[NatureNS] report feeding adult Northern Gannets

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We seem to have about the usual number of adult birds in St  Margarets Bay=
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but they have been coming further up the bay and close to the  cove. I had=
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assumed that in addition to the Mackerel, which have been plentiful,  they=
=20
were after the squid that have been here in large numbers this  year.
Peter Stow
Hubbards
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In a message dated 22/08/2012 2:55:52 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, =20
nsplovers@gmail.com writes:

Hi all,=20

As you may have heard, this summer has been challenging for  breeding=20
Northern Gannets - one of our most magnificent seabirds in Atlantic  Canada=
. =20
Some gannets have abandoned their young at the  colony, which is unusual.  =
One=20
possible cause is that the  availability of small fish, provided to gannet=
=20
young, is limited due to warmer  ocean water around breeding colonies. =20
Scientists at  Environment Canada and Memorial University hope to learn mor=
e.  =20
Your observations can help build our understanding.=20

Please watch for and report 1) numbers and 2) locations of  feeding adult=
=20
Northern Gannets to seabird biologist, Carina Gjerdrum, at=20
_carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca_ (mailto:carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca)  OR enter  you=
r observations on=20
eBird.ca (an easy-to-use site for sharing bird  observations).=20

What does a feeding adult Northern Gannet look like?  Feeding gannets=20
plunge from the air into the ocean like  torpedoes - sometimes in large flo=
cks. =20
An adult gannet is  larger than a gull and has a white body with yellowish=
=20
head and black wing  tips (young gannets have brown on their bodies).=20

Please share this with fishermen, boaters, ferry travelers,  and others who=
=20
spend time along the coast and at sea.  We  appreciate your interest and=20
observations.=20

Thanks,=20

Carina Gjerdrum, Environment Canada=E2=80=99s Canadian Wildlife  Service=20
Sue Abbott, Bird Studies Canada-Nova  Scotia

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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>We seem to have about the usual number of adult birds i=
n St=20
Margarets Bay but they have been coming further up the bay and close to the=
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cove. I had assumed that in addition to the Mackerel, which have been plent=
iful,=20
they were after the squid that have been here in large numbers this=20
year.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Peter Stow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Hubbards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 22/08/2012 2:55:52 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time,=20
nsplovers@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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  <P class=3DMsoNormal>Hi all,</P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><B><BR></B></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal>As you may have heard, this summer has been challeng=
ing for=20
  breeding Northern Gannets - one of our most magnificent seabirds in Atlan=
tic=20
  Canada.<SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN>Some gannets have abandoned their young at the=
=20
  colony, which is unusual.<SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN>One possible cause is that t=
he=20
  availability of small fish, provided to gannet young, is limited due to w=
armer=20
  ocean water around breeding colonies.<SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN>Scientists at=20
  Environment Canada and Memorial University hope to learn more.<SPAN>&nbsp=
;=20
  </SPAN>Your observations can help build our understanding.</P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><B><BR></B></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal>Please watch for and report 1) numbers and 2) locati=
ons of=20
  feeding adult Northern Gannets to seabird biologist, Carina Gjerdrum, at =
<A=20
  title=3Dmailto:carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca=20
  href=3D"mailto:carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca">carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca</A> OR =
enter=20
  your observations on eBird.ca (an easy-to-use site for sharing bird=20
  observations).</P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><BR></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal>What does a feeding adult Northern Gannet look like?=
<B>=20
  </B><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>Feeding gannets plunge from the air into the ocean=
 like=20
  torpedoes - sometimes in large flocks.<SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN>An adult gannet=
 is=20
  larger than a gull and has a white body with yellowish head and black win=
g=20
  tips (young gannets have brown on their bodies).</P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><BR></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal>Please share this with fishermen, boaters, ferry tra=
velers,=20
  and others who spend time along the coast and at sea.<SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN>=
We=20
  appreciate your interest and observations.</P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><BR></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal>Thanks,</P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><BR></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal>Carina Gjerdrum, Environment Canada=E2=80=99s Canadi=
an Wildlife=20
  Service</P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal>Sue Abbott, Bird Studies Canada-Nova=20
Scotia</P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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