[NatureNS] Too many kingfishers in Nova Scotia??

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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:13:37 -0500
From: "Peter de Wit" <peterdewit@gmail.com>
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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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