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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0079_01CD8319.DF7043B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We're still awaiting confirmation, although it seems pretty certain. I = will put the photos Chris took up on the Nature NS facebook page. As I = mentioned in my earlier post, the whale was not co-operating, and the = Captain of the Pirates Cove boat, who initially identified the whale, = was not going to chase it...that's a violation of their rules. Andy ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Christopher Majka=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] bowhead whale Hi Andy, Someone will doubtless correct me, but I'm not aware of any records = from Nova Scotia, and certainly not from the Bay of Fundy. There was a = skull excavated Ste Anne des Monts in the Gaspe Peninsula in 1949, but = I'm not aware of any records further south than this. A record from the = Bay of Fundy would be an extraordinary find. Have you mounted any of the = photographs anywhere to the web? Cheers, Chris On 25-Aug-12, at 9:33 PM, Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan wrote: Can anyone tell me where to find records of bowhead whale sightings = around Nova Scotia, and in particular the Bay of Fundy. We are just = awaiting confirmation of a bowhead whale off Moore's Ledge, Long Island, = Digby County, in the Bay of Fundy this past week. Apparently it was = also reported earlier by one of the boats operating out of New = Brunswick. Chris got a series of photos...although the whale was not = particularly co-operative. We'd appreciate any information anyone has of these Arctic whales = making their way this far south. Thanks, Andy Christopher Majka Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2G5 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like = administering medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine ------=_NextPart_000_0079_01CD8319.DF7043B0 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 8.00.6001.19298"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We're still awaiting confirmation, = although it=20 seems pretty certain. I will put the photos Chris took up on = the=20 Nature NS facebook page. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the = whale was=20 not co-operating, and the Captain of the Pirates Cove boat, who = initially=20 identified the whale, was not going to chase it...that's a violation of = their=20 rules.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Andy</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dc.majka@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">Christopher Majka</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 25, 2012 = 10:54=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] bowhead = whale</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Andy, <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Someone will doubtless correct me, but I'm not aware of any = records from=20 Nova Scotia, and certainly not from the Bay of Fundy. There was a = skull=20 excavated Ste Anne des Monts in the Gaspe Peninsula in 1949, but I'm = not aware=20 of any records further south than this. A record from the Bay of Fundy = would=20 be an extraordinary find. Have you mounted any of the photographs = anywhere to=20 the web?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Cheers,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Chris</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On 25-Aug-12, at 9:33 PM, Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan = wrote:</DIV><BR=20 class=3DApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><SPAN=20 style=3D"WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; = BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: = normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); = WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"=20 class=3DApple-style-span> <DIV bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Can anyone tell me where to find = records of=20 bowhead whale sightings around Nova Scotia, and in particular the = Bay of=20 Fundy. We are just awaiting confirmation of a bowhead whale = off=20 Moore's Ledge, Long Island, Digby County, in the Bay of Fundy this = past=20 week. Apparently it was also reported earlier by one of the = boats=20 operating out of New Brunswick.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Chris got a series of = photos...although the=20 whale was not particularly co-operative.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We'd appreciate any = information anyone has=20 of these Arctic whales making their way this far south.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2=20 = face=3DArial>Andy</FONT></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV><= BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D"WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; = BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: = normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); = WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjus