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Index of Subjects Hi Dusan and all, How sad this is. Has anyone ever gone to the tree lighting there?. I did two years ago to photograph the fireworks and they had all along one side of the pond on the gazebo side light up with fountains of white fireworks, a beautiful site to see. I placed myself at the opposite side and set up my camera and tripod. Well when the fireworks started it started with a big bang followed by the fireworks. all the ducks flew right over my head and I almost got hit by one. It was terrible how they were scared out of the pond. It`s a wander someone didn`t get hurt. So if they had a fountain in the middle of the pond go up in fireworks or whatever, I`m thinking the ducks would be rushing out in every direction, causing colllisions with each other. Melvina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dusan Soudek" <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Duck deaths at Sullivan's Pond > Hi Peter, all: > An interesting story. I know no further details, but I cannot see how > the new fountain could have caused any waterfowl deaths. But, by > increasing the turbulence of the water in the pond, the fountain may > reduce the amount of ice on the pond in the winter. This would probably > increase its attractiveness to the birds. > The pond freezes and thaws many times each winter, depending on the > air temparature and on the amount of water flowing in via the "Sawmill > River." People keep feeding waterfowl in and around the pond, despite > admonitions from HRM staff. I wonder whether the birds were poisoned, > inadvertently or on purpose... > Dusan Soudek > > Peter Payzant 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 >> >> >> >
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