[NatureNS] Huns- Gray Partridge vs. skunks & road salt

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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:41:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
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Yes Jamie, Bonshaw is a great spot. Some great hills covered =0Awith big tr=
ees - very unique on PEI - other places too now that I think of it. The Wes=
t River is great fishing also.=0AIan Macquarie wrote a good book on the Bon=
shaw Hills. Lots of good =0Anature stuff in it - as well as a few new verbs=
!=0AEnjoy the last few days of the fall=0APaul=0A=A0=0A=0A=0A=0AOn Wednesda=
y, December 11, 2013 6:43:29 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.c=
om> wrote:=0A  =0AI'm thinking the eggs are the bait and moonlight provides=
 illumination for the 12 gauge? =A0That would have been my GF's MO. =A0He f=
armed in the St Catharine's (Bonshaw) area of PEI.=A0=0A=0A=0A=0AOn 11 Dece=
mber 2013 06:10, Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote:=0A=
=0AEggs and moonlight, Jim. The third leg of this rural stool was someone s=
itting quietly in the shade with a shotgun.=0A>Rick.=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>On Tue,=
 Dec 10, 2013 at 4:11 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:=
=0A>=0A>Paul, are you saying a full Moon keeps the skunks from foraging as =
much as otherwise? =A0Some predators do better at night with Moonlight, e.g=
., gulls looking for storm petrels returning to their burrows from out at s=
ea. =A0Jim in Wolfivlle.=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Begin forwarded message:=0A>>=
=0A>>From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> =0A>>>Date: December 10,=
 2013 1:59:22 PM AST =0A>>>To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto=
.ns.ca> =0A>>>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Huns- Gray Partridge =0A>>>Reply-To: =
naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0A>>>=0A>>> =0A>>>My Grandfather knew how to prote=
ct the huns from skunks Ken.=0A>>>A dozen eggs and a full moon worked wonde=
rs!=0A>>>Have a nice fall=0A>>>Paul=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>On Monday, Decem=
ber 9, 2013 8:51:36 PM, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote:=0A>>>  =
=0A>>>=A0 =0A>>>Ken McKenna=0A>>>Box 218 Stellarton NS=0A>>>B0K 1S0=0A>>>90=
2 752-7644=0A>>> =0A>>>=0A>>>Hi Paul and all =0A>>>As you say, they are not=
 as common as they used to be on PEI.=A0 I think predation of eggs=A0by sku=
nks (another PEI introduced species I believe)=A0might have been a factor=
=A0in decline as well. My grandmother used to feed a healthy flock in winte=
r ( maybe back in the '60's)=A0on Baldwins Rd, Kings Co (PEI). Every now an=
d then I see a few around and on my last trip "back home"=A0on Oct. 18,=A0I=
 saw five=A0just off the Baldwins Rd. near St. Teresa. =0A>>>=0A>>>The scie=
ntific name Perdix led to the nickname for one near the home of the Spaldin=
gs in Economy NS and "Perry" made his way into several CBCs before he final=
ly disappeared. It has been quite a few years since one=A0 has been seen on=
 that count.  =0A>>>=0A>>>cheers =0A>>>Ken =0A>>>=A0 =0A>>>=A0=A0----- Orig=
inal Message -----  =0A>>>From: Paul   MacDonald  =0A>>>>To: naturens@chebu=
cto.ns.ca  =0A>>>>Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 7:31   PM =0A>>>>Subject:=
 Re: Porous pavement: Re:   [NatureNS] mourning doves among road salt =0A>>=
>>=0A>>>> =0A>>>>Hi Fred=A0 and All =0A>>>>Growing up on PEI, Huns Perdix p=
erdix now called Gray   Partridge =0A>>>>we very plentiful. My Grandfather =
used to feed them in the winter   and =0A>>>>he would have up to100 birds. =
He would sweep the snow of a south   facing porch and they would roost ther=
e on a sunny day. He kept a   box of grit for them and they ate a susprisin=
g   amount. =0A>>>>Roads were neither plowed or salted and school was not t=
oo   important =0A>>>>in the winter. Then in the late 50s they built region=
al high   schools with =0A>>>>buses and all. The road were then plowed and =
salted. The Huns   found =0A>>>>the sand and salt a great source of grit. T=
hat was the end on the   Huns. =0A>>>>Road salt killed them all - same stor=
y all over PEI and since then   there =0A>>>>are very few. Only a scattered=
 flock here and there. =0A>>>>They were a fine bird - we had a few to eat i=
n the fall but they   multiplied =0A>>>>so fast a few less made no differen=
ce.=A0=A0  =0A>>>>=A0Some things don't mix =0A>>>>Paul =0A>>>>=0A>>>>=0A>>>=
>=0A>>>>=A0=0A>>>=0A>>>    =0A>>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>-- =0A>Rick Whitman=0A> =0A=
=0A=0A-- =0A=0AJamie Simpson=0AHantsport, NS
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nt-size:14pt"><div><span>Yes Jamie, Bonshaw is a great spot. Some great hil=
ls covered </span></div><div><span>with big trees - very unique on PEI - ot=
her places too now that I think of it. The West River is great fishing also=
.</span></div><div><span>Ian Macquarie wrote a good book on the Bonshaw Hil=
ls. Lots of good </span></div><div><span>nature stuff in it - as well as a =
few new verbs!</span></div><div><span>Enjoy the last few days of the fall</=
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