =93discovered=94 a <b>second new BALD =
EAGLE NEST, at Grand Pre</b> =97 this nest is in the last tree at the =
<b>west end of the line of tall poplars</b> along the old railroad =
tracks right-of-way just west and south of Grand Pre Historic =
Park.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</div></body></html>=

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