[NatureNS] re SEAWEED FLIES -- was American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested Cormorant

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Hi Jim,=0A=0AFrom the references I have I can find mention of only one coel=
opid species from the east coast of North America:=A0=A0Coelopa frigida. Th=
ere is more coelopid diversity on the west coast (two genera and at least f=
our species), but if you really want to see a lot of diversity in the Coelo=
pidae you have to head to New Zealand and Australia where there are several=
 genera and many species.=0A=0AOrygma luctuosum is a very=A0similar looking=
 species found in wrack in the Maritimes. It is in the Sepsidae, a family w=
here most species are ant-like in appearance. Through convergent evolution =
Orygma and Coelopa have taken on the flat and robust body form required for=
 life as a wrack scavenger. At some sites Coelopa far outnumbers Orygma, wh=
ereas at others the opposite is true.=A0=0A=0ACheers,=0AJohn=A0=0A=0A=0A=0A=
=0A________________________________=0A From: James W. Wolford <jimwolford@e=
astlink.ca>=0ATo: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> =0ACc: Mike Dadswell <=
mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca>; Sherman Bleakney <seaslug@glinx.com> =0ASent: Fr=
iday, December 2, 2011 11:15:49 PM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] re SEAWEED FLIES -=
- was American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested=
 Cormorant=0A =0A=0ASeaweed Flies or Kelp Flies are in the family Coelopida=
e of the order Diptera, which includes all true flies like crane flies, mos=
quitoes, midges, house flies, hover flies, bee flies, etc. etc. =A0My field=
 guides mention one species of Coelopus on the East Coast and Arctic Coasts=
 and another species on the West Coast from Alaska to Baja California. =A0B=
ut my memory from what Mike Dadswell or maybe Sherman Bleakney tells me the=
re are at least two species on the Atlantic Coast. =A0Maybe someone else on=
 this list can enlighten us further. =A0Those washed-up kelps and other sea=
weeds year-round provide a diverse ecosystem of scavengers and other specie=
s, including not just a diversity of flies but also one of my favourite gro=
ups, the amphipod crustaceans we call "beach fleas" or "sand hoppers". =A0A=
nd these windrows of seaweeds on the shore attract a variety of larger and =
terrestrial critters, especially at night, like small mammals and deer plus=
 spiders etc.=0A=0AJim Wolford=A0=0A=0ACheers from Jim in Wolfville.=0A=0A=
=0A=0ABegin forwarded message:=0A=0AFrom: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@ea=
stlink.ca>=0A>Date: December 2, 2011 5:58:42 PM AST=0A>To: NatureNS <nature=
ns@chebucto.ns.ca>, Andrew Boyne <Andrew.Boyne@EC.GC.CA>=0A>Subject: [Natur=
eNS] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested =
Cormorant=0A>Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A>=0A>=0AThose flies associ=
ated with the seaweeds and longspur are, not surprisingly, very probably SE=
AWEED FLIES! =A0Without looking them up, I am reluctant to name the family,=
 but I do recall there are more than one species of these in Nova Scotia. =
=A0Also I am pretty sure that washed up and rotting seaweeds can be expecte=
d to have various stages in their life cycles at most or all times of the y=
ear, including during our winter. =A0Thus it's not surprising that washed-u=
p seaweeds, particularly after storms, are great places to look for foragin=
g birds of a wide variety of kinds, from shorebirds to warblers to flycatch=
ers to longspurs and lots of others! =A0Jim in Wolfville=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>Beg=
in forwarded message:=0A>=0A>From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>=0A>=
>Date: December 2, 2011 5:05:33 PM AST=0A>>To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@=
chebucto.ns.ca>, Rare Alert <ns-rba@yahoogroups.com>=0A>>Subject: [NatureNS=
] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested Cor=
morant=0A>>Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A>>=0A>>Hi all:=0A>>=A0=0A>>A=
dditions for the Winter list I believe.=A0 Today David Walmark and I manage=
d to get in a few hours of birding.=A0 Good birds located were at Conrad's =
Island, Lower Rose Bay, where we observed and watched an American kestrel o=
n the wires along the causeway going out to the island.=A0 Along the beach =
edge of Sand Dollar Beach as the locals call it we had a Lapland longspur.=
=A0 The longspur provided great viewing and was not the least bit concerned=
 about our presence.=A0 There were lots of flys of some sort coming up off =
the seaweed that the longspur was partaking of.=A0 There was also a belted =
kingfisher present that we watched fly across towards Kingsburg.=A0 Oh yes,=
 and there was a double-crested cormorant also sitting on the shoreline on =
the inside of the causeway.=A0=A0=0A>>=A0=0A>>Other interesting species obs=
erved today but not rare, were all three scoter species.=A0 Surf scoters ca=
n easily be gotten along the LaHave River any time over the winter.=A0 The =
white-winged scoters were off of Sand Dollar Beach at Rose Bay and a lone b=
lack scoter was off Kingsburg Beach.=A0 For here American coots are hard to=
 come by.=A0 There was one in Kingsburg Pond at Kingsburg.=A0 Off Kingsburg=
 Beach there was a Barrow's X Common Goldeneye.=A0 Also there were two red-=
necked grebes and two red-throated loons.=0A>>=A0=0A>>James R. Hirtle=0A>>B=
ridgewater=0A>>=0A>
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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti=
mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Jim,</s=
pan></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>From the references I have=
 I can find mention of only one coelopid species from the east coast of Nor=
th America:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;Coelopa frigida. There is more coelopid diver=
sity on the west coast (two genera and at least four species), but if you r=
eally want to see a lot of diversity in the Coelopidae you have to head to =
New Zealand and Australia where there are several genera and many species.<=
/div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Orygma luctuosum is a very&nbsp=
;similar looking species found in wrack in the Maritimes</span>. It is in t=
he Sepsidae, a family where most species are ant-like in appearance. Throug=
h convergent evolution Orygma and Coelopa have taken on the flat and robust=
 body form required for life as a wrack scavenger. At some sites
 Coelopa far outnumbers Orygma, whereas at others the opposite is true.&nbs=
p;</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>John&nbsp;</div><div><span><b=
r></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div>  <div style=3D"f=
ont-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "=
> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york'=
, times, serif; "> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1">  <b><sp=
an style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> James W. Wolford &lt;jimwol=
ford@eastlink.ca&gt;<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></=
b> NatureNS &lt;naturens@chebucto.ns.ca&gt; <br><b><span style=3D"font-weig=
ht: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Mike Dadswell &lt;mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca&gt;; S=
herman Bleakney &lt;seaslug@glinx.com&gt; <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weigh=
t: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 2, 2011 11:15:49 PM<br> <b><spa=
n style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] re SEAWEED FL=
IES -- was
 American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested Corm=
orant<br> </font> <br><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=
=3D"off"><div id=3D"yiv730449717"><div>=0ASeaweed Flies or Kelp Flies are i=
n the family Coelopidae of the order Diptera, which includes all true flies=
 like crane flies, mosquitoes, midges, house flies, hover flies, bee flies,=
 etc. etc. &nbsp;My field guides mention one species of Coelopus on the Eas=
t Coast and Arctic Coasts and another species on the West Coast from Alaska=
 to Baja California. &nbsp;But my memory from what Mike Dadswell or maybe S=
herman Bleakney tells me there are at least two species on the Atlantic Coa=
st. &nbsp;Maybe someone else on this list can enlighten us further. &nbsp;T=
hose washed-up kelps and other seaweeds year-round provide a diverse ecosys=
tem of scavengers and other species, including not just a diversity of flie=
s but also one of my favourite groups, the amphipod crustaceans we call "be=
ach fleas" or "sand hoppers". &nbsp;And these windrows of seaweeds on the s=
hore attract a variety of larger and terrestrial critters, especially at ni=
ght, like small mammals and deer
 plus spiders etc.<div><br></div><div>Jim Wolford&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>=
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</di=
v><br class=3D"yiv730449717Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"c=
ite"><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"Hel=
vetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;">"James W. Wolford" &lt;=
<a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_bl=
ank" href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;<=
/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" st=
yle=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000;"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=
=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;">December 2, 2011=
 5:58:42 PM AST</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:12.0=
px Helvetica;color:#000000;"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" siz=
e=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;">NatureNS &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow" y=
mailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:=
naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>&gt;, Andrew Boyne &lt;=
<a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:Andrew.Boyne@EC.GC.CA" target=3D"_bla=
nk" href=3D"mailto:Andrew.Boyne@EC.GC.CA">Andrew.Boyne@EC.GC.CA</a>&gt;</fo=
nt></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;ma=
rgin-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] Am=
erican Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested Cormora=
nt</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:12.0=
px Helvetica;color:#000000;"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetic=
a" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;"><a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=
=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:nature=
ns@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div><div style=3D"ma=
rgin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:=
14px;"><br></div>  Those flies associated with the seaweeds and longspur ar=
e, not surprisingly, very probably SEAWEED FLIES! &nbsp;Without looking the=
m up, I am reluctant to name the family, but I do recall there are more tha=
n one species of these in Nova Scotia. &nbsp;Also I am pretty sure that was=
hed up and rotting seaweeds can be expected to have various stages in their=
 life cycles at most or all times of the year, including during our winter.=
 &nbsp;Thus it's not
 surprising that washed-up seaweeds, particularly after storms, are great p=
laces to look for foraging birds of a wide variety of kinds, from shorebird=
s to warblers to flycatchers to longspurs and lots of others! &nbsp;Jim in =
Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class=3D"yiv73=
0449717Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"m=
argin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetic=
a;color:#000000;"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" s=
tyle=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;">James Hirtle &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailt=
o=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:jrhbird=
er@hotmail.com">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</font></div><div style=3D"mar=
gin-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 Helvet=
ica;">December 2, 2011 5:05:33 PM AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:=
0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font face=3D"Helv=
etica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#0=
00000;"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font=
:12.0px Helvetica;">Naturens Naturens &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"ma=
ilto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens@che=
bucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>&gt;, Rare Alert &lt;<a rel=3D"nofo=
llow" ymailto=3D"mailto:ns-rba@yahoogroups.com" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"m=
ailto:ns-rba@yahoogroups.com">ns-rba@yahoogroups.com</a>&gt;</font></div><d=
iv style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0=
px;"><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"Helveti=
ca" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px
 Helvetica;"><b>[NatureNS] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Lon=
gspur, Double-crested Cormorant</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0p=
x;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font face=3D"Helvet=
ica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000=
000;"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"=
font:12.0px Helvetica;"><a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@cheb=
ucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">natur=
ens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-righ=
t:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px;"><br></div> <span =
class=3D"yiv730449717Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; =
color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:=
 normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-inde=
nt: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing=
: 0px; font-size:
 medium; font-family: Helvetica; "><span class=3D"yiv730449717Apple-style-s=
pan" style=3D"font-size: 24px; font-family: Tahoma; "><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi a=
ll:<br>&nbsp;<br>Additions for the Winter list I believe.&nbsp; Today David=
 Walmark and I managed to get in a few hours of birding.&nbsp; Good birds l=
ocated were at Conrad's Island, Lower Rose Bay, where we observed and watch=
ed an American kestrel on the wires along the causeway going out to the isl=
and.&nbsp; Along the beach edge of Sand Dollar Beach as the locals call it =
we had a Lapland longspur.&nbsp; The longspur provided great viewing and wa=
s not the least bit concerned about our presence.&nbsp; There were lots of =
flys of some sort coming up off the seaweed that the longspur was partaking=
 of.&nbsp; There was also a belted kingfisher present that we watched fly a=
cross towards Kingsburg.&nbsp; Oh yes, and there was a double-crested cormo=
rant also sitting on the shoreline on the inside of the
 causeway.&nbsp;<span class=3D"yiv730449717Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</s=
pan><br>&nbsp;<br>Other interesting species observed today but not rare, we=
re all three scoter species.&nbsp; Surf scoters can easily be gotten along =
the LaHave River any time over the winter.&nbsp; The white-winged scoters w=
ere off of Sand Dollar Beach at Rose Bay and a lone black scoter was off Ki=
ngsburg Beach.&nbsp; For here American coots are hard to come by.&nbsp; The=
re was one in Kingsburg Pond at Kingsburg.&nbsp; Off Kingsburg Beach there =
was a Barrow's X Common Goldeneye.&nbsp; Also there were two red-necked gre=
bes and two red-throated loons.<br>&nbsp;<br>James R. Hirtle<br>Bridgewater=
<br></div></span></span></blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div><br></div=
></div></div></div><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"o=
n"><br><br> </div> </div>  </div></body></html>
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