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Doull<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, Dece --Apple-Mail-147-745904349 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Greetings, The Atlas of Breeding Birds of the Maritimes Provinces gives a Nova Scotia population of 4,100 +/- 1,600 pairs, thus approximately half of the number of 16,000 noted below. Furthermore the Atlas goes on to say that, "it seems unlikely that their numbers have changed much over the last four centuries." I've no idea why there would be an association of kingfishers with industry. Generally the kingfisher, a.k.a. the halcyon, is a symbol of peace, quiet, calm, and tranquility from the notion of halcyon days when the kingfishers were breeding (supposedly laying their eggs in floating seaweed) and that the birds had the supernatural power to calm the seas. Cheers, Chris On Dec 19, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Elizabeth Doull 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 Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-147-745904349 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <div>Greetings,</div><div><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div>The= Atlas of Breeding Birds of the Maritimes Provinces gives a Nova Scotia = population of 4,100 +/- 1,600 pairs, thus approximately half of the = number of 16,000 noted below. Furthermore the Atlas goes on to say that, = "it seems unlikely that their numbers have changed much over the last = four centuries."<div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I've no idea why there = would be an association of kingfishers with industry. Generally the = kingfisher, a.k.a. the halcyon, is a symbol of peace, quiet, calm, = and=A0tranquility=A0from the notion of halcyon days when the kingfishers = were breeding (supposedly laying their eggs in floating seaweed) and = that the birds had the supernatural power to calm the = seas.</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Chris<br><div><br><div><div>= On Dec 19, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Elizabeth Doull wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><font face=3D"Arial">Hi = all,</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div><div><font = face=3D"Arial">I was checking / deleting / sorting my old emails and = came across Peter=A0 deWitt's enquiry, which went unanswered.=A0 He was = wondering about=A016,000 kingfishers in Nova Scotia. My opinion is that = the number is pretty too high.=A0 If so, we'd see them everywhere just = like starlings!=A0 Here is Peter's email dated on December 6th = below:=A0</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial"><font = face=3D"Arial">...............</font></font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div><div><font face=3D"Arial"><font = face=3D"Times New Roman">December 6, 2007</font></font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial"><font face=3D"Arial"></font></font>=A0</div><div><font = face=3D"Arial"><font face=3D"Times New Roman">I recently entered a = discussion on Kingfisher population in Nova Scotia.<br><br>Using the = website here:<br><br></font><a href=3D""><font face=3D"Times New = Roman">http://www.rmbo.org/pif_db/laped/PED3.aspx</font></a><br><br><font = face=3D"Times New Roman">There is a estimated 16,000 Belted Kingfishers = in NS.<br><br>Would anyone happen to know if there is more reliable = estimates?=A0 Is<br>there comparisons of Belted Kingfisher populations = in NS over the<br>years?=A0 Is the population thought to be declining or = expanding now?<br><br>Also, on the HRM website for the coat of arms, it = says that the<br>Kingfisher is there as a "symbol of industry", but I = could not find<br>out how or where it became a symbol of industry, or if = other locations<br>use it for the same symbolic purpose.=A0=A0 Any = ideas?<br><br><br>Cheers,<br>Peter<br></font></font></div><font = face=3D"Arial"><font face=3D"Times New = Roman"></font></font></span></blockquote></div><br><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size