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--Apple-Mail-21-561098067 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Interesting thread started by James Churchill -- I think the figure =20 of 40,000 crows for Kentville a long time ago was bogus, based =20 probably on the highest count ever gotten by Randy Milton when he had =20= teams of people counting the incoming birds from all directions at =20 dusk as they homed in on their long-time roost on Boot Island off ne. =20= Grand Pre. Perhaps Randy can confirm this for the mid-1970s?, and =20 maybe Richard Stern or someone else can comment on any real counts =20 attempted later in Kentville, where a couple of Phoenix Wailers =20 (invented in Truro area?) were used for a long time and moved around =20 with the changing roost locations within Kentville. The last thing I recall hearing more recently about crow roosts in =20 towns was for the pines? in a park in Berwick? and/or Aylesford?? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Bob McDonald <bobathome83@gmail.com> > Date: January 23, 2013 3:40:16 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Cc: Bob McDonald <bobathome83@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] The Phoenix Wailer > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hmmm.... That's just about the time when the number of crows at =20 > the Mount started to increase significantly. But the number at =20 > MSVU is much smaller - more like ~7500 at last count. I wonder how =20= > widely they might have dispersed? > > Bob McDonald > Halifax > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Churchill > To: naturens > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:07 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] The Phoenix Wailer > > an excerpt from the Register/Advertiser Justice section: > > > Crows a concern > After a couple of complaints about a murder of crows, the village =20 > of New Minas tried firing some blanks last week to disperse the birds. > On Jan. 11, a village resident called police to report hearing =20 > gunshots near the Empire Theatre. > Superintendent of works Peter Pothier said Monday that the village =20 > does not have a crow eradication program and any resident disturbed =20= > by the birds should contact the province=92s natural resources =20 > department. > As many as 40,000 crows were plaguing the town of Kentville =20 > approximately 17 years ago. Eventually, the Phoenix Wailer, a =20 > device that emits random sounds, was used successfully. > > --=20 > James Churchill > Kentville, Nova Scotia > Email: jameslchurchill@gmail.com > Phone (h): (902) 681-2374 > Skype: jameslchurchill > > --Apple-Mail-21-561098067 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Interesting thread started by James Churchill -- I think the figure of = 40,000 crows for Kentville a long time ago was bogus, based probably on = the highest count ever gotten by Randy Milton when he had teams of = people counting the incoming birds from all directions at dusk as they = homed in on their long-time roost on Boot Island off ne. Grand Pre. = Perhaps Randy can confirm this for the mid-1970s?, and maybe = Richard Stern or someone else can comment on any real counts attempted = later in Kentville, where a couple of Phoenix Wailers (invented in Truro = area?) were used for a long time and moved around with the changing = roost locations within Kentville.<div><br></div><div>The last thing I = recall hearing more recently about crow roosts in towns was for the = pines? in a park in Berwick? and/or = Aylesford??<br><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Bob McDonald <<a = href=3D"mailto:bobathome83@gmail.com">bobathome83@gmail.com</a>></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 23, 2013 3:40:16 PM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Bob McDonald <<a = href=3D"mailto:bobathome83@gmail.com">bobathome83@gmail.com</a>></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] The Phoenix = Wailer</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: nor