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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-1659114243-1339064323=:88684 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The terns seem to move around Dusan.=0AThey seem to know where the bait fis= h will be.=0AI see a few in Mahone Bay but not many.=0AThanks for the repor= t=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Dusan Soud= ek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> =0ASe= nt: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 8:20:58 PM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] failure of Bil= ls Island (Wrights Cove, Dartmouth) common tern colony=0A =0A=0A =0A=A0=A0 = Today I re-visited Wrights Cove to check up on =0Athe breeding colony on th= is tiny treeless islet, easily visible from the =0Amainland off Windmill Rd= . Unfortunately, there was not a tern in sight. The same =0Asituation as du= ring my previous visit there about two weeks ago. Even the =0ACanadian Wild= life Service caution sign is gone from the island.=0A=A0=A0 Until about two= years ago the gravelly islet =0Asupported a=A0common tern breeding colony,= and at this time of the year there =0Awould have been a cloud of noisy ter= ns above it.=A0Plus other terns fishing =0Athe shallow waters of Wrights Co= ve.=0A=A0=A0 Last year the nearby=A0shoreline on the =0Amainland had been b= ulldozed and infilled with armour stone, in =0Apreparation=A0for the constr= uction of new houses there. Bills Island is still =0Aintact but now=A0silen= t. I do wonder whether the terns will ever =0Areturn.=0A=A0=A0 Dusan Soudek ---2114655128-1659114243-1339064323=:88684 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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>The terns = seem to move around Dusan.</span></div><div><span>They seem to know where t= he bait fish will be.</span></div><div><span>I see a few in Mahone Bay but = not many.</span></div><div><span>Thanks for the report</span></div><div><sp= an>Paul</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div= ><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new ro= man', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-fami= ly: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font= size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:= bold;">From:</span></b> Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca><br> <b= ><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> NatureNS <naturens@ch= ebucto.ns.ca> <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b= > Wednesday, June 6, 2012 8:20:58 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:= </span></b> [NatureNS] failure of Bills Island (Wrights Cove, Dartmouth) co= mmon tern colony<br> </font> </div> <br><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-= control" content=3D"off"><div id=3D"yiv261074915">=0A=0A =0A =0A<style></st= yle>=0A=0A<div>=0A<div><font size=3D"4"> Today I re-visited Wri= ghts Cove to check up on =0Athe breeding colony on this tiny treeless islet= , easily visible from the =0Amainland off Windmill Rd. Unfortunately, there= was not a tern in sight. The same =0Asituation as during my previous visit= there about two weeks ago. Even the =0ACanadian Wildlife Service caution s= ign is gone from the island.</font></div>=0A<div><font size=3D"4"> &nb= sp; Until about two years ago the gravelly islet =0Asupported a common= tern breeding colony, and at this time of the year there =0Awould have bee= n a cloud of noisy terns above it. Plus other terns fishing =0Athe sha= llow waters of Wrights Cove.</font></div>=0A<div><font size=3D"4"> &nb= sp; Last year the nearby shoreline on the =0Amainland had been bulldoz= ed and infilled with armour stone, in =0Apreparation for the construct= ion of new houses there. Bills Island is still =0Aintact but now silen= t. I do wonder whether the terns will ever =0Areturn.</font></div>=0A<div><= font size=3D"4"> Dusan Soudek</font></div></div>=0A</div><meta = http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"on"><br><br> </div> </div>= </div></body></html> ---2114655128-1659114243-1339064323=:88684--
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