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Thanks for alerting us to this, Jim. I have just listened
to it at http://www.cbc.ca/thestoryfromhere/
The episode Jim mentions was broadcast on "The Story From
Here", the best of the newer generation of CBC programs - Wednesdays
at 1 p.m. and again at 11 p.m. It rebroadcasts a selection of short
documentaries/stories originally produced by local stations from
across Canada. An hour's broadcast always contains several items of
interest, and gives a wonderful sense of the breadth of our country
(i.e. not just Toronto!)
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 05:01 PM 04/08/2010, you wrote:
>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
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<font size=4>Thanks for alerting us to this, Jim. I have just
listened to it at
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thestoryfromhere/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.cbc.ca/thestoryfromhere/</a> <br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>The
episode Jim mentions was broadcast on "The Story From Here",
the best of the newer generation of CBC programs - Wednesdays at 1 p.m.
and again at 11 p.m. It rebroadcasts a selection of short
documentaries/stories originally produced by local stations from across
Canada. An hour's broadcast always contains several items of
interest, and gives a wonderful sense of the breadth of our country (i.e.
not just Toronto!)<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br>
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<br>
</font>At 05:01 PM 04/08/2010, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=5><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).<br>
</font><br>
<font size=5>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.<br>
</font><br>
<font size=5>[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.] <br><br>
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</font></blockquote></body>
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