[NatureNS] Fundy Shore - lack of sea ducks

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Hi Richard
From reports lobster fishermen are reporting the highest catch in the Bay for many
years - they attribute it to the fact the water is warmer than usual - 8C reported from
some reports but I don't know where. This means of course the water is warmer
in the Gulf of St Lawrence and points north and the ducks have left there yet.
It will be interesting to see what happens after a few weeks of cold weather.
Thanks for your reports - always interesting - growing up sea ducks were very important
to us and I never lost interest.
Paul

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 From: Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:50:10 AM
Subject: [NatureNS] Fundy Shore - lack of sea ducks
 
Hi,

I did my usual Thursday slow drive along the shore at Port George this
morning - tide was high, weather windy and wet. But for the 2nd time
this Fall/ Winter there were just a handful of W-W Scoter and Common
Eider, a single Long-tailed Duck, and 3 Red-necked and 1 Horned grebe.
No Harlequins. 1 Common and 2 Red-throated loons. Just a few years ago
the same drive would have guaranteed much, much larger numbers of all
the common sea ducks, loons, grebes etc. Is it just me, is it just the
mid-Fundy shore, or is this a more generalised phenomenon?

Richard

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<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Richard</span></div><div><span>From reports lobster fishermen are reporting the highest catch in the Bay for many</span></div><div><span>years - they attribute it to the fact the water is warmer than usual - 8C reported from</span></div><div><span>some reports but I don't know where. This means of course the water is warmer</span></div><div><span>in the Gulf of St Lawrence and points north and the ducks have left there yet.</span></div><div>It will be interesting to see what happens after a few weeks of cold weather.</div><div>Thanks for your reports - always interesting - growing up sea ducks were very important</div><div>to us and I never lost interest.</div><div>Paul</div>  <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times
 new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1">  <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Richard Stern &lt;sternrichard@gmail.com&gt;<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> NatureNS &lt;naturens@chebucto.ns.ca&gt; <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:50:10 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] Fundy Shore - lack of sea ducks<br> </font> <br>Hi,<br><br>I did my usual Thursday slow drive along the shore at Port George this<br>morning - tide was high, weather windy and wet. But for the 2nd time<br>this Fall/ Winter there were just a handful of W-W Scoter and Common<br>Eider, a single Long-tailed Duck, and 3 Red-necked and 1 Horned grebe.<br>No Harlequins. 1 Common and 2 Red-throated loons. Just a few years ago<br>the same drive would have guaranteed much, much larger numbers of all<br>the common sea ducks,
 loons, grebes etc. Is it just me, is it just the<br>mid-Fundy shore, or is this a more generalised phenomenon?<br><br>Richard<br><br>-- <br>#################<br>Richard Stern,<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>sternrichard@gmail.com<br>###################<br><br><br> </div> </div>  </div></body></html>
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