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Index of Subjects --f46d0401fbab5e5cb004d5f2ffba Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi there. I answered this somewhere else in nature ns but I dont always see my own posts for some unknown cyber reason! Murres are federal birds and cormorants are provincial. DNR and CWS should both hear about this and AVC would be the best place to do post mortem if they are interested. They usually are very interested..the issue is usually transport Helene On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Bob McDonald <bobathome83@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > Intriguing report, Andy! What a mystery..... > I wonder if the PEI Vet School has a Pathology lab which might be > interested in pursuing this? Best contacts would probably be Helene van > Doninck or Kathleen MacAulay to begin with. > > Bob McDonald > Halifax > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan <slickdog1@gmail.com> > *To:* NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > *Sent:* Saturday, February 16, 2013 10:19 PM > *Subject:* [NatureNS] dead murrs and commorants > > Forgot to sign the first version of this: > *Had this reported to us today from the wife of a local lobster > fisherman: * > "Fishermen are reporting finding salmon in their lobster traps in St. > Mary's Bay and also many many dead seabirds floating on the water... Mostly > Murr's and Cormorants. No apparent wounds on the birds... One boat reported > counting over 25 dead seabirds today, this is something never seen before > in the bay... We will attempt to determine what may have happened to these > birds....please if anyone fishing comes across anything out of the ordinary > bring it ashore and contact me...." Who can perform tests on these dead > birds to determine what killed them...there are several that have been > collected and stored in a freezer? Andy Moir Freeport, Long Island, > Digby County > > -- Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 902-893-0253 birdvet@hotmail.com www.cwrc.net --f46d0401fbab5e5cb004d5f2ffba Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi there. I answered this somewhere else in nature ns but I dont always see= my own posts for some unknown cyber reason! Murres are federal birds and c= ormorants are provincial. DNR and CWS should both hear about this and AVC w= ould be the best place to do post mortem if they are interested. They usual= ly are very interested..the issue is usually transport<div> <br></div><div>Helene<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 17, 201= 3 at 3:18 PM, Bob McDonald <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bobathom= e83@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">bobathome83@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote= :<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u> <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <div><font face=3D"Arial">Intriguing report, Andy!=A0 What a=20 mystery.....</font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">I wonder if the PEI Vet School has a Pathology la= b=20 which might be interested in pursuing this?=A0 Best contacts would probably= =20 be Helene van Doninck or Kathleen MacAulay to begin with.</font></div><span= class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"> <div><font face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">Bob McDonald</font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">Halifax</font></div></font></span><div><div class= =3D"h5"> <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:#000000 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;PADDING= -RIGHT:0px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px" dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b>=20 <a title=3D"slickdog1@gmail.com" href=3D"mailto:slickdog1@gmail.com" targ= et=3D"_blank">Andy=20 Moir/Christine Callaghan</a> </div> <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"naturens@chebucto.n= s.ca" href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">NatureNS@ch= ebucto.ns.ca</a> </div> <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 16, 2013 1= 0:19=20 PM</div> <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] dead murrs and= =20 commorants</div> <div><br></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">Forgot to sign the first version of=20 this:</font><br></div> <div><strong><font face=3D"Arial">Had this reported to us today from the= =20 wife of a local lobster fisherman:=A0 </font><font face=3D"Arial"></font>= </strong></div> <div> <h5><span><span><font face=3D"Arial">=A0 "Fishermen are reporting fi= nding=20 salmon in their lobster traps in St. Mary's Bay and also many many de= ad=20 seabirds floating on the water... Mostly Murr's and Cormorants. No ap= parent=20 wounds on the birds... One boat reported counting over 25 dead seabirds t= oday,=20 this is something never seen before in the bay... We will attempt to dete= rmine=20 what may have happened to these birds....please if anyone fishing comes a= cross=20 anything out of the ordinary bring it ashore and contact=20 me...."</font></span></span></h5> <h5><span><span><font face=3D"Arial">Who can perform tests on these dead = birds=20 to determine what killed them...there are several that have been collecte= d and=20 stored in a freezer?</font></span></span></h5> <h5><span><span><font face=3D"Arial"></font></span></span>=A0</h5> <h5><span><span><font face=3D"Arial">Andy Moir</font></span></span></h5> <h5><span><span><font face=3D"Arial">Freeport, Long Island, Digby=20 County</font></span></span></h5></div></blockquote></div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Helene Van D= oninck DVM<br>Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<br>RR#1 Brookfield NS= B0N1C0<br>902-893-0253<br><a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D= "_blank">birdvet@hotmail.com</a><br> www.cwrc.net<br> </div> --f46d0401fbab5e5cb004d5f2ffba--