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Hi Mary=0AGood to see you on Nature NS - I always enjoy your comments!=0AI =
have never been to Angevine Lake so I don't know about it.=0AI heard there =
is a Fishing Lodge on the lake and as a mere concidence=0ABass appeared at =
about the same time!=A0=0AFunny thing LOL=0AHave a nice summer=0APaul=0A=0A=
=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Mary Macaulay <marymacaulay=
@hotmail.com>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Friday, August 17, 201=
2 2:55:43 PM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] Pesticide ban and more birds in Halifax,=
white perch=0A =0A=0A =0AMaybe we're also seeing more birds in the Halifax=
area because there's more bugs with the pesticide ban? I'm sure seeing a l=
ot more butterflies fluttering over and around my little back garden in tow=
n...=0ADon't know what the status of white perch is in other lakes Paul but=
the small mouth bass have eaten everything in sight at angevine...=0A=0A> =
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:55:14 -0300=0A> From: soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca=0A>=
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Halifax Harbour bi=
rds=0A> =0A> Eleanor,=0A> your question is an excellent one. Are there t=
ruly more birds around Halifax Harbour? I don't think anyone has kept track=
, except possibly the annual Christmas Bird Counts. If there are more bird =
reports, it could be simply to more reporters. =0A> More people live alo=
ng the waterfront; in Halifax, Dartmouth, and Bedford; than ten years ago. =
There are some new trails in the area, such as the Dartmouth Harbourfront T=
rail, which also bring more people to the water. And birding may be becomin=
g more popular.=0A> There is also some new roosting habitat, such as the=
new breakwater at Kings Wharf in downtown Dartmouth or the faux beach in d=
owntown Halifax (Sands at Salter).=0A> The large concentrations of gulls=
at discharging combined sewer outlets seem to be history, as these outlets=
now spew raw sewage only after heavy rains when the treatment plants are o=
verwhelmed. And we've had no heavy rains lately....=0A> Dusan Soudek=0A>=
=0A> =0A> ---- Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca> wrote: =0A> > It se=
ems to me that there are a lot more reports of bird sightings in =0A> > Hal=
ifax harbour than in previous years. If this is correct, is it simply =0A> =
> a trend started by an initial report that reminded everyone to look at =
=0A> > their everyday surroundings, or is there actually more bird activity=
in =0A> > the harbour - and if so, could it be connected with the harbour =
clean-up?=0A> > =0A> > Eleanor Lindsay=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 Mary</s=
pan></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: =
'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent;=
font-style: normal; "><span>Good to see you on Nature NS - I always enjoy =
your comments!</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16=
px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-co=
lor: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>I have never been to Angevine=
Lake so I don't know about it.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, =
0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, ser=
if; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>I heard ther=
e is a Fishing Lodge on the lake and as a mere concidence</span></div><div =
style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roma=
n',
'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: norma=
l; "><span>Bass appeared at about the same time! </span></div><div sty=
le=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman',=
'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: norma=
l; "><span>Funny thing LOL</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); f=
ont-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; b=
ackground-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Have a nice summe=
r</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-fami=
ly: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transpar=
ent; font-style: normal; "><span>Paul</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(=
0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', time=
s, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></=
span></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', '=
new
york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times=
new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <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> Mary Macaulay <marymacaulay@hotmail.com&g=
t;<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebuc=
to.ns.ca <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday=
, August 17, 2012 2:55:43 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subj=
ect:</span></b> [NatureNS] Pesticide ban and more birds in Halifax, white p=
erch<br> </font> </div> <br><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" con=
tent=3D"off"><div id=3D"yiv1950150956">=0A=0A<style><!--=0A#yiv1950150956 .=
yiv1950150956hmmessage P=0A{=0Amargin:0px;padding:0px;}=0A#yiv1950150956 bo=
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style>=0A<div><div dir=3D"ltr">Maybe we're also seeing more birds in the Ha=
lifax area because there's more bugs with the pesticide ban? I'm sure seein=
g a lot more butterflies fluttering over and around my little back garden i=
n town...<br>Don't know what the status of white perch is in other lakes Pa=
ul but the small mouth bass have eaten everything in sight at angevine...<b=
r><br>> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:55:14 -0300<br>> From: soudekd@ns.s=
ympatico.ca<br>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>> Subject: Re: [Natur=
eNS] Halifax Harbour birds<br>> <br>> Eleanor,<br>> your questi=
on is an excellent one. Are there truly more birds around Halifax Harbour? =
I don't think anyone has kept track, except possibly the annual Christmas B=
ird Counts. If there are more bird reports, it could be simply to more repo=
rters. <br>> More people live along the waterfront; in Halifax, Dartm=
outh, and Bedford; than ten years ago. There are some new trails in the are=
a,
such as the Dartmouth Harbourfront Trail, which also bring more people to =
the water. And birding may be becoming more popular.<br>> There is al=
so some new roosting habitat, such as the new breakwater at Kings Wharf in =
downtown Dartmouth or the faux beach in downtown Halifax (Sands at Salter).=
<br>> The large concentrations of gulls at discharging combined sewer=
outlets seem to be history, as these outlets now spew raw sewage only afte=
r heavy rains when the treatment plants are overwhelmed. And we've had no h=
eavy rains lately....<br>> Dusan Soudek<br>> <br>> <br>>=
---- Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca> wrote: <br>> > It=
seems to me that there are a lot more reports of bird sightings in <br>>=
; > Halifax harbour than in previous years. If this is correct, is it si=
mply <br>> > a trend started by an initial report that reminded every=
one to look at <br>> > their everyday surroundings, or is
there actually more bird activity in <br>> > the harbour - and if so=
, could it be connected with the harbour clean-up?<br>> > <br>> &g=
t; Eleanor Lindsay<br>> <br> =09=09 =09 =09=09 </div></div>=0A</div><=
meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"on"><br><br> </div> <=
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