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Index of Subjects <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi Jeff,<br> <br> Could you tell us something about the research you hope to do with Snow Buntings? If we were to help you find and trap these birds, what kind of stress (mentioned in the website you gave) do you intend to subject them to? Do you have a license to trap wild birds? I think most of us on this list-serve are concerned with the welfare of wild birds. Can you convince us that you are too?<br> <br> Lois Codling<br> <br> Jeff MacLeod wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:cf4042181001191745v6d188c11xbc23605820433bde@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Hello birders. I'm living in Halifax and hoping to band some Snow Buntings this winter. This banding effort would be part of a larger research project headed by Dr. Oliver Love at University of Windsor (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://web2.uwindsor.ca/biology/olove/Home.html">http://web2.uwindsor.ca/biology/olove/Home.html</a>). Currently I'm trying to track down a few flocks that I may be able to bait with seed and trap using ground traps. I've spent a day on the Tantramar Marsh looking for buntings, but found very few. I do have someone up there continuing to try to find/attract SNBUs, though. I was in Grand Pre this past weekend, and only found a small flock there (about 40 birds). If anyone knows of an area within several hours drive of Halifax that reliably has snow buntings, I would be very interested to hear about it. Also, I would be especially interested if someone knows of a reliable spot for SNBUs in their area and would be willing to help out by regularly baiting a spot (I would provide seed). The main hurdle in trapping them is attracting them to a spot where I can set traps.<br> <br> If there is anyone in the Grand Pre area that would like to help out with this, I think there is some potential to attract a decent sized flock there. I found some birds within a short time this week, so there are probably more around. Unfortunately, I can't bait a spot regularly there because I live too far away. Certainly other areas within the province could work too.<br> <br> If anyone has some advice, or is interested in helping out, please send me a message (jeffmacleod at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://dal.ca">dal.ca</a>).<br> <br> Thanks,<br> Jeff MacLeod, M.Sc.<br> Ph.D. Candidate, Dept of Psychology, Dalhousie University<br> <br> </blockquote> </body> </html>
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