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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Well Donna - if a turkey was wondering =
around Kouchibouguac</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">it might soon find itself looking at th=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the thaw!<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span>
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On February 23, 2017 at 8:26 PM Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink=
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ve had a high news day, to say the least.  </span></p>=20
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;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Those eagles must hav=
e been quite hungry.  I wonder if any cats have succumbed.  Sound=
s like you have some nests to keep an eye on.</span></p>=20
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;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Each time there is a =
mink sighting, I wonder if it is yet another escaped mink.  The popula=
tion seems to be up on the Mersey this year.  None of them seem as =E2=
=80=98tame=E2=80=99 though as the one that fought off the raccoon in Jeremy=
s Campground two years ago for some leftover food in a frying pan, and then=
later stole a dust pan from a campsite after taking a few sips of coffee f=
rom a camper=E2=80=99s cup.  Needless to say, that one went =E2=80=9Ct=
o heaven=E2=80=9D and then necropsy.  I hear the mink farms are not do=
ing well, and the banks are asking for sudden repayment of loans.  Sou=
nds like they see an end to our NS markets.    Damage to wil=
d populations is already done, it seems.</span></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '=
;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">I heard CBC radio tal=
king about the turkeys.  I once saw on in Kouchibouguac standing along=
the roadside.  It sort of stuck out like a sore thumb.  It had w=
ondered into the park from a private property close by.  I don=E2=80=
=99t just as soon not see them here in NS.</span></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><strong><span style=3D"font-family: 'Tahom=
a','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></strong><span s=
tyle=3D"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt=
;"> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <s=
trong>On Behalf Of </strong>Jim Wolford<br/><strong>Sent:</strong> February=
-23-17 4:10 PM<br/><strong>To:</strong> naturens; Jim Wolford<br/><strong>C=
c:</strong> Bob Bancroft; Mark F Elderkin; Pam Mills; Kimberley Huskins; Do=
nald Sam ><br/><strong>Subject:</strong> [NatureNS] eagles & pets, =
wild turkeys, mink & muskrat, b. eagle nests news</span></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><strong>FEBRUARY 22, 2017 </strong>- Today=E2=
=80=99s CBC Radio News had a very short item at noon, saying that <strong>E=
AGLES in New Brunswick</strong> were <strong>going after pets of humans</st=
rong>.  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 =E2=80=94 both dogs survived the=
attacks, thanks to their owners.</p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><strong>FEB. 23, 2017</strong> - At noon, CBC R=
adio News reported that someone in <strong>New Brunswick</strong> saw a lar=
ge flock of about <strong>40 =E2=80=9CWILD TURKEYS=E2=80=9D</strong>. =
The person who saw them reported that they would move away from curious hu=
mans, but that they were not scared of anything.  No mention was made =
of their colour, but their relative tameness makes me wonder about their =
=E2=80=9Cwildness=E2=80=9D.</p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">(a) in her back yard, which features a small ca=
ttail pond, three days ago she saw a <strong>MINK</strong> which was draggi=
ng a much larger <strong>MUSKRAT </strong>through the snow.  I told he=
r that muskrats are favourite prey items of mink; and</p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">(b) Very recently, apparently <strong>strong wi=
nds severely damaged the Church St. BALD EAGLE NEST </strong>=E2=80=94 part=
of the nest is still high in the tree, but they have a lot of repairs to m=
ake =E2=80=94 this nest is about a kilometre east from where Lisa lives wit=
h her husband Dale.</p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">More news from myself on the location of the <s=
trong>very recent or new? BALD EAGLE NEST just north of Avonport:</strong><=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I first heard of this nest from Sherman William=
s on Feb. 5/17, when he was turning in his report on his part of our annual=
count of eagles and other raptors.  From Sherman=E2=80=99s descriptio=
n, I had no trouble in locating this nest.  From 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 deci=
duous tree in a long line of mostly deciduous trees.  Until I hear oth=
erwise, I will assume this obvious nest is the one that Sherman reported.&#=
160; Also he says there is a secondary road that gets closer to the nest.</=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Feb. 5/17, Pat & I =E2=80=9Cdiscovered=
=E2=80=9D a <strong>second new BALD EAGLE NEST, at Grand Pre</strong> =E2=
=80=94 this nest is in the last tree at the <strong>west end of the line of=
tall poplars</strong> along the old railroad tracks right-of-way just west=
and south of Grand Pre Historic Park.</p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</p>=20
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