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--047d7b5d33e46e1d7304c7de5e85 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, * * As you may have heard, this summer has been challenging for breeding Northern Gannets - one of our most magnificent seabirds in Atlantic Canada. Some gannets have abandoned their young at the colony, which is unusual. O= ne possible cause is that the availability of small fish, provided to gannet young, is limited due to warmer ocean water around breeding colonies. Scientists at Environment Canada and Memorial University hope to learn more. Your observations can help build our understanding. * * Please watch for and report 1) numbers and 2) locations of feeding adult Northern Gannets to seabird biologist, Carina Gjerdrum, at carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca OR enter your observations on eBird.ca (an easy-to-use site for sharing bird observations). What does a feeding adult Northern Gannet look like?* * Feeding gannets plunge from the air into the ocean like torpedoes - sometimes in large flocks. An adult gannet is larger than a gull and has a white body with yellowish head and black wing tips (young gannets have brown on their bodies). Please share this with fishermen, boaters, ferry travelers, and others who spend time along the coast and at sea. We appreciate your interest and observations. Thanks, Carina Gjerdrum, Environment Canada=92s Canadian Wildlife Service Sue Abbott, Bird Studies Canada-Nova Scotia --047d7b5d33e46e1d7304c7de5e85 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hi all,</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b style><br></b><= /p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">As you may have heard, this summer has been challeng= ing for breeding Northern Gannets - one of our most magnificent seabirds in Atlanti= c Canada.<span style>=A0 </span>Some gannets have abandoned their young at the colony, which is unusual.<span style>=A0 </span>One possible cause is that the availability of small fish, provided = to gannet young, is limited due to warmer ocean water around breeding colonies= .<span style>=A0 </span>Scientists at Environment Canada and Memorial University hope to learn more.<span style>=A0 </span>Your observations can = help build our understanding.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b style><br></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Please watch for and report 1) numbers and 2) locati= ons of feeding adult Northern Gannets to seabird biologist, Carina Gjerdrum, at <a href=3D= "mailto:carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca">carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca</a> OR enter your observations on eBird.ca (an easy-to-use site for sharing bird observations).</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">What does a feeding adult Northern Gannet look like?= <b style> </b><span style>=A0</span>Feeding gannets plunge from the air int= o the ocean like torpedoes - sometimes in large flocks.<span style>=A0 </span>An = adult gannet is larger than a gull and has a white body with yellowish head and black wing tips (young gannets have br= own on their bodies).</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Please share this with fishermen, boaters, ferry tra= velers, and others who spend time along the coast and at sea.<span style>=A0 </span>We appreciate your interest and observations.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></= p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Thanks,</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Carina Gjerdrum, Envi= ronment Canada=92s Canadian Wildlife Service</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"> Sue Abbott, Bird Studies Canada-Nova Scotia</p> --047d7b5d33e46e1d7304c7de5e85--
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