next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "& --0015174c1456ae978504aabc789b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Chris, Im a bit late on this ( got a PILE of birds in house this season) but I suspect that shearwater was in trouble. Not sure if you checked his breast muscles but my suspicion is it was thin and weak and beached for that reason. There can be any number of reasons for that but I always tell people that any pelagic seabird that beaches is in trouble and should be examined by an experienced wildlife veterinarian if possible. If you ever get in that situation again, feel free to contact me at 902-893-0253 or birdvet@hotmail.com. Sometimes I can help. Often beached seabirds are young and thin, or have an injury that prevented them from finding food, or are oiled ( this can be very subtle and not always apparent especially if the product is not black). They can also beach due to weather and these guys can usually be put back but if they are thin they will only beach again. Helene On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:08 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>wrote: > Here in eastern King's County, the impression I have is that gulls seem to > behave very socially as flocks. We often see them sitting for hours in open > fields (roosting), and then they will lift off as big groups and circle up > high and soar for awhile, sometimes so high that it would be easy to miss > them without looking or when driving from place to place. And much of their > activities are probably tide-related as well, or timed with farming > activities such as when tractors are creating newly plowed open fields. > Does that help at all? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan <slickdog1@gmail.com> > *Date: *August 2, 2011 3:41:19 PM ADT > *To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject: **Re: [NatureNS] Pond Cove, Brier Island shorebirds, plus > Greater Shearwater question* > *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hi, > > Is it odd that on one day you would see 98 Herring Gulls, and the next only > two? They are usually all over the place. > > A couple of nights ago some kids in Tiverton at the other end of Long > Island called to tell me they had a bird that had been "wobbling" in the > middle of the road. They didn't know what it was, or what to do with it. I > drove up and discovered they had a Greater Shearwater. I took it down to > Beautiful Cove in Freeport, and after checking that its wings and legs > weren't broken, and that other than some ruffled feathers on its head, > it didn't have any obvious injuries, I tossed it into the water. I expected > that it would immediately swim out and then take off, as has been my > previous experience with a few Shearwaters. Instead, it flapped its wings, > then swam back to shore. I caught it and tried again, but once again it came > ashore. The rocks were far too slippery to continue the exercise, so I just > wished it well and hoped the coyotes wouldn't be patrolling the beach that > night. Early the next morning, there was no sign of it. > > Any theories as to why it wouldn't head offshore to safety? > > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> > *To:* NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2011 3:01 PM > *Subject:* [NatureNS] Pond Cove, Brier Island shorebirds > > Hi, > > Here are the birds I counted at and then after high tide on Sun. and Mon. > at Pond Cove. > > Jul 31, 2011 12:35 PM - 1:52 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 3.0 kilometer(s) > 14 species > > Common Eider 111 > Double-crested Cormorant 10 > Great Blue Heron 8 > Semipalmated Plover 50 > Greater Yellowlegs 5 > Willet 2 > Ruddy Turnstone 10 > Semipalmated Sandpiper 500 > Least Sandpiper 50 > Pectoral Sandpiper 1 > Herring Gull 98 > Great Black-backed Gull 9 > American Crow 2 > Common Yellowthroat 2 > > Aug 1, 2011 2:35 PM - 4:50 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 2.0 kilometer(s) > 14 species > > Common Eider 100 > Northern Harrier 1 > Semipalmated Plover 250 > Killdeer 2 > Greater Yellowlegs 3 > Lesser Yellowlegs 4 > Ruddy Turnstone 5 > Semipalmated Sandpiper 200 > Least Sandpiper 50 > Pectoral Sandpiper 1 > Short-billed Dowitcher 20 > Herring Gull 2 > Great Black-backed Gull 9 > Song Sparrow 1 > > Richard > -- > ################# > Richard Stern, > 317 Middle Dyke Rd. > Port Williams, NS, Canada > B0P 1T0 > > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### > > > -- Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 902-893-0253 birdvet@hotmail.com www.cwrc.net --0015174c1456ae978504aabc789b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Chris, Im a bit late on this ( got a PILE of birds in house this season)= but I suspect that shearwater was in trouble. Not sure if you checked his = breast muscles but my suspicion is it was thin and weak and beached for tha= t reason. There can be any number of reasons for that but I always tell peo= ple that any pelagic seabird that beaches is in trouble and should be exami= ned by an experienced wildlife veterinarian if possible. If you ever get in= that situation again, feel free to contact me at 902-893-0253 or <a href= =3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com">birdvet@hotmail.com</a>. Sometimes I can he= lp. Often beached seabirds are young and thin, or have an injury that preve= nted them from finding food, or are oiled ( this can be very subtle and not= always apparent especially if the product is not black). They can also bea= ch due to weather and these guys can usually be put back but if they are th= in they will only beach again.=A0<div> <br></div><div>Helene<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 2, 2011= at 8:08 PM, James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jimwo= lford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockqu= ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc s= olid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> Here in eastern King's County, the impression I have is that gulls seem= to behave very socially as flocks. =A0We often see them sitting for hours = in open fields (roosting), and then they will lift off as big groups and ci= rcle up high and soar for awhile, sometimes so high that it would be easy t= o miss them without looking or when driving from place to place. =A0And muc= h of their activities are probably tide-related as well, or timed with farm= ing activities such as when tractors are creating newly plowed open fields.= =A0Does that help at all? =A0Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<br> <div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><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">Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan &l= t;<a href=3D"mailto:slickdog1@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">slickdog1@gmail.= com</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:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica">August 2, 2011 3:41:19 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:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" s= ize=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebuc= to.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.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:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helveti= ca" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Pond Cove,= Brier Island shorebirds, plus Greater Shearwater question</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:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvet= ica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@= chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">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> <span style=3D"border-collapse:separate;co= lor:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:norma= l;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:au= to;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;= font-size:medium"><div> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Hi,</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" face= =3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Is it odd t= hat on one day you would see 98 Herring Gulls, and the next only two? They = are usually all over the place.</font></div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">A couple of nights ago some kids in Tiverton at the other en= d of Long Island called to tell me they had a bird that had been "wobb= ling" in the middle of the road. They didn't know what it was, or = what to do with it. I drove up and discovered they had a Greater Shearwater= . I took it down to Beautiful Cove in Freeport, and after checking that its= wings and legs weren't broken, and that other than some ruffled feathe= rs on its head, it=A0didn't have any obvious injuries, I tossed it into= the water. I expected that it would immediately swim out and then take off= , as has been my previous experience with a few Shearwaters. Instead, it fl= apped its wings, then swam back to shore. I caught it and tried again, but = once again it came ashore. The rocks were far too slippery to continue the = exercise, so I just wished it well and hoped the coyotes wouldn't be pa= trolling the beach that night. Early the next morning, there was no sign of= it.</font></div> <div>=A0</div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Any theories as to why i= t wouldn't head offshore to safety?</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" f= ace=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Chris</f= ont></div><div> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div><div><font size=3D"2" face= =3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div><blockquote style=3D"border-left-color:rgb(0, 0,= 0);border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:5px;padding-= right:0px;margin-left:5px;margin-right:0px"> <div>----- Original Message -----</div><div style=3D"background-color:rgb(2= 28, 228, 228);background-repeat:initial initial"><b>From:</b><span>=A0</spa= n><a title=3D"sternrichard@gmail.com" href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com= " target=3D"_blank">Richard Stern</a></div> <div><b>To:</b><span>=A0</span><a title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" href=3D= "mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">NatureNS</a></div><div><= b>Sent:</b><span>=A0</span>Tuesday, August 02, 2011 3:01 PM</div><div><b>Su= bject:</b><span>=A0</span>[NatureNS] Pond Cove, Brier Island shorebirds</di= v> <div><br></div>Hi,<br><br>Here are the birds I counted at and then after hi= gh tide on Sun. and Mon. at Pond Cove.<br><br>Jul 31, 2011 12:35 PM - 1:52 = PM<br>Protocol: Traveling<br>3.0 kilometer(s)<br>14 species<br><br>Common E= ider =A0111<br> Double-crested Cormorant =A010<br>Great Blue Heron =A08<br>Semipalmated Plo= ver =A050<br>Greater Yellowlegs =A05<br>Willet =A02<br>Ruddy Turnstone =A01= 0<br>Semipalmated Sandpiper =A0500<br>Least Sandpiper =A050<br>Pectoral San= dpiper =A01<br> Herring Gull =A098<br>Great Black-backed Gull =A09<br>American Crow =A02<br= >Common Yellowthroat =A02<br><br>Aug 1, 2011 2:35 PM - 4:50 PM<br>Protocol:= Traveling<br>2.0 kilometer(s)<br>14 species<br><br>Common Eider =A0100<br>= Northern Harrier =A01<br> Semipalmated Plover =A0250<br>Killdeer =A02<br>Greater Yellowlegs =A03<br>L= esser Yellowlegs =A04<br>Ruddy Turnstone =A05<br>Semipalmated Sandpiper =A0= 200<br>Least Sandpiper =A050<br>Pectoral Sandpiper =A01<br>Short-billed Dow= itcher =A020<br> Herring Gull =A02<br>Great Black-backed Gull =A09<br>Song Sparrow =A01<br><= br clear=3D"all">Richard<br>--<span>=A0</span><br>#################<br>Rich= ard Stern,<span>=A0</span><br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Can= ada<br>B0P 1T0<br> <br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichar= d@gmail.com</a><br>###################<br></blockquote></span></blockquote>= </div><br></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- = <br> Helene Van Doninck DVM<div>Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre</div><di= v>RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0</div><div>902-893-0253</div><div><a href=3D"mai= lto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">birdvet@hotmail.com</a></div><di= v> www.cwrc.net</div><di= v><br></div><br> </div> --0015174c1456ae978504aabc789b--
next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects