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For what it is worth, I once caught a bill fish (skipjack)
off the Cape Sable causeway in August while fishing for Mackrel . What I
caught looked like a tiny sword fish, but was identified by a fishery
officer as a bill fish.
And if anyone has missed me lately it is because my computer has been
in the hospital loaded with virus and worms. There seems to be a rash of
them lately.
Roland.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David McCorquodale" <David_McCorquodale@cbu.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 6:33 AM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] high diving bird id
Jonathan:
The common large bird that dives like that is the Northern Gannet. The
nearest colony is on the Magdalen Islands (visible from Pollets Cove) and
there are large nesting colonies on Bonaventure Island off the Gaspe
Peninsula in Quebec and Cape St Marys in southeastern Newfoundland.
Throughout the summer dozens to hundreds fish off Cape Breton. Wherever
there is a large fish run, gannets congregate.
One of the bird spectacles of the year in Cape Breton is the concentration
of gannets fishing for skipjack (aka bill fish or needle fish) at the Canso
Causeway in very late October and early November.
DBMcC
DB McCorquodale
Department of Biology, Cape Breton University
1250 Grand Lake Rd., Sydney, NS B1P 6L2
902-563-1260 david_mccorquodale@cbu.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca on behalf of Jonathan Riley
Sent: Mon 7/14/2008 5:00
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] high diving bird id
looking for help identifying birds we observed in cape breton last week
on a hike to pollets cove we sat for more than half an hour and watched the
birds dive over and over
they were half a kilometer out to sea, and were diving each time for a good
second and a half, hitting the water with a
big splash, then sitting on the wajter
just curious what we were looking at - any help greatly appreciated
thanks
jonathan riley (now 4500 km away in germany)
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