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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C92B81.99973950 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If you haven't recently looked at the positions of the greater and sooty = shearwaters that were satellite tagged in the Bay of Fundy, you might be = surprised. I know I am. In 2006, all six greater shearwaters left the = Bay at about the same time and travelled very similar routes, crossing = the Atlantic to Africa, back to Brazil and then a month off Argentina = before flying to their nesting islands in the Tristan da Cunha group. = In 2007, both sooty shearwaters headed across the Atlantic at about the = same time, one flying to the North Sea before the batteries or tags = failed. These tracks are still available for viewing on the = seaturtle.org archives. This year, we had an unusual herring year in the Bay with herring = staying deep and not arriving around Grand Manan until later in the = summer. The birds were very mobile probably trying to find surface = aggregations of herring or krill. Some of the tags have been on for = over 50 days. Of these, one greater shearwater is now off the tip of = South Africa. One has just arrived at Tristan da Cunha, although the = bird off South Africa had the same flight path and completely over flew = the nesting islands. A third is most likely dead, possibly caught in = fishing gear. The bird has been tracked onshore in Brazil because the = satellite transmitter is still active. A researcher in Brazil is trying = to track down the satellite transmitter. Another is still in the Bay of = Fundy! Birds tagged a little later are in various stages of migration = with one south of Nova Scotia at the edge of the continental shelf, one = just starting to cross the North Atlantic couple of days ago, one off = Argentina, one off Brazil and one between South America and Africa. Of = the two sooty shearwaters, one is definitely heading toward the UK and = the other is still in the Bay of Fundy. The flight paths can be seen at = http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/?project_id=3D311 Enjoy. Laurie Murison Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station=20 24 Route 776 Grand Manan, NB Canada E5G 1A1 506 662 3804, Fax 506 662 9804 http://www.gmwsrs.org ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C92B81.99973950 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you haven't recently looked at the = positions of=20 the greater and sooty shearwaters that were satellite tagged in the Bay = of=20 Fundy, you might be surprised. I know I am. In 2006, all six = greater=20 shearwaters left the Bay at about the same time and travelled very = similar=20 routes, crossing the Atlantic to Africa, back to Brazil and then a month = off=20 Argentina before flying to their nesting islands in the Tristan da Cunha = group. In 2007, both sooty shearwaters headed across the Atlantic = at about=20 the same time, one flying to the North Sea before the batteries or tags=20 failed. These tracks are still available for viewing on the = seaturtle.org=20 archives.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This year, we had an unusual herring = year in the=20 Bay with herring staying deep and not arriving around Grand Manan until = later in=20 the summer. The birds were very mobile probably trying to find = surface=20 aggregations of herring or krill. Some of the tags have been on = for over=20 50 days. Of these, one greater shearwater is now off the tip of = South=20 Africa. One has just arrived at Tristan da Cunha, although the = bird off=20 South Africa had the same flight path and completely over flew the = nesting=20 islands. A third is most likely dead, possibly caught in fishing = gear. The=20 bird has been tracked onshore in Brazil because the satellite = transmitter is=20 still active. A researcher in Brazil is trying to track down the = satellite=20 transmitter. Another is still in the Bay of Fundy! = </FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>Birds tagged a little later are in various stages = of migration=20 with one south of Nova Scotia at the edge of the continental shelf, = one=20 just starting to cross the North Atlantic couple of days ago, = one off=20 Argentina, one off Brazil and one between South America and Africa. = </FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>Of the two sooty shearwaters, one is definitely = heading toward=20 the UK and the other is still in the Bay of Fundy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The flight paths can be seen at <A=20 href=3D"http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/?project_id=3D311">http://www.s= eaturtle.org/tracking/?project_id=3D311</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Enjoy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Laurie Murison</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><BR>Grand Manan Whale & Seabird = Research=20 Station <BR>24 Route 776<BR>Grand Manan, NB Canada E5G 1A1<BR>506 662=20 3804, Fax 506 662 9804<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.gmwsrs.org">http://www.gmwsrs.org</A></FONT></DIV></BO= DY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C92B81.99973950--
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