[NatureNS] Skua, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Queen's Co.

From: Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca>
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I was a bit free and easy with the word "north." I was referring to Newfoun=
dland, although it looks like the Gulf of St Lawrence colonies may be in tr=
ouble too.


For a summary, see: naturnl.ca/archives/1468<http://naturenl.ca/archives/14=
68>


Eric

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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beha=
lf of desolatechair <desolatechair@gmail.com>
Sent: September-21-14 6:32 PM
To: naturens
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Skua, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Queen's Co.

Hi Eric

This is the first I've heard of a breeding failure in the north.  Can you e=
laborate a bit ?  Any good article links?


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From: Eric Mills
Date:09-21-2014 5:37 PM (GMT-04:00)
To: NS-RBA ,"Nature Nova Scotia (naturens@chebucto.ns.ca)"
Subject: [NatureNS] Skua, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Queen's Co.


This morning about 0930 a skua flew W well south of Western Head, Queen's C=
o. It was too far away for a certain ID but it appeared to be uniformly dar=
k so was probably a South Polar. The only other birds of note were 118 Gann=
ets during a 45-min sea-watch, all adult except for 5 juveniles and 1 secon=
d-year. It appears that the breeding failure north of us this summer took i=
ts toll.


Near LW, there was an adult graellsii Lesser Black-backed Gull with a few H=
erring Gulls and an adult Great Black-backed Gull on Eagle Head Beach. This=
 is one of the best sites on the South Shore for this species (for reasons =
unknown).


Eric Mills

Lower Rose Bay

Lunenburg Co., NS

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<p>I was a bit free and easy with the word &quot;north.&quot; I was referri=
ng to Newfoundland, although it looks like the Gulf of St Lawrence colonies=
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<div>Hi Eric</div>
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<div>This is the first I've heard of a breeding failure in the north. &nbsp=
;Can you elaborate a bit ? &nbsp;Any good article links?</div>
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<div>From: Eric Mills </div>
<div>Date:09-21-2014 5:37 PM (GMT-04:00) </div>
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<div>Subject: [NatureNS] Skua, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Queen's Co. </div>
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<p>This morning about 0930 a skua flew W well south of Western Head, Queen'=
s Co. It was too far away for a certain ID but it appeared to be uniformly =
dark so was probably a South Polar. The only other birds of note were 118 G=
annets during a 45-min sea-watch,
 all adult except for 5 juveniles and 1 second-year. It appears that the br=
eeding failure north of us this summer took its toll.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Near LW, there was an adult <em>graellsii</em> Lesser Black-backed Gull =
with a few Herring Gulls and an adult&nbsp;Great&nbsp;Black-backed&nbsp;Gul=
l on&nbsp;Eagle Head&nbsp;Beach.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is one of&nbsp;the&nbsp;bes=
t sites&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;South&nbsp;Shore for this species&nbsp;(for r=
easons unknown).</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Eric&nbsp;Mills</p>
<p>Lower&nbsp;Rose&nbsp;Bay</p>
<p>Lunenburg&nbsp;Co.,&nbsp;NS <br>
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