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Index of Subjects Many thanks for the reply! Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter de Wit" <peterdewit@gmail.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Too many kingfishers in Nova Scotia?? > 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 >> > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1189 - Release Date: > 12/18/2007 9:40 PM > >
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