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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_dfxN0ocTAv/8SK5IwGosfA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi Paul Sorry for the late reply to your observation on Fisherman's Bank. At the time I did not know the answer, but I travelled to PEI last Tues. to a funeral and while on deck with binos looking at all the Gannets preform, I met a fellow traveller who was retired PEI fisherman now living in Alberta who was able to point out Fisherman's Bank to me. It seems to be an area about 6 km. east of Bear Pt.- between there and the east end of Pictou I. My Gannet observations the day I was referring to were not from Fisherman's Bank but more to the west of Pictou I. Thanks for your question Paul- I was surprised how soon I ran into someone with the answer. cheers Ken PS Stll lots of Herring boats around the Pictou I. -Caribou I. - Waterside area last night ( Sept. 18). ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul MacDonald To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Caribou I.- herring= many Gannets Hi Ken Is this the area they call Fishermans Bank? My nephew used to fish there - he said in the night Tuna would be jumping like trout in a pond! He said often they would be going out and meet another fisherman coming in and would be told - Don't bother to set your nets - ours are full and we got a full load on board - Pick ours. A real wonder of Nature. Thanks for reporting on it. Paul . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 8:08:51 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Caribou I.- herring= many Gannets Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Rick Ferguson and I made a run to Caribou I. Sunday morning, Sept. 1, to check on the progress of the herring run and the wildlife it attracts annually this time of year. The large concentration of wildlife was just beyond the reef at the bar at the lighthouse end of the island. There were about 300+ Gray Seals, 200+ Double-breasted Cormorants, 700 Bonapate's Gulls, several hundred Herring and Ring-billed Gulls and a small number of Great Black-backed Gulls. There were about 20 Common Terns, and at least 5 Bald Eagles over the feeding birds. The Northern Gannets were a bit more distant, but by far the most nummerous species present. They were moving around the area just west of Pictou I. It was somewhat difficult to count, but I estimate at least 3000 were present. Many were sitting on the water, but there was also a large cloud in the air with 100's diving at any moment. At one moment we saw a smallish whale pass through the area as well. The fishing fleet was taking a weekend break, but it is neat to go to the area at night and observe the fushery with all the lights making it look like a little village on the water. cheers ken --Boundary_(ID_dfxN0ocTAv/8SK5IwGosfA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19120"></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi Paul</DIV> <DIV>Sorry for the late reply to your observation on Fisherman's Bank. At the time I did not know the answer, but I travelled to PEI last Tues. to a funeral and while on deck with binos looking at all the Gannets preform, I met a fellow traveller who was retired PEI fisherman now living in Alberta who was able to point out Fisherman's Bank to me. It seems to be an area about 6 km. east of Bear Pt.- between there and the east end of Pictou I. </DIV> <DIV>My Gannet observations the day I was referring to were not from Fisherman's Bank but more to the west of Pictou I. Thanks for your question Paul- I was surprised how soon I ran into someone with the answer. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>cheers</DIV> <DIV>Ken</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS Stll lots of Herring boats around the Pictou I. -Caribou I. - Waterside area last night ( Sept. 18). </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> ----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=paulrita2001@yahoo.com href="mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">Paul MacDonald</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 12, 2011 8:26 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Caribou I.- herring= many Gannets</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>Hi Ken</DIV> <DIV>Is this the area they call Fishermans Bank?</DIV> <DIV>My nephew used to fish there - he said in the night Tuna would be</DIV> <DIV>jumping like trout in a pond! </DIV> <DIV>He said often they would be going out and meet another fisherman coming in</DIV> <DIV>and would be told - Don't bother to set your nets - ours are full and we got</DIV> <DIV>a full load on board - Pick ours.</DIV> <DIV>A real wonder of Nature.</DIV> <DIV>Thanks for reporting on it.</DIV> <DIV>Paul</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>. </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <HR SIZE=1> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, September 12, 2011 8:08:51 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [NatureNS] Caribou I.- herring= many Gannets<BR></FONT><BR> <META content=off http-equiv=x-dns-prefetch-control> <DIV id=yiv1953476651> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Rick Ferguson and I made a run to Caribou I. Sunday morning, Sept. 1, to check on the progress of the herring run and the wildlife it attracts annually this time of year. The large concentration of wildlife was just beyond the reef at the bar at the lighthouse end of the island. There were about 300+ Gray Seals, 200+ Double-breasted Cormorants, 700 Bonapate's Gulls, several hundred Herring and Ring-billed Gulls and a small number of Great Black-backed Gulls. There were about 20 Common Terns, and at least 5 Bald Eagles over the feeding birds. The <B>Northern Gannets</B> were a bit more distant, but by far the most nummerous species present. They were moving around the area just west of Pictou I. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It was somewhat difficult to count, but I estimate at least<B> 3000</B> were present. Many were sitting on the water, but there was also a large cloud in the air with 100's diving at any moment. At one moment we saw a smallish whale pass through the area as well. The fishing fleet was taking a weekend break, but it is neat to go to the area at night and observe the fushery with all the lights making it look like a little village on the water. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <META content=on http-equiv=x-dns-prefetch-control><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_dfxN0ocTAv/8SK5IwGosfA)--
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