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--Apple-Mail-355--508500821 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: re dolphins, Cornwallis R, west side of bridge Port Williams > > Here's a link to a Chronicle Herald story on this spectacle on > Thursday, ending with the dolphins being herded back out into the > Minas Basin by two boats of firefighters in late afternoon. I > heard the TV News reporter say "New Minas Basin", but that's an > easy mistake to make. Cheers again from Jim in Wolfville, early > Friday morning. > >> http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1149334-dolphin-sojourn- >> makes-splash >> >> Dolphin sojourn makes splash >> >> pod of dolphins created some excitement Thursday in the village of >> Port Williams. About 50 people ... ... >> ------------------------ >> Dolphin sojourn makes splash >> Marine mammals cavort in Cornwallis River to delight of Port >> Williams onlookers >> >> August 22, 2013 - 12:50pm GORDON DELANEY > ------------------------------------ > >> Subject: [ValleyNature] re dolphins, Cornwallis R, west side of >> bridge Port Williams >> >> Thanks, George! Tonight's late CBC-TV News coverage was very >> confusing, because they only had video footage from 2004?, I >> think, and I'm sorry I didn't tape the broadcast. The newscast >> mentioned several fire departments as well as MARS, the Marine >> Animal Response Society. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, early >> Friday morning. >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca >>> Date: August 22, 2013 6:24:48 PM ADT >>> To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>> Cc: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Tonya Wimmer >>> <twimmer@dal.ca> >>> Subject: Re: re dolphins, Cornwallis R, west side of bridge Port >>> Williams >>> >>> The dolphins were identified by the Marine Animal Response >>> Society http://www.marineanimals.ca/ from photos taken by Colin >>> Mackenzie as Atlantic White-sided Dolphins. The dorsal fins were >>> much longer than porpoises. This is the same species that was >>> stranded west of the bridge in Port Williams about five years ago. >>> >>> This afternoon as the tide began to recede, a number of local >>> fire departments used zodiacs to chase the dolphins under the >>> bridge on the Hwy 358. At high tide they were seen east of the >>> bridge on Middle Dyke Road. >>> >>> >>> George Forsyth >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Quoting "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>: >>> >>>> Sorry I did not see this earlier. George, are you sure these >>>> were not >>>> harbour porpoises? If definitely dolphins, could you see any >>>> markings >>>> on them at all, especially whitish or beige markings on their >>>> flanks? >>>> If not hbr. porpoises, then Atl. white-sided dolphins would be >>>> second >>>> choice, I'd guess. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>>> From: g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca >>>>> Date: August 22, 2013 9:03:09 AM ADT >>>>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>>>> Subject: [NatureNS] dolphins, Cornwallis R, west side of >>>>> bridge Port Williams >>>>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>>>> >>>>> Good Morning, >>>>> >>>>> There are four dolphins in the Cornwallis River just west of >>>>> the bridge on the Hwy 358. The tide is low and they seem to >>>>> not want to swim below the bridge. There is one animal that >>>>> is smaller than the other three, a young one with its mother? >>>>> >>>>> George Forsyth >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nature mailing list >> Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca >> http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ >> nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca > --Apple-Mail-355--508500821 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; "><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>re dolphins, Cornwallis R, west side = of bridge Port Williams</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> Here's a link to a Chronicle Herald story on this = spectacle on Thursday, ending with the dolphins being herded back out = into the Minas Basin by two boats of firefighters in late afternoon. = I heard the TV News reporter say "New Minas Basin", but that's an = easy mistake to make. Cheers again from Jim in Wolfville, early = Friday morning.<div><br></div><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><a = href=3D"http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1149334-dolphin-sojourn-ma= kes-splash">http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1149334-dolphin-sojour= n-makes-splash</a></div><div><br></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><b><a = href=3D"http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1149334-dolphin-sojourn-ma= kes-splash">Dolphin sojourn makes splash</a></b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; = background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); min-height: 14px; "><a = href=3D"http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1149334-dolphin-sojourn-ma= kes-splash"></a><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, = 238, 238); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" color=3D"#333333" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, = 51, 51); ">pod of <b>dolphins</b> created some excitement = Thursday in the village of Port Williams. About 50 people ... = ...</font></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, = 238); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); = ">------------------------</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; = color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 40px; = background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 34px/normal Arial; ">Dolphin sojourn = makes splash </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: = 40px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); "><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"7"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 34px; line-height: normal; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 17px; "><b>Marine mammals = cavort in Cornwallis River to delight of Port Williams = onlookers</b></span></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: = 40px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); "><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"7"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 34px; line-height: normal; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 17px; = "><b><br></b></span></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#999999" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; = color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">August 22, 2013 - 12:50pm <a = href=3D"http://thechronicleherald.ca/author/gordon-delaney"><font = color=3D"#b92930" style=3D"color: rgb(185, 41, 48); "><b>GORDON = DELANEY</b></font></a></font></div></font></div></blockquote>-------------= -----------------------<br><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 dolphins, = Cornwallis R, west side of bridge Port Williams</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> Thanks, George! = Tonight's late CBC-TV News coverage was very confusing, because = they only had video footage from 2004?, I think, and I'm sorry I didn't = tape the broadcast. The newscast mentioned several fire = departments as well as MARS, the Marine Animal Response Society. = Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, early Friday = morning. <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"><a = href=3D"mailto:g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca">g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca</a></fon= t></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">August 22, 2013 6:24:48 PM = ADT</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">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></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">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>>, Tonya Wimmer <<a = href=3D"mailto:twimmer@dal.ca">twimmer@dal.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>Subject: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>Re: re dolphins, Cornwallis R, west side of bridge Port = Williams</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; ">The dolphins were identified by = the Marine Animal Response Society <a = href=3D"http://www.marineanimals.ca">http://www.marineanimals.ca</a>/ = <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>from photos taken by = Colin Mackenzie as Atlantic White-sided Dolphins. The dorsal fins were = much longer than porpoises. This is the same species that was stranded = west of the bridge in Port Williams about five years ago.</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; ">This = afternoon as the tide began to recede, a number of local fire = departments used zodiacs to chase the dolphins under the bridge on the = Hwy 358. At high tide they were seen east of the bridge on Middle Dyke = Road.</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; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">George = Forsyth</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; min-height: 14px; "><br></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; min-height: = 14px; "><br></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; ">Quoting "James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>:</di= v><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sorry I did not see this = earlier.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>George, are = you sure these were<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>not</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">harbour porpoises?<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>If definitely dolphins, = could you see any<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>markings</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">on them at all, especially = whitish or beige markings on<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>their flanks?</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If not hbr. porpoises, then = Atl. white-sided dolphins<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>would be second</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">choice, I'd guess.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>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; ">Begin forwarded message:</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: <a = href=3D"mailto:g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca">g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca</a></div= ><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Date: August 22, 2013 9:03:09 AM ADT</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></div><= div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [NatureNS] dolphins, Cornwallis R, west = side of bridge <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Port = Williams</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Reply-To: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></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; ">Good = Morning,</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; ">There are four dolphins in the Cornwallis River just = west of the <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>bridge = on the Hwy 358.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>The = tide is low and they seem to not want <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>to swim below the bridge. = There is one animal that is smaller than <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>the other three, a young = one with its mother?</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; ">George Forsyth</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote></blockquote><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; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote></div><br><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></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-355--508500821--
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