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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_C8D21C4C-C16C-4F5B-AB0C-27ADB6F7EDE1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello, Gayle, My partber and I saw a similar event. The cormorant pulled a long eel = out of the strong current beneath a bridge on the Salt Marsh Trail. = Titanic struggle, and the bird swam off with swollen, stiff neck. = Exciting!! I hope the fact that we have each seen it means it happens all the time = and the birds can handle their big meal. Nancy Roberts > On May 16, 19, at 8:06 PM, GayleMacLean <duartess@EastLink.ca> wrote: >=20 > Today, as I was walking my Springer Spaniel on the boardwalk along = Prince Albert Rd, by Lake Banook, here in Dartmouth, I saw a cormorant, = not far off the shore, fighting to gulp down a VERY large eel (looked = more like a Garter Snake, actually), as it twist and turned all around = the head of the bird, trying to escape.=20 >=20 > After, what seemed to be many minutes, the cormorant started to gulp = it down, only to have it re-appear from its beak, only to be gulped back = down. The swelling on the cormorants neck was very obvious as it fought = to swallow it down, keeping its beak, straight up in the air. = Eventually, the meal, no longer appeared from its beak, but, the = behaviour of the Cormorant, pointing its beak straight up, swishing its = bill around in the water, and not diving, or trying to fly, gave me = pause. This continued on, as it swam out into the lake. >=20 > Was worried it was strangling, but appeared to be, not struggling. = Kept swishing its beak/bill in the water, grooming its throat feathers, = & pointing its head straight up & flapping its wings, as it swam further = out in the lake. >=20 > Wish I had some Gaviscon, or Pepto Bismol, to offer it! >=20 > Am sure that was a hard digestion. but not an unusual, scenario, I'm = sure. >=20 >=20 > Gayle MacLean >=20 > Dartmouth >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_C8D21C4C-C16C-4F5B-AB0C-27ADB6F7EDE1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">Hello, Gayle,<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">My partber and I saw a similar event. The cormorant pulled a = long eel out of the strong current beneath a bridge on the Salt Marsh = Trail. Titanic struggle, and the bird swam off with swollen, stiff neck. = Exciting!!</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I = hope the fact that we have each seen it means it happens all the time = and the birds can handle their big meal.</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Nancy Roberts</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote = type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On May 16, 19, at 8:06 PM, = GayleMacLean <<a href=3D"mailto:duartess@eastlink.ca" = class=3D"">duartess@EastLink.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><p class=3D"">Today, = as I was walking my Springer Spaniel on the boardwalk along Prince = Albert Rd, by Lake Banook, here in Dartmouth, I saw a cormorant, not far = off the shore, fighting to gulp down a VERY large eel (looked more like = a Garter Snake, actually), as it twist and turned all around the head of = the bird, trying to escape. </p><p class=3D"">After, what seemed to = be many minutes, the cormorant started to gulp it down, only to have it = re-appear from its beak, only to be gulped back down. The swelling on = the cormorants neck was very obvious as it fought to swallow it down, = keeping its beak, straight up in the air. Eventually, the meal, no = longer appeared from its beak, but, the behaviour of the Cormorant, = pointing its beak straight up, swishing its bill around in the water, = and not diving, or trying to fly, gave me pause. This continued on, as = it swam out into the lake. </p><p class=3D"">Was worried it was = strangling, but appeared to be, not struggling. Kept swishing its = beak/bill in the water, grooming its throat feathers, & pointing its = head straight up & flapping its wings, as it swam further out in the = lake.</p><p class=3D"">Wish I had some Gaviscon, or Pepto Bismol, to = offer it! </p><p class=3D"">Am sure that was a hard digestion. but not = an unusual, scenario, I'm sure.</p><div class=3D""><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"">Gayle = MacLean</p><p class=3D"">Dartmouth</p><div class=3D""><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div> </div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D""> <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: = auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;" class=3D""><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;" class=3D""><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></div><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_C8D21C4C-C16C-4F5B-AB0C-27ADB6F7EDE1--
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