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--001a11c3423044f74204fe51ed20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi everyone, As you are likely aware, swallows, along with other aerial insectivores, are declining rapidly across North America, and these declines are particularly steep in the Maritimes. I am undertaking a doctoral degree at Dalhousie University with Marty Leonard to understand why these species are in decline and I need your help. Over the next couple years, I will be monitoring the breeding success of Bank, Barn, Cliff and Tree Swallows in the border region of NS and NB. I am also banding adult swallows to determine annual return rates, and collecting a few flank feathers and a small drop of blood (max. 0.05 mL) that will allow me to determine overwintering locations and stress hormone levels during the non-breeding period. This summer was the first field season of a three-year project and I would like to include a few additional sites over the next two years. I am looking for sites with in an hours drive of Amherst NS or Sackville NB where there are active nests for Barn and Cliff Swallows. Please let me know if you are aware of any sites in this area. I would also be happy to answer any questions about my project. Thanks for your time, Tara ------------------------------------------------- Tara Imlay PhD Candidate Biology Department Dalhousie University 1355 Oxford St. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2 902.225.6575 (mobile) tara.imlay@dal.ca --001a11c3423044f74204fe51ed20 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:13.3333339691162= 11px"><span lang=3D"EN-CA"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hi e= veryone,</font></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:13.3333= 33969116211px"> <span lang=3D"EN-CA"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=C2=A0</fo= nt></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:13.333333969116211p= x"><span lang=3D"EN-CA"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As you = are likely aware, swallows, along with other aerial insectivores, are decli= ning rapidly across North America, and these declines are particularly stee= p in the Maritimes.=C2=A0 I am undertaking a doctoral degree at Dalhousie U= niversity with Marty Leonard to understand why these species are in decline= and I need your help.</font></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span lang= =3D"EN-CA"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=C2=A0</font></span>= </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span l= ang=3D"EN-CA"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Over the next cou= ple years, I will be monitoring the breeding success of Bank, Barn, Cliff a= nd Tree Swallows in the border region of NS and NB.=C2=A0 I am also banding= adult swallows to determine annual return rates, and collecting a few flan= k feathers and a small drop of blood (</font></span><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">max. 0.05 mL</span><span style=3D"font-fami= ly:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">) that will allow me to determine overwinter= ing locations and stress hormone levels during the non-breeding period.=C2= =A0 This summer was the first field season of a three-year project and I wo= uld like to include a few additional sites over the next two years.</span><= /p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span lang= =3D"EN-CA"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=C2=A0</font></span>= </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span l= ang=3D"EN-CA"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I am looking for = sites with in an hours drive of Amherst NS or Sackville NB where there are = active nests for Barn and Cliff Swallows.=C2=A0 Please let me know if you a= re aware of any sites in this area.=C2=A0 I would also be happy to answer a= ny questions about my project.</font></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span lang= =3D"EN-CA"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=C2=A0</font></span>= </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span l= ang=3D"EN-CA"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks for your t= ime,</font></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span lang= =3D"EN-CA"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tara</font></span></= p><div><br></div><br><div dir=3D"ltr">-------------------------------------= ------------<div> Tara Imlay</div><div>PhD Candidate</div><div>Biology Department</div><div>D= alhousie University</div><div>1355 Oxford St.</div><div>Halifax, Nova Scoti= a, Canada</div><div>B3H 4R2</div><div>902.225.6575 (mobile)</div><div><a hr= ef=3D"mailto:tara.imlay@dal.ca" target=3D"_blank">tara.imlay@dal.ca</a></di= v> </div></div> --001a11c3423044f74204fe51ed20--
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