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Tara Imlay</div><div>PhD Candidate</div><div>Biology Department</d --001a1134a866468d3004fe56526c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi Mary, I already have several Bank Swallow sites where we are currently working, so right now, I'm focusing my efforts on identifying new Barn and Cliff Swallow colonies. Thanks! Tara On 16 July 2014 15:38, Mary Macaulay <Marymacaulay@hotmail.com> wrote: > Are you also interested in Bank Swallows? > > With kindest regards > Mary (Macaulay) > marymacaulay@hotmail.com > @maryemacaulay > > No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the > reward for what he gave." > > -- Calvin Coolidge > > On Jul 16, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Tara Imlay <tara.imlay@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > --001a1134a866468d3004fe56526c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Mary,<div><br></div><div>I already have several Bank Sw= allow sites where we are currently working, so right now, I'm focusing = my efforts on identifying new Barn and Cliff Swallow colonies.</div><div><b= r> </div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Tara</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br= ><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 16 July 2014 15:38, Mary Macaulay <span = dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:Marymacaulay@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blan= k">Marymacaulay@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div>Are you also interest= ed in Bank Swallows?<br><br>With kindest regards<div>Mary (Macaulay)</div><= div> <a href=3D"mailto:marymacaulay@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">marymacaulay@= hotmail.com</a></div><div>@maryemacaulay</div><div><br></div><div><div styl= e=3D"font-weight:bold"><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 10px;font-weight:normal">= <span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-weight:bold;font-s= ize:13pt">No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been= the reward for what he gave."</span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 10px;font-weight:normal"><span style=3D"backgrou= nd-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">-- Calvin Coolidge</span></p></div></div></di= v><div><div class=3D"h5"><div><br>On Jul 16, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Tara Imlay &= lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tara.imlay@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">tara.imlay@gma= il.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><p class=3D"MsoNo= rmal" style=3D"font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span lang=3D"EN-CA"><font f= ace=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hi everyone,</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</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><a href=3D"tel:902.225.6575" value=3D= "+19022256575" target=3D"_blank">902.225.6575</a> (mobile)</div> <div><a href=3D"mailto:tara.imlay@dal.ca" target=3D"_blank">tara.imlay@dal.= ca</a></div> </div></div> </div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> --001a1134a866468d3004fe56526c--
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