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Quoting Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com>:
> Here is a possibly interesting citation, they probably have it at the
> Killam Library:
>
> Establishment of the Eastern Gray Squirrel (*Sciurus carolinensis*) in Nova
> Scotia, Canada
> Huynh HM, Williams GR, McAlpine DF, Thorington Jr. RW 2010 , Canada.
> Northeastern Naturalist 17: 673-677
> <http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1656/045.017.0414>
* I'm sure Donald McAlpine <Donald.McAlpine@nbm-mnb.ca> would send a
pdf to anyone who asks for one.
fred.
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> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote:
>
>> Quoting Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com>:
>>
>> Here is an interesting article from Atlantic Cities magazine. I didn't
>>> know
>>> that in the 1700's Grey Squirrels 'roamed in great herds' and that by the
>>> early 1800's were mostly gone from the cities.
>>>
>>
>> * I wonder how much of this squirrel-transplantation there was in Canada?
>> This could really screw up any analysis of the black/grey morph ratio in
>> urban populations, and urban populations might have considerable distances
>> into surrounding deforested countryside. Is there a known history of
>> introductions into NS?
>>
>> fred.
>> =============================================================
>>
>> The Forgotten History of How Cities Almost Killed the Common
>>> Squirrel<http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/12/how-
>>> cities-almost-killed-common-squirrel/7908/>
>>>
>>>
>>> "If there's one thing that humans are good at, though, it's ridding the
>>> world of things. Luck began to sour for the squirrels in the early 1800s,
>>> when the growth of cities and the resulting deforestation ruined much of
>>> their natural habitat. The ones that weren't left homeless were blasted
>>> off
>>> of branches by urban hunters in search of a pelt or a hot meal - recipe
>>> books at the time abounded with squirrels all broiled, fried, roasted,
>>> fricasseed, and swimming in an oyster-and-cream "Kentucky
>>> Burgoo<http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodmeats.html#burgoo>"
>>>
>>> that was the talk of the town on Derby Day.
>>> And so cities arrived at the point when a sighting of a lone squirrel
>>> could
>>> paralyze pedestrian traffic. "The idea that dozens of people would gather
>>> to see a squirrel says something about how unusual they were," says
>>> Benson.
>>> "
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rick Ballard
>>> Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
>>>
>>>
>>
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>> Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
>> Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm
>> Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
>> Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
>> South Nation Basin Art & Science Book
>> http://pinicola.ca/books/SNR_book.htm
>> RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
>> on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
>> (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
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>>
>
>
> --
> Rick Ballard
> Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
>
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Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm
Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
South Nation Basin Art & Science Book
http://pinicola.ca/books/SNR_book.htm
RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
(613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
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