[NatureNS] Too many kingfishers in Nova Scotia??

From: "Elizabeth Doull" <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca>
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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
>>
>
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