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--Apple-Mail-9--479554026 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] re bats endangered -- good for other > insectivores?? > > Today on CBC Radio News, Andrew Hebda said it might not be long > before our little brown bat is extinct, considering the precipitous > decline over the past two winters in the hibernacula. Thus Andrew > was predicting that, without their night-time enemies, mosquitoes > are liable to get much more abundant and troublesome for us than > usual. > > But I wonder if this general insect abundance might actually help > our troubled aerial insectivores a bit (swifts, swallows, > nighthawks, flycatchers, others?)? > > Hugh or Mark or Andrew or Fred or Don, Mark's great article in > Saturday's NovaScotian section (Herald) left out any information on > the history of the fungus (Geomyces destructans) and the bat > populations in Europe. Is much known about how the bats fared then > and, if they declined hugely like ours, how long it took them to > creep back into present abundance. I think I have heard or read > that the same fungus now doesn't seem to be affecting the bats much > or at all in the Old World. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-9--479554026 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br></div><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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] re bats endangered -- = good for other insectivores??</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Today on CBC = Radio News, Andrew Hebda said it might not be long before our little = brown bat is extinct, considering the precipitous decline over the past = two winters in the hibernacula.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thus Andrew was predicting = that, without their night-time enemies, mosquitoes are liable to get = much more abundant and troublesome for us than usual.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">But I = wonder if this general insect abundance might actually help our troubled = aerial insectivores a bit (swifts, swallows, nighthawks, flycatchers, = others?)?</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Hugh or Mark or Andrew or Fred or Don, Mark's great = article in Saturday's NovaScotian section (Herald) left out any = information on the history of the fungus (Geomyces destructans) and the = bat populations in Europe.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Is much known about how the bats fared then and, if they declined = hugely like ours, how long it took them to creep back into present = abundance.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I think I = have heard or read that the same fungus now doesn't seem to be affecting = the bats much or at all in the Old World.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers from = Jim in Wolfville.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-9--479554026--
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