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--Boundary_(ID_OxCN67qno3slyChE0Ni+Wg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Paul et al., I'm sure I read on this list that on the Bird Islands in =20= Cape Breton, bald eagles are preying on the nestlings of the double-=20 crested (and great?) cormorants there. I wonder if this has been =20 documented elsewhere in the province? On Boot Island off ne. Grand =20 Pre, there has been an active bald eagle nest now for perhaps 3 =20 years, and all of our local d.-cr. cormorants nest there too; I =20 wonder if those eagles are preying on the young cormorants? (and also =20= nesting gr. blue herons and both gr. black-backed and herring =20 gulls). Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: "Paul S. Boyer" <psboyer@eastlink.ca> > Date: October 8, 2009 3:19:49 PM ADT > To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] d.-cr. cormorants & foraging times, etc. > > Jim, > > When and where the eagles perch, the cormorants are not to be =20 > found. At least that is what we see on Wedge Island: when the =20 > eagles are there, gulls and cormorants vanish. This gives me hope =20 > that Eagles are learning to prey on the superabundant cormorants. > > =97 Paul > > On 7 Oct 2009, at 3:34 PM, James W. Wolford wrote: > >> OCT. 7, 2009 - Yesterday in evening at low tide Brenda & Bill =20 >> Thexton noticed many (but uncounted) double-crested cormorants =20 >> perched on the power lines across the mouth of the Gaspereau River =20= >> at Hortonville, viewed from Highway 101. Previously Bill thought =20 >> this was a high-tide phenomenon, but I had my doubts about that, =20 >> since I'd guess the cormorants forage a lot during so-called slack =20= >> water during high tide and also at low tide -- slack tide is when, =20= >> four times a day, suspended particles in the water settle out (for =20= >> all the mud critters) and the water becomes a bit more clear for =20 >> visibility. Comments? >> >> I have checked this power lines twice in the past few days when =20 >> there were no cormorants there at all, BUT on both occasions one =20 >> or two adult bald eagles were perched on power poles on the =20 >> riverbank. >> >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville >> >> Jim (James W.) Wolford >> 91 Wickwire Ave. >> Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada >> B4P 1W3 >> >> phone 902-542-9204 >> e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> >> "In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau >> ------------------------ >> >> > --Boundary_(ID_OxCN67qno3slyChE0Ni+Wg) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Paul et al., I'm sure I read on this list that on the Bird Islands in = Cape Breton, bald eagles are preying on the nestlings of the = double-crested (and great?) cormorants there. I wonder if this = has been documented elsewhere in the province? On Boot Island off = ne. Grand Pre, there has been an active bald eagle nest now for perhaps = 3 years, and all of our local d.-cr. cormorants nest there too; I wonder = if those eagles are preying on the young cormorants? (and also nesting = gr. blue herons and both gr. black-backed and herring gulls). = Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Paul S. Boyer" <<a = href=3D"mailto:psboyer@eastlink.ca">psboyer@eastlink.ca</a>></font></di= v><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">October 8, 2009 3:19:49 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. = Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] d.-cr. cormorants = & foraging times, etc.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> Jim,<div><br></div><div>When and where = the eagles perch, the cormorants are not to be found. At least = that is what we see on Wedge Island: when the eagles are there, gulls = and cormorants vanish. This gives me hope that Eagles are learning = to prey on the superabundant cormorants.</div><div><br></div><div>=97 = Paul</div><div><br><div><div>On 7 Oct 2009, at 3:34 PM, James W. Wolford = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>OCT. = 7, 2009 </b>- Yesterday in evening at low tide Brenda & Bill Thexton = noticed many (but uncounted) <b>double-crested cormorants</b> perched on = the power lines across the mouth of the Gaspereau River at Hortonville, = viewed from Highway 101. Previously Bill thought this was a = high-tide phenomenon, but I had my doubts about that, since I'd guess = the <b>cormorants forage</b> a lot during so-called slack water during = high tide and also at low tide -- slack tide is when, four times a day, = suspended particles in the water settle out (for all the mud critters) = and the water becomes a bit more clear for visibility. = Comments?</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">I have checked this power lines twice in the past few = days when there were no <b>cormorants</b> there at all, BUT on both = occasions one or two adult <b>bald eagles</b> were perched on power = poles on the riverbank.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Jim (James W.) Wolford</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">91 Wickwire Ave.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">B4P 1W3</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">phone 902-542-9204</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">e-mail = <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"In = wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David = Thoreau</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">------------------------</font></div><div><br></div></div><div>= <br></div> = </div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_OxCN67qno3slyChE0Ni+Wg)--
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