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--Boundary_(ID_Gv7dv6YlYvtMLq9Zkpbjwg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hurricane Wilma in 2005 came very much later in the year - late Oct. & early Nov., I believe -- so that especially swallows and swifts would have been hard pressed to find food. But gulls are a different kettle of fish and are probably pretty hardy and adaptable at finding something to eat, including French fries and burgers etc. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> > Date: September 11, 2010 5:59:54 PM ADT > To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] laughing gulls > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > There are now over 60 laughing gulls at my doorstep. Many are > juveniles. Is there any hope they will eventually go away or are > they going to just starve as did the 150 plus tree swallows here on > Summerville Beach a number of years ago. (the year when all the > cuckoos were blown in) > As Blake suggested I fed them hotdogs and sausages, I'm down to > white rice and don't think that will be good for them at all. They > went and got their friends. Steve says stop as I am only prolonging > their distress. Is this correct, will they leave eventually or just > die slowly. I am seeing many in parking lots and lawns but mostly > well away from water! What I have noticed is the grass hopper > population has taken a major hit and for that I think them. > > We attended a wedding on Carter's beach today and there, there were > only a few. I saw those birds feeding occasionally at water line. > > There are dead ones roadside at Western head amongst other places > being cleaned up by small hawks that I don't think are all > sharpshinned. Very small and very round. There were sharpshinned > there as well as an osprey and another, a peregrine I think. I was > driving and it came eye level loaded with a bird so I had to > concentrate on not hitting it and not having the car behind rear > end me. > Best regards > Marg Millard, White Point, Queens > http://MargMillard.ca > --Boundary_(ID_Gv7dv6YlYvtMLq9Zkpbjwg) 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; "> Hurricane Wilma in 2005 came very much later in the year - late Oct. = & early Nov., I believe -- so that especially swallows and swifts = would have been hard pressed to find food. But gulls are a = different kettle of fish and are probably pretty hardy and adaptable at = finding something to eat, including French fries and burgers etc. = Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Marg Millard <<a = href=3D"mailto:mmillard@eastlink.ca">mmillard@eastlink.ca</a>></font></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">September 11, 2010 5:59:54 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] laughing = gulls</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">There are now over 60 laughing gulls at my doorstep. = Many are juveniles. Is there any hope they will eventually go away or = are they going to just starve as did the 150 plus tree swallows here on = Summerville Beach a number of years ago. (the year when all the cuckoos = were blown in)</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">As Blake suggested I fed them = hotdogs and sausages, I'm down to white rice and don't think that will = be good for them at all. They went and got their friends. Steve says = stop as I am only prolonging their distress. Is this correct, will they = leave eventually or just die slowly. I am seeing many in parking lots = and lawns but mostly well away from water! What I have noticed is the = grass hopper population has taken a major hit and for that I think = them.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">We attended a wedding on Carter's beach today and = there, there were only a few. I saw those birds feeding occasionally at = water line.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">There are dead ones roadside at Western head amongst = other places being cleaned up by small hawks that I don't think are all = sharpshinned. Very small and very round. There were sharpshinned there = as well as an osprey and another, a peregrine I think. I was driving and = it came eye level loaded with a bird so I had to concentrate on not = hitting it and not having the car behind rear end me.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Best regards</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Marg Millard, = White Point, Queens</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://MargMillard.ca">http://MargMillard.ca</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_Gv7dv6YlYvtMLq9Zkpbjwg)--
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