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--Apple-Mail-78-456599639 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Thanks, everyone, for connecting the dots for me after Paul's cryptic message (cryptic only for me). Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> > Date: December 11, 2013 9:41:03 AM AST > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Huns- Gray Partridge vs. skunks & road salt > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Yes Jamie, Bonshaw is a great spot. Some great hills covered > with big trees - very unique on PEI - other places too now that I > think of it. The West River is great fishing also. > Ian Macquarie wrote a good book on the Bonshaw Hills. Lots of good > nature stuff in it - as well as a few new verbs! > Enjoy the last few days of the fall > Paul > > > > On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 6:43:29 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot > <desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm thinking the eggs are the bait and moonlight provides > illumination for the 12 gauge? That would have been my GF's MO. > He farmed in the St Catharine's (Bonshaw) area of PEI. > > > On 11 December 2013 06:10, Rick Whitman > <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote: > Eggs and moonlight, Jim. The third leg of this rural stool was > someone sitting quietly in the shade with a shotgun. > Rick. > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 4:11 PM, James W. Wolford > <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- > Rick Whitman > > > > -- > Jamie Simpson > Hantsport, NS > > --Apple-Mail-78-456599639 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; "> Thanks, everyone, for connecting the dots for me after Paul's cryptic = message (cryptic only for me). Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<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 11, 2013 9:41:03 AM = 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 = vs. skunks & road salt</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>Yes Jamie, Bonshaw is a great = spot. Some great hills covered </span></div><div><span>with big trees - = very unique on PEI - other 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 Hills. 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</span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><div><span></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 Wednesday, December 11, 2013 6:43:29 AM, Shouty = McShoutsalot <<a = href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com">desolatechair@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"y_msg_container"><div = id=3D"yiv5094566580"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">I'm thinking the eggs are the = bait and moonlight provides illumination for the 12 gauge? That = would have been my GF's MO. He farmed in the St Catharine's = (Bonshaw) area of PEI. </div><div class=3D"yiv5094566580gmail_extra">= <br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"><div = class=3D"yiv5094566580yqt0493240711" id=3D"yiv5094566580yqt15581"><div = class=3D"yiv5094566580gmail_quote">On 11 December 2013 06:10, Rick = Whitman <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" = rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" = ymailto=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">dendroica.caerulescens= @gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><blockquote = class=3D"yiv5094566580gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; = padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); = border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"> <div dir=3D"ltr">Eggs = and moonlight, Jim. The third leg of this rural stool was someone = sitting quietly in the shade with a shotgun.<div>Rick.</div></div><div = class=3D"yiv5094566580gmail_extra"><div><div class=3D"yiv5094566580h5"><br= clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"><div = class=3D"yiv5094566580gmail_quote"> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 4:11 PM, = James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" = shape=3D"rect" = ymailto=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></= span> wrote:<br clear=3D"none"> <blockquote = class=3D"yiv5094566580gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; = padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); = border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div = style=3D"-ms-word-wrap: break-word;"> 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 clear=3D"none"> <div><br clear=3D"none"><div>Begin = forwarded message:</div><br clear=3D"none"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: = normal;"><b>From: </b></font><font size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12px/normal = Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Paul MacDonald = <<a href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank" = rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" = ymailto=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a>></= font></div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3"= style=3D"font: 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; = font-stretch: normal;"><b>Date: </b></font><font size=3D"3" style=3D"font:= 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: = normal;">December 10, 2013 1:59:22 PM AST</font></div> <div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: = normal;"><b>To: </b></font><font size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12px/normal = Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">"<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow"= shape=3D"rect" = ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" = <<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" = rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" = ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>>= </font></div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font color=3D"#000000" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; = font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject: </b></font><font size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; = font-stretch: normal;"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Huns- Gray = Partridge</b></font></div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font = color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12px/normal Helvetica; = font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Reply-To: = </b></font><font size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12px/normal Helvetica; = font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow"= shape=3D"rect" = ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></fo= nt></div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br = clear=3D"none"></div> <div style=3D"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 style=3D"display: = block;"> <br clear=3D"none"> <br clear=3D"none"> <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"> = On Monday, December 9, 2013 8:51:36 PM, Ken McKenna <<a = href=3D"mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" = shape=3D"rect" = ymailto=3D"mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca">kenmcken@eastlink.ca</a>> = wrote:<br clear=3D"none"> </font> </div> <div><div> <div> = <div><font face=3D"Arial"></font> </div> <div>Ken McKenna<br = clear=3D"none">Box 218 Stellarton NS<br clear=3D"none">B0K 1S0<br = clear=3D"none"><a href=3D"" rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect">902 = 752-7644</a><br clear=3D"none"></div> <div> </div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial">Hi Paul and all</font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">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.</font></div> = <div> </div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">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. </font></div> <div> </div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial">cheers</font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial">Ken</font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div> <div> ----- Original = Message ----- </div> <blockquote style=3D"padding-right: 0px; = padding-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; = border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; = border-left-style: solid;" dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"background: = rgb(228, 228, 228); font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; = font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title=3D"paulrita2001@yahoo.com" = href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" = shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">Paul = MacDonald</a> </div> <div style=3D"font: 10pt/normal arial; = font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" = ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> = </div> <div style=3D"font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; = font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 09, 2013 7:31 = PM</div> <div style=3D"font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; = font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Porous pavement: Re: = [NatureNS] mourning doves among road salt</div> <div><br = clear=3D"none"></div> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, = Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: = 14pt;"> <div><span>Hi Fred and All</span></div> = <div><span>Growing up on PEI, Huns Perdix perdix now called Gray = Partridge</span></div> <div><span>we very plentiful. My Grandfather = used to feed them in the winter and</span></div> <div><span>he would = have up to100 birds. He would sweep the snow of a south facing = </span><span>porch and they would roost there on a sunny day. He kept a = box of grit </span><span>for them and they ate a susprising = amount.</span></div> <div><span>Roads were neither plowed or salted = and school was not too important</span></div> <div><span>in the = winter. Then in the late 50s they built regional high schools = with</span></div> <div><span>buses and all. The road were then plowed = and salted. The Huns found</span></div> <div><span>the sand and salt = a great source of grit. That was the end on the Huns.</span></div> = <div><span>Road salt killed them all - same story all over PEI and since = then there</span></div> <div><span>are very few. Only a scattered = flock here and there.</span></div> <div><span>They were a fine bird - = we had a few to eat in the fall but they multiplied</span></div> = <div><span>so fast a few less made no difference. = </span></div> <div><span> Some things don't mix</span></div> = <div><span>Paul</span></div> <div style=3D"display: block;"><br = clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"> <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></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><br = clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"></div> </div> </div> </div> = </div></blockquote></div><br clear=3D"none"></div></blockquote></div><br = clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"all"><div><br = clear=3D"none"></div></div></div><span class=3D"yiv5094566580HOEnZb"><font= color=3D"#888888">-- <br clear=3D"none"> Rick Whitman<br clear=3D"none"> = </font></span></div> </blockquote></div></div><br clear=3D"none"><br = clear=3D"all"><div><br clear=3D"none"></div>-- <br clear=3D"none"><div = dir=3D"ltr"><div>Jamie Simpson<br clear=3D"none"></div>Hantsport, NS<br = clear=3D"none"></div> </div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> = </div> </div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-78-456599639--
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