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From: rmura@world.std.com (Ron Mura)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Six-pack rings
Message-ID: <RMURA.90Dec21121106@world.std.com>
Date: 21 Dec 90 17:11:06 GMT
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In-Reply-To: dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca's message of 20 Dec 90 20:08:52 GMT


In article <173163@kean.ucs.mun.ca> dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca (David Graham) writes:
> 
> Well, I don't know about your local landfill, but ours is swarming 
> with Herring and Greater Black-backed Gulls, American Crows, Northern 
> Ravens all year round, and lots of other gulls and various raptors 
> according to season. I suspect that a lot of stuff doesn't get buried 
> right away, but lies on the surface for some time, where it can do 
> damage. 

Very true.  I have seen herring gulls with six-pack rings wrapped around
them.
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- Ron Mura, Boston, Mass.                   rmura@world.std.com