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Index of Subjects Thanks Elizabeth. I actualy did get a couple of responses direct to my e-mail, both mentioned that it was a unlikely high number. One person wrote to me: "Twenty years ago the first Breeding Atlas of the Maritime Provinces by Anthony Erskine 1992 gave the Nova Scotian breeding population for kinfisher as 4,100 + or - 1,600 . That would be in breeding pairs. The Maritimes population of kingfishers in total was estimated at 9,800 + or - 2,400 pairs. These figures were compiled from volunteer surveys by over a thousand people surveying birds for 5 years. An update survey is now underway but it will be 5 years or so before the new data is available." (I would credit this person who forwarded the info, but perhaps they wrote directly for a reason?) I do however imagine that the starling population is well beyond 16,000 :-) - Peter On Dec 19, 2007 10:59 AM, Elizabeth Doull <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was checking / deleting / sorting my old emails and came across Peter > deWitt's enquiry, which went unanswered. He was wondering about 16,000 > kingfishers in Nova Scotia. My opinion is that the number is pretty too > high. If so, we'd see them everywhere just like starlings! Here is Peter's > email dated on December 6th below: > ............... > > December 6, 2007 > > I recently entered a discussion on Kingfisher population in Nova Scotia. > > Using the website here: > > http://www.rmbo.org/pif_db/laped/PED3.aspx > > There is a estimated 16,000 Belted Kingfishers in NS. > > Would anyone happen to know if there is more reliable estimates? Is > there comparisons of Belted Kingfisher populations in NS over the > years? Is the population thought to be declining or expanding now? > > Also, on the HRM website for the coat of arms, it says that the > Kingfisher is there as a "symbol of industry", but I could not find > out how or where it became a symbol of industry, or if other locations > use it for the same symbolic purpose. Any ideas? > > > Cheers, > Peter >
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