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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0093_01CA945F.DD7B26C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 ################# Dr.R.B.Stern, =20 P.O. Box 300, Port Williams, N.S., Canada, B0P 1T0 Richard Stern,=20 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com=20 Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.138/2618 - Release Date: = 01/13/10 03:35:00 ------=_NextPart_000_0093_01CA945F.DD7B26C0 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 6.00.6000.16945" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just to add to Richard's post, the = return migration=20 of greater shearwaters from their nesting islands in the South Atlantic = should=20 be revealed this spring with 22 greater shearwaters being tagged this = 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>). =20 I suspect it will be very similar to the return flight pattern for the = Arctic=20 terns. 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. 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> </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. The birds must return and be recaptured to remove the = data=20 loggers unlike the satellite tags which broadcast their location=20 daily. Often the tags are lost or damaged and no information=20 is 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> </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, 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, at the Saint John=20 Naturalist Club meeting on Feb. 8 but I'm sure he would make a=20 presentation in Nova Scotia if invited. He lives in=20 Halifax. 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> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>By the way, all three herring gulls are = now in the=20 Chesapeake Bay area. 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> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Laurie Murison</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Grand Manan, NB</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsternrichard@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">Richard=20 Stern</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <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> </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> .=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> </DIV> <DIV>Richard<BR></DIV> <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Ken = MacAulay <SPAN=20 dir=3Dltr><<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca">kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca</A>></= SPAN>=20 wrote:<BR> <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, <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>####= ###############<BR> <P> <HR> <P></P><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG = -=20 www.avg.com <BR>Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.138/2618 - = Release=20 Date: 01/13/10 03:35:00<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0093_01CA945F.DD7B26C0--
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