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Index of Subjects --=====================_153042171==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hi Peter, I saw a photo and accompanying story about this in the Sunday Daily News (3 December). The article, by Lindsey Keilty, was entitled "All enjoy tree lighting - except ducks" and described pandemonium among the very large number of birds when the fountain was turned on, which happened after dark, together with a Christmas-tree lighting and fireworks. I wondered if the birds had collided with one another in the panic. The article was accompanied by a small photo of a dead duck, and a large photo of a happy family group enjoying the fireworks. I have pasted in the article below, but can't share the pictures. One small black-and-white photo shows a duck floating on its side. The bird is very light coloured, without strong markings, but since the photo was taken at night, with artifical light, it's hardly good for ID purposes. It might be one of the domestic white ducks? The incident certainly sounds disturbing, and I wish the journalist had asked more questions! Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax The Daily News (Halifax) Local News, Sunday, December 3, 2006, p. 10 All enjoy tree lighting - except ducks Lindsey Keilty dartmouth - 'Mom, you should have seen the dead ducks!" When Richard Inkpen, 9, and his brother Patrick, 6, ran into their Dartmouth home after the Christmas tree lighting at Sullivan's Pond last night, they weren't thinking about trees or fireworks or Santa. "I'm sorry to say it, but I laughed at first because ducks were flying everywhere," said the boys' father, Darrin Inkpen. A sheet of waterfowl covered the sky when the new Sullivan's Pond fountain lit up for the first time. Another round flocked to the skies when the fireworks started minutes later. "This duck in front of us looked like it tried to take off and then didn't," Inkpen said. "Someone else said they saw a duck plummet into the water." While a good time was had by most, in the future, Inkpen thinks extra precautions could be taken on the ducks' behalf at events with fireworks. 'It startled me' "It's all my kids have talked about since we got home," he said. "It startled me; it startled my kids, and it sure startled the ducks." More than 1,000 spectators couldn't help but enjoy themselves at the Christmas celebration in Dartmouth last night. Tents set up around the park handed out free hot chocolate, cider and cookies. Few could resist singing along when Jingle Bells came over the speakers. Dana Grant and her eight-year-old daughter Maddie Davis live just a few streets away from the pond. They hugged together at times to warm up in the chilly weather. They laughed, danced and sang together while they waited for the lighting. Love the music "My favourite part is the music," Davis said, as she bobbed around to the beat of children's group Razzmatazz singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. "The cider was delicious," Grant said. "This is really nice family entertainment." The crowd glistened with blinking light pins being handed out by the Victoria Children's Society. Volunteers Danielle Yorke, 15, and Kelly LeBrasseur, 14, both of Cole Harbour, didn't mind being out in the cold. "It seemed like fun," Yorke said. "There's something about this time of year that makes it nice to volunteer." lkeilty@hfxnews.ca Illustration(s): collateral damage: A dead duck floats in Sullivan's Pond. ooooh, ahhhhh!: Megan Vacheresse (middle) watches her first fireworks show with her mom, Lisa (left), and grandmother, Margaret Lohnes, at the Dartmouth Christmas tree lighting festival last night at Sullivan's Pond. At 08:55 PM 05/12/2006 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, all- > >I heard a part of a garbled sory that hinted at something strange having >happened at Sullivan's Pond in Dartmouth. > >Apparently there were some fireworks there in recent weeks, perhaps to >mark the inauguration of a fountain which now graces the pond. I gather >that, perhaps the next day, some ducks were found dead. Questions were >asked regarding a possible link between the fireworks and the dead ducks. > >That was the gist of the story. Does anyone have any facts? > >Regarding the fountain - any idea what happens when water is sprayed onto >birds at sub-zero air temperatures? > >Peter Payzant > > --=====================_153042171==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> Hi Peter,<br><br> <x-tab> </x-tab>I saw a photo and accompanying story about this in the Sunday Daily News (3 December). The article, by Lindsey Keilty, was entitled "All enjoy tree lighting - except ducks" and described pandemonium among the very large number of birds when the fountain was turned on, which happened after dark, together with a Christmas-tree lighting and fireworks. I wondered if the birds had collided with one another in the panic. The article was accompanied by a small photo of a dead duck, and a large photo of a happy family group enjoying the fireworks.<br><br> <x-tab> </x-tab>I have pasted in the article below, but can't share the pictures. One small black-and-white photo shows a duck floating on its side. The bird is very light coloured, without strong markings, but since the photo was taken at night, with artifical light, it's hardly good for ID purposes. It might be one of the domestic white ducks?<br><br> <x-tab> </x-tab>The incident certainly sounds disturbing, and I wish the journalist had asked more questions!<br><br> <x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia L. Chalmers<br> <x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br><br> <font size=4>The Daily News (Halifax)<br> </font>Local News, Sunday, December 3, 2006, p. 10 <br> <b>All enjoy tree lighting - except ducks</b> <br> Lindsey Keilty <br> dartmouth - 'Mom, you should have seen the dead ducks!" <br> When Richard Inkpen, 9, and his brother Patrick, 6, ran into their Dartmouth home after the Christmas tree lighting at <font color="#FF0000"><b>Sullivan's Pond</b></font> last night, they weren't thinking about trees or fireworks or Santa. <br><br> "I'm sorry to say it, but I laughed at first because ducks were flying everywhere," said the boys' father, Darrin Inkpen. <br> A sheet of waterfowl covered the sky when the new <font color="#FF0000"><b>Sullivan's Pond</b></font> fountain lit up for the first time. Another round flocked