[NatureNS] Puffin's winter odyssey

From: "Laurie Murison" <gmwhale@nbnet.nb.ca>
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Just to add to Richard's post, the return migration of greater =
shearwaters from their nesting islands in the South Atlantic should be =
revealed this spring with 22 greater shearwaters being tagged this fall, =
as long as the tags work as suggested =
(http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/?project_id=3D452).  I suspect it =
will be very similar to the return flight pattern for the Arctic terns.  =
Right now, the corridor between the Patagonia coast along South America =
and the South African coast are frequented by these shearwaters both =
before nesting and during and it is not unusual for birds to travel =
great distances, unlike when they are in the Bay of Fundy when their =
movements are restricted to a small area.  Food resources no doubt are =
harder to find and necessitate longer flights than in the Bay.

The data loggers used on the puffins and terns have also been used in =
the Bay of Fundy on razorbills and Leach's storm petrels.  The birds =
must return and be recaptured to remove the data loggers unlike the =
satellite tags which broadcast their location daily. Often the tags are =
lost or damaged and no information is recovered but their small size =
(and weight) is the key to their use. Some of the preliminary returning =
information for the Leach's storm petrels indicate feeding trips that =
are several hundred kilometres and range as far as George's Banks from a =
nest site off Grand Manan Island.

Rob Ronconi, who has been the lead researcher with the shearwater and =
gull tracking in the Bay of Fundy, will be talking about his 3.5 month =
stay in the South Atlantic studying various nesting pelagic seabirds, =
and in particular greater shearwater, at the Saint John Naturalist Club =
meeting on Feb. 8 but I'm sure he would make a presentation in Nova =
Scotia if invited.  He lives in Halifax.  If a group is interested, let =
me know and I will give you Rob's contact information.

By the way, all three herring gulls are now in the Chesapeake Bay area.  =
Their flight to the area was very uniform with all three making a =
beeline from about New Hampshire to New York overland and then =
continuing overland past New Jersey to Chesapeake Bay.

Laurie Murison
Grand Manan, NB
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Richard Stern=20
  To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
  Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:26 PM
  Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Puffin's winter odyssey


  Fascinating stuff!

  For those who don't already know it, there are all kinds of =
satellite-tracked critters, including shearwaters and Herring gulls in =
the Bay of Fundy, at http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/ . Scroll down =
the menu on the left side of the screen, and also check out the Archived =
Projects section to see most of the info. relevant to NS.

  Richard

  On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Ken MacAulay =
<kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca> wrote:

    Another interesting article from the BBC site.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8452423.stm


    Ken MacAulay
    Port Mouton, NS




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  Richard Stern,=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just to add to Richard's post, the =
return migration=20
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fall, as=20
long as the tags work as suggested (<A=20
href=3D"http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/?project_id=3D452">http://www.s=
eaturtle.org/tracking/?project_id=3D452</A>).&nbsp;=20
I suspect it will be very similar to the return flight pattern for the =
Arctic=20
terns.&nbsp; Right now, the corridor between the Patagonia coast along =
South=20
America and the South African coast are frequented by these shearwaters =
both=20
before nesting and during and it is not unusual for birds to travel =
great=20
distances, unlike when they are in the Bay of Fundy when their movements =
are=20
restricted to a small area.&nbsp; Food resources no doubt are harder to =
find and=20
necessitate longer flights than in the Bay.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The data loggers used on the puffins =
and terns have=20
also been used in the Bay of Fundy on razorbills and Leach's storm=20
petrels.&nbsp; The birds must return and be recaptured to remove the =
data=20
loggers unlike the satellite tags which broadcast their location=20
daily.&nbsp;Often the tags are lost or damaged and no information=20
is&nbsp;recovered but their small size (and weight) is the key to their =
use.=20
Some of the preliminary returning information for the Leach's storm =
petrels=20
indicate feeding trips that are several hundred kilometres and range as =
far as=20
George's Banks from a nest site off Grand Manan Island.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rob Ronconi, who has been the lead =
researcher with=20
the shearwater and gull tracking in the Bay of Fundy,&nbsp;will be =
talking about=20
his 3.5 month stay in the South Atlantic studying various nesting =
pelagic=20
seabirds, and in particular greater shearwater,&nbsp;at the Saint John=20
Naturalist Club meeting on Feb. 8&nbsp;but I'm sure he would make a=20
presentation&nbsp;in Nova Scotia&nbsp;if invited.&nbsp; He lives in=20
Halifax.&nbsp; If a group is interested, let me know and I will give you =
Rob's=20
contact information.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>By the way, all three herring gulls are =
now in the=20
Chesapeake Bay area.&nbsp; Their flight to the area was very uniform =
with all=20
three making a beeline from about New Hampshire to New York overland and =
then=20
continuing overland past New Jersey to Chesapeake Bay.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Laurie Murison</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Grand Manan, NB</FONT></DIV>
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  Stern</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 13, =
2010 12:26=20
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] =
Puffin's winter=20
  odyssey</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>Fascinating stuff!</DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV>For those who don't already know it, there are all kinds of=20
  satellite-tracked critters, including shearwaters and Herring gulls in =
the Bay=20
  of Fundy, at <A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">http://www.seaturtle.org/trac=
king/</A>&nbsp;.=20
  Scroll down the menu on the left side of the screen, and also check =
out the=20
  Archived Projects section to see most of the info. relevant to =
NS.</DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV>Richard<BR></DIV>
  <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Ken =
MacAulay <SPAN=20
  dir=3Dltr>&lt;<A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca">kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca</A>&gt;</=
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  <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dgmail_quote=20
  style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: =
#ccc 1px solid">Another=20
    interesting article from the BBC site.<BR><BR><A=20
    href=3D"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8452423.stm"=20
    =
target=3D_blank>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8452423.stm</A>=
<BR><FONT=20
    color=3D#888888><BR><BR>Ken MacAulay<BR>Port Mouton,=20
  NS<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=3Dall><BR>--=20
  <BR>#################<BR>Dr.R.B.Stern, &nbsp; <BR>P.O. Box =
300,<BR>Port=20
  Williams,<BR>N.S., Canada,<BR>B0P 1T0<BR><BR>Richard Stern, <BR>317 =
Middle=20
  Dyke Rd.<BR>Port Williams, NS, Canada<BR>B0P 1T0<BR><BR><A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</A><BR>####=
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