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class=3D"webkit-block-p ------=_Part_19212_5078035.1198158043523 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Actually, that's only 1 kingfisher for every 3.3 square kilometres of NS, or one pair per 6.6 square kilometres. Now I realize that there's a lot of unsuitable kingfisher habitat, but as a gut feeling, I wouldn't say that number is exhorbitantly high. But I'm no kingfisher expert...this is just a gut feeling. I do think it's high, but not a lot. On 19/12/2007, 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 > Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_19212_5078035.1198158043523 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Actually, that's only 1 kingfisher for every 3.3 square kilometres of NS, or one pair per 6.6 square kilometres. Now I realize that there's a lot of unsuitable kingfisher habitat, but as a gut feeling, I wouldn't say that number is exhorbitantly high. But I'm no kingfisher expert...this is just a gut feeling. I do think it's high, but not a lot. </div> <div> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 19/12/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Elizabeth Doull</b> <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial">Hi all,</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">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: </font></div> <div><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">...............</font></font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman">December 6, 2007</font></font></div> <div><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"></font></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman">I recently entered a discussion on Kingfisher population in Nova Scotia.<br><br>Using the website here:<br><br></font><a><font face="Times New Roman">http://www.rmbo.org/pif_db/laped/PED3.aspx </font></a><br><br><font face="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? Is<br>there comparisons of Belted Kingfisher populations in NS over the <br>years? 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. Any ideas?<br><br><br>Cheers,<br>Peter<br></font></font></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"> Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_19212_5078035.1198158043523--
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