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--Boundary_(ID_Nyp9kDO1yxb7rpMvY2AoaA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT AUG. 4, 2010 - This afternoon on good old CBC Radio, Bill Montevecchi, very well-known seabird biologist of Newfoundland (Memorial Univ.? Biology?), was wishing for funding (from Canadian government?) for a satellite-tagging study of NORTHERN GANNETS of breeding colonies of Newfoundland and Quebec and perhaps Arctic Canada, in order to be able to follow the migration and overwintering survival? of perhaps 50 gannets from each of the three regions, since many/most? of them will be flying to overwinter in the treacherous oily Gulf of Mexico (thanks to the massive spill of 651 million litres of crude oil since the deep well off Louisiana exploded on April 20/10). Montevecchi mentioned the picturesque, large colony at Cape St. Mary's in NF and the larger colony on Bonaventure Island off Perce (Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec), the latter being perhaps the largest gannet colony in the world. He mentioned some fascinating natural history of the gannets at the end of their nesting cycle: two weeks before the youngsters can fly, the "fledglings" jump off the cliffs to hopefully land in the water rather than hitting rocks, leaving their parents behind for courtship for the following year, and then swim from Newfoundland (and Quebec?) to Nova Scotia until they can fly. Later the adults follow them, eventually to the dangerous Gulf of Mexico. [I heard this at about 1:30 p.m., whatever CBC show plays then, so perhaps interested people can later find a podcast, whatever that is, of the program. I don't know what the show was nor the host or reporter.] Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_Nyp9kDO1yxb7rpMvY2AoaA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body 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"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 17.3px Arial"><b>AUG. 4, = 2010</b> - This afternoon on good old <b>CBC Radio</b>, <b>Bill = Montevecchi</b>, very well-known seabird biologist of Newfoundland = (Memorial Univ.? Biology?), was wishing for funding (from Canadian = government?) for a satellite-tagging study of <b>NORTHERN GANNETS</b> of = breeding colonies of Newfoundland and Quebec and perhaps Arctic Canada, = in order to be able to follow the migration and overwintering survival? = of perhaps 50 gannets from each of the three regions, since many/most? = of them will be flying to <b>overwinter in the treacherous oily Gulf of = Mexico </b>(thanks to the massive spill of 651 million litres of crude = oil since the deep well off Louisiana exploded on April = 20/10).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 17.3px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 17.3px Arial">Montevecchi mentioned the picturesque, large colony at = Cape St. Mary's in NF and the larger colony on Bonaventure Island off = Perce (Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec), the latter being perhaps the largest = gannet colony in the world. He mentioned some <b>fascinating = natural history of the gannets at the end of their nesting cycle</b>: = two weeks before the youngsters can fly, the "fledglings" jump off the = cliffs to hopefully land in the water rather than hitting rocks, leaving = their parents behind for courtship for the following year, and then swim = from Newfoundland (and Quebec?) to Nova Scotia until they can = fly. Later the adults follow them, eventually to the dangerous = Gulf of Mexico.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 17.3px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 17.3px Arial">[I heard this at about 1:30 p.m., whatever CBC show plays = then, so perhaps interested people can later find a podcast, whatever = that is, of the program. I don't know what the show was nor the = host or reporter.] </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 17.3px = Arial"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 17.3px Arial">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</font></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_Nyp9kDO1yxb7rpMvY2AoaA)--
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