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type=3D"cite">the road with no luck either. I had turned t Hi Patrick and all - Happy New Year! I presume the Centre Burlington Sandhills are the Lesser, Grus canadensis canadensis, which breed quite widely throughout North America, (although we are awaiting our first NS breeding record). Perhaps others on line have joined the International Crane Foundation? Dr. George Archibald from the Sherbrooke area, is a co-founder, and works world wide to protect these magnificent birds. An excellent site for information on cranes is http://www.savingcranes.org/sandhillcrane.html Cheers, Joan Patrick Kelly wrote: > Well they are found from Baffin Island to Alaska in the summer, These > ones should be in Mexico or the Gulf Coast. With the storm we have had > today, they might realise that they haven't gone far enough south..... > > Pat > > > On Jan 1, 2010, at 1:38 PM, aljoudrey@eastlink.ca > <mailto:aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> wrote: > >> Great photos. Thanks Patrick. >> >> Are these cranes usually found more north? >> >> Angela in Windsor >> >> >> When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to >> the rest of the world. >> John Muir >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca <mailto:patrick.kelly@dal.ca>> >> Date: Friday, January 1, 2010 1:17 pm >> Subject: [NatureNS] "Update" on Centre Burlington sandhill cranes >> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>>, NS-RBA <NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com >> <mailto:NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com>> >> >> >>> Hello everyone: >>> >>> I did go out on the 28th (the day after we found out that the cranes >>> >>> were there) and I stopped to check all the fields on the way out to >>> Ross Barkhouse Road with no luck. >>> >>> I went down Ross Barkhouse Road around the sharp bed and to the end of >>> >>> the road with no luck either. I had turned the car around and was >>> about the head further north when the pair flew in from the landward >>> >>> side of Highway 215 and landed in the corn field that is behind the >>> farm just south of Ross Backhouse. >>> >>> I walked around the "dyked" area of the farm and despite the snow >>> flurries had a god chance to view them. While the view in binoculars >>> >>> was better, I did get some pictures. The first two are cropped, the >>> >>> last one scaled down to show the entire scene. >>> >>> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill1.jpg >>> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill2.jpg >>> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill3.jpg >>> >>> I then stopped in to meet Derek Crosby, (on the "bend" in the >>> Barkhouse Road) who had reported the birds with his feederwatch >>> report. He said that the birds have been off and on since early >>> December, and there are days where he doesn't see them. I haven't had >>> >>> a chance to get back since to see if they are still around. >>> >>> >>> = >>> = >>> ======================================================================== >>> Patrick Kelly >>> Director of Computer Facilities >>> = >>> = >>> ======================================================================== >>> Faculty of Architecture and Planning >>> Dalhousie University >>> = >>> = >>> ======================================================================== >>> PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road >>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 >>> Canada Canada >>> = >>> = >>> ======================================================================== >>> Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 >>> E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca <mailto:patrick.kelly@dal.ca> >>> = >>> = >>> ======================================================================== >>> >> > > > ========================================================================== > > Patrick Kelly > > Director of Computer Facilities > > ========================================================================== > > Faculty of Architecture and Planning > > Dalhousie University > > ========================================================================== > > PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road > > Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 > > Canada Canada > > ========================================================================== > > Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 > E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca <mailto:patrick.kelly@dal.ca> > > ========================================================================== > > http://www.savingcranes.org/sandhillcrane.html
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