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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CD4421.E206ABF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today I re-visited Wrights Cove to check up on the breeding colony on = this tiny treeless islet, easily visible from the mainland off Windmill = Rd. Unfortunately, there was not a tern in sight. The same situation as = during my previous visit there about two weeks ago. Even the Canadian = Wildlife Service caution sign is gone from the island. Until about two years ago the gravelly islet supported a common tern = breeding colony, and at this time of the year there would have been a = cloud of noisy terns above it. Plus other terns fishing the shallow = waters of Wrights Cove. Last year the nearby shoreline on the mainland had been bulldozed and = infilled with armour stone, in preparation for the construction of new = houses there. Bills Island is still intact but now silent. I do wonder = whether the terns will ever return. Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CD4421.E206ABF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19154"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Today I re-visited Wrights Cove to = check up on=20 the breeding colony on this tiny treeless islet, easily visible from the = mainland off Windmill Rd. Unfortunately, there was not a tern in sight. = The same=20 situation as during my previous visit there about two weeks ago. Even = the=20 Canadian Wildlife Service caution sign is gone from the = island.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Until about two years ago the gravelly = islet=20 supported a common tern breeding colony, and at this time of the = year there=20 would have been a cloud of noisy terns above it. Plus other terns = fishing=20 the shallow waters of Wrights Cove.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Last year the nearby shoreline on = the=20 mainland had been bulldozed and infilled with armour stone, in=20 preparation for the construction of new houses there. Bills Island = is still=20 intact but now silent. I do wonder whether the terns will ever=20 return.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Dusan Soudek</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CD4421.E206ABF0--
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