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--Apple-Mail=_D263E297-F679-421C-8FED-84222A3301B4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I have some historical comments of my own, from 40 years in N.S., but perha= ps related and definitely required reading arrived yesterday as an item of = Birdlife International news: 09/09/2014 Climate change threatens 314 North American bird species New study shows that climate change threatens nearly half the bird species = in the continental United States and Canada, including the Bald Eagle =20=20=20=20=20=20 =95 Email to a friend =95 Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrew Stadnyk <Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca> > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Northern Cardinal breeding, HRM > Date: September 9, 2014 at 10:22:05 AM ADT > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > Perhaps this thought has already been cast into naturens and I missed it,= but I think it is worth pondering whether the cardinal infusion, beautiful= bird that it is, is a good thing or not. Is this a symptom of other more s= ubtle changes that we are not detecting (decline of another species from th= e niche, bountiful food of introduced species, etc.)? In my 20 years in N.S= . the cardinal has successfully moved northward. I have seen the decline of= the house sparrow parallel with this event. I have also heard the insects = fall silent in my neighborhood, and am convinced the number of bees (and bu= tterflies?) is in steady decline. Why now? (Maybe they rode here on the bac= ks of the grey squirrels; seems they were introduced in the same geographic= area?) >=20 > Andy Stadnyk > Lower Sackville > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on be= half of Hubcove@aol.com <Hubcove@aol.com> > Sent: September 9, 2014 7:40 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Northern Cardinal breeding, HRM >=20=20 > For the second year in a row we had a successful nesting of a pair on our= property in Hubbards. They, and the offspring have now left. > Peter Stow > Hubbards >=20=20 > In a message dated 2014-09-08 10:21:54 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, plcha= lmers@ns.sympatico.ca writes: > I visited Jean Hartley in Rockingham, HRM yesterday. She reports that th= e pair of Northern Cardinals which were hanging about her very bird-friendl= y yard this summer (lush multiflora rose tangles) have produced a fledgling= . There is now a young male bird as well. >=20 > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifac --Apple-Mail=_D263E297-F679-421C-8FED-84222A3301B4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html charset= =3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-= mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I have some historical= comments of my own, from 40 years in N.S., but perhaps related and definit= ely required reading arrived yesterday as an item of Birdlife International= news:<div><br></div><div><h3 style=3D"color: rgb(74, 98, 121); font-family= : 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-heigh= t: 1.1em; padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: left;= position: static; z-index: auto;">09/09/2014 <a href=3D"http://p.feed= blitz.com/t3.asp?/924363/23838840/4819653/feeds.feedblitz.com/~/74107627/0/= birdlifetopnews~Climate-change-threatens-North-American-bird-species?utm_so= urce=3Dfeedblitz&utm_medium=3DFeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=3D924363&a= mp;utm_campaign=3D0" title=3D"external link" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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text-decoration: none;"><img height=3D"20" src= =3D"http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/rss20.png" style=3D"border: 0px; display:= inline; line-height: 14px; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; max-w= idth: 100% !important; height: auto !important;"></a> </div><div style= =3D"margin: 1em 0em; line-height: 1.3em;"><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeho= lder"></div><div style=3D"max-width: 100%; font-size: 8pt; padding-top: 8pt= ; clear: left;">=95 <a href=3D"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Fwd2Fr= iendEdit=3D924363;183596;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/74107627/0/birdlifeto= pnews~Climate-change-threatens-North-American-bird-species;Climate change t= hreatens 314 North American bird species;4819653" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0,= 136); text-decoration: none;">Email to a friend</a> =95</div></div><d= iv><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-ne= wline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-righ= t: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'= Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style=3D"f= ont-family:'Helvetica';">Andrew Stadnyk <<a href=3D"mailto:Andrew.Stadny= k@Dal.Ca">Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margi= n-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span= style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: <= /b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>RE: [NatureNS] Northe= rn Cardinal breeding, HRM</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px= ; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"= font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><sp= an style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">September 9, 2014 at 10:22:05 AM ADT<= br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bo= ttom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color= :rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helveti= ca';">"<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>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; m= argin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica= '; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-f= amily:'Helvetica';"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@che= bucto.ns.ca</a><br></span></div><br><div><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-sty= le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: norm= al; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px= ; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0p= x; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(2= 55, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div st= yle=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Perhaps this thought has alrea= dy been cast into naturens and I missed it, but I think it is worth ponderi= ng whether the cardinal infusion, beautiful bird that it is, is a good thin= g or not. Is this a symptom of other more subtle changes that we are not de= tecting (decline of another species from the niche, bountiful food of intro= duced species, etc.)? In my 20 years in N.S. the cardinal has successfully = moved northward. I have seen the decline of the house sparrow parallel with= this event. I have also heard the insects fall silent in my neighborhood, = and am convinced the number of bees (and butterflies?) is in steady de= cline. Why now? (Maybe they rode here on the backs of the grey squirrels; s= eems they were introduced in the same geographic area?)<br></div><div style= =3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin-to= p: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Andy Stadnyk</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0p= x; margin-bottom: 0px;">Lower Sackville<br></div><div style=3D"font-size: 1= 0pt; font-family: Arial;"><hr tabindex=3D"-1" style=3D"display: inline-bloc= k; width: 479px;"><div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calib= ri, sans-serif" style=3D"font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b><span class=3D"Apple= -converted-space"> </span><a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns= .ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> <<a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner= @chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>> on behalf of <a href= =3D"mailto:Hubcove@aol.com">Hubcove@aol.com</a> <<a href=3D"mailto:Hubco= ve@aol.com">Hubcove@aol.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b><span class=3D"Apple-con= verted-space"> </span>September 9, 2014 7:40 AM<br><b>To:</b><span cla= ss=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebuc= to.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class=3D"Appl= e-converted-space"> </span>Re: [NatureNS] Northern Cardinal breeding, = HRM</font><div> </div></div><div><font id=3D"role_document" face=3D"Ar= ial" size=3D"2"><div>For the second year in a row we had a successful nesti= ng of a pair on our property in Hubbards. They, and the offspring have= now left.</div><div>Peter Stow</div><div> Hubbards</div><div> </= div><div><div>In a message dated 2014-09-08 10:21:54 P.M. Atlantic Daylight= Time, <a href=3D"mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca">plchalmers@ns.sympatic= o.ca</a> writes:</div><blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 5px; margin-left: = 5px; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: so= lid;"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2" style=3D"background-color: transparen= t;">I visited Jean Hartley in Rockingham, HRM yesterday. She reports = that the pair of Northern Cardinals which were hanging about her very bird-= friendly yard this summer (lush multiflora rose tangles) have produced a fl= edgling. There is now a young male bird as well.<br><br>Patricia L. C= halmers<br>Halifac<br></font></blockquote></div></font></div></div></div></= div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D263E297-F679-421C-8FED-84222A3301B4--
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