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Index of Subjects --f46d04479f11afe4a004d5f34bfe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 To add to the dead birds, there was a dead bird sp. floating in the arm this afternoon, though I could not id it with my bins. I would think Rick is correct in speculating that the storm may be the cause of death of a large number of seabirds. Dominic On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Rick Whitman < dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote: > I have no idea about the salmon, but wouldn't we look at the winter > hurricane (160 km/hr at Yarmouth, I believe) last Saturday, Feb. 9th ? > This was as bad as it ever gets, with temps below freezing even in SW > NS. I would not be surprised that seabirds are not equal to these > horrible conditions. > > Rick Whitman > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan > <slickdog1@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > --f46d04479f11afe4a004d5f34bfe Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To add to the dead birds, there was a dead bird sp. floating in the arm thi= s afternoon, though I could not id it with my bins. I would think Rick is c= orrect in speculating that the storm may be the cause of death of a large n= umber of seabirds.<br> <br>Dominic<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 6:59 = AM, Rick Whitman <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerules= cens@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">dendroica.caerulescens@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">I have no idea about the salmon, but wouldn&= #39;t we look at the winter<br> hurricane (160 km/hr at Yarmouth, I believe) last Saturday, Feb. 9th ?<br> This was as bad as it ever gets, with temps below freezing even in SW<br> NS. I would not be surprised that seabirds are not equal to these<br> horrible conditions.<br> <br> Rick Whitman<br> <br> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan<br> <slickdog1@gmail.com> wrot= e:<br> > Forgot to sign the first version of this:<br> > Had this reported to us today from the wife of a local lobster fisherm= an:<br> ><br> > =A0 "Fishermen are reporting finding salmon in their lobster trap= s in St.<br> > Mary's Bay and also many many dead seabirds floating on the water.= .. Mostly<br> > Murr's and Cormorants. No apparent wounds on the birds... One boat= reported<br> > counting over 25 dead seabirds today, this is something never seen bef= ore in<br> > the bay... We will attempt to determine what may have happened to thes= e<br> > birds....please if anyone fishing comes across anything out of the ord= inary<br> > bring it ashore and contact me...."<br> ><br> > Who can perform tests on these dead birds to determine what killed<br> > them...there are several that have been collected and stored in a free= zer?<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > Andy Moir<br> ><br> > Freeport, Long Island, Digby County<br> </blockquote></div><br> --f46d04479f11afe4a004d5f34bfe--
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