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--Apple-Mail-61-377208495 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Paul, are you saying a full Moon keeps the skunks from foraging as much as otherwise? Some predators do better at night with Moonlight, e.g., gulls looking for storm petrels returning to their burrows from out at sea. Jim in Wolfivlle. Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> > Date: December 10, 2013 1:59:22 PM AST > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Huns- Gray Partridge > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > My Grandfather knew how to protect the huns from skunks Ken. > A dozen eggs and a full moon worked wonders! > Have a nice fall > Paul > > > On Monday, December 9, 2013 8:51:36 PM, Ken McKenna > <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > Ken McKenna > Box 218 Stellarton NS > B0K 1S0 > 902 752-7644 > > Hi Paul and all > As you say, they are not as common as they used to be on PEI. I > think predation of eggs by skunks (another PEI introduced species I > believe) might have been a factor in decline as well. My > grandmother used to feed a healthy flock in winter ( maybe back in > the '60's) on Baldwins Rd, Kings Co (PEI). Every now and then I see > a few around and on my last trip "back home" on Oct. 18, I saw five > just off the Baldwins Rd. near St. Teresa. > > The scientific name Perdix led to the nickname for one near the > home of the Spaldings in Economy NS and "Perry" made his way into > several CBCs before he finally disappeared. It has been quite a few > years since one has been seen on that count. > > cheers > Ken > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul MacDonald > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 7:31 PM > Subject: Re: Porous pavement: Re: [NatureNS] mourning doves among > road salt > > Hi Fred and All > Growing up on PEI, Huns Perdix perdix now called Gray Partridge > we very plentiful. My Grandfather used to feed them in the winter and > he would have up to100 birds. He would sweep the snow of a south > facing porch and they would roost there on a sunny day. He kept a > box of grit for them and they ate a susprising amount. > Roads were neither plowed or salted and school was not too important > in the winter. Then in the late 50s they built regional high > schools with > buses and all. The road were then plowed and salted. The Huns found > the sand and salt a great source of grit. That was the end on the > Huns. > Road salt killed them all - same story all over PEI and since > then there > are very few. Only a scattered flock here and there. > They were a fine bird - we had a few to eat in the fall but they > multiplied > so fast a few less made no difference. > Some things don't mix > Paul > > > > > --Apple-Mail-61-377208495 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; "> Paul, are you saying a full Moon keeps the skunks from foraging as much = as otherwise? Some predators do better at night with Moonlight, = e.g., gulls looking for storm petrels returning to their burrows from = out at sea. Jim in Wolfivlle.<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">Paul MacDonald <<a = href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</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">December 10, 2013 1:59:22 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>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></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] Huns- Gray = Partridge</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> <div = style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, = Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, = sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>My Grandfather knew how to protect = the huns from skunks Ken.</span></div><div><span>A dozen eggs and a full = moon worked wonders!</span></div><div><span>Have a nice = fall</span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" = style=3D"display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style=3D"font-family: = HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, = sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, = Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: = 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Monday, = December 9, 2013 8:51:36 PM, Ken McKenna <<a = href=3D"mailto:kenmck