Re: Hybrid GullsIn the business park where the school I teach at is located
are several undeveloped lots. One of these regularly has a group of grazing
Canada geese. This morning there were 37, which is pretty much the usual
count. This afternoon on the way home, the geese were in an odd place across
the street, and very active and flighty. I stopped the car and then out of
intuition more than reason looked over towards the grassy area they usually
graze in. There was an odd gray lumpy thing there, and when I got my car
binos (a well used old set I keep always in my car) the gray lump turned
into a coyote, who was eating a Canada goose! When it raised its head to
look around, its chops were bloody. I watched about as much as I could take,
there is something both fascinating and at the same time deeply repulsive
about intestines, so when it got to those, I left the coyote to its dinner.
Rob Sandelin
South Snohomish County at the headwaters of Ricci Creek
Sky Valley Environments <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm>
Field skills training for student naturalists
Floriferous at msn.com