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Index of Subjects --2119117045-1928428789-1412699675=:24244 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Ken and all Sounds like a great show. I remember in the old days, when we would be planting potatoes the Meadowlarks tinkling high over head - so high it was hard to see them. Folks planting potatoes nowadays wouldn't hear that - not with the noise of the tractor and the planter. In the fall came the Beetleheads - more properly Black Bellied Plover. They loved the cow pastures - lots of food around the cow paddies! I went over to the Island last week and done the Caribou crossing. Munroes Island beach had an impressive display of birds. As a guess, 1000 Cormorants either sitting on the beach or flying around, Maybe 100 RB Mergansers along with gulls and terns. The ferry doesn't bother them much. At Panmure Island, there was a flock of cormorants fishing. Perhaps 400 - 500 as a guess. They were leapfrogging to the head of the flock. The water is shallow where they were - not over 2 m. They would pitch down in front, then dive and come up with their gullet bulging. The ones behind would jump up, fly to the front and go through the loop. Out about 20 m from shore and me at one point. A couple of dozen tern were diving into the melee along with a few gulls looking for crumbs. I would think they were feeding on Silversides. The bay is given to Mussle farming and the spawn of the mussles would feed the Silversides. An impressive sight - I've seen RH Mergansers do that but on a much smaller scale. Water was really flying! Enjoy the talk Paul On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 9:09 AM, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote: Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Just a quick reminder of tonight's Pictou County Naturalist presentation on Agriculture and Grassland Birds with Nicole MacDonald at 6:30 pm at the New Glasgow Library. Below are more details. Everyone welcome. cheers Ken The next presentation of the Pictou Co. Naturalist's Club will be Tues. Oct 7 at 6:30 in the program room of the New Glasgow Library at 188 Dalhousie St. Our guest speaker, Nicole MacDonald will speak on Agriculture and Grassland Birds. About the presentation: With fall, the beautiful song of the Bobolink is over for this year as the birds are in the midst of their long migration to over-winter in Argentina. The breeding success of grassland birds such as Bobolinks and Eastern Meadowlarks has an interesting relationship with agriculture and our guest speaker on Oct 7, Nicole MacDonald, will explore this relationship as she presents an illustrated talk on the topic of her Masters thesis. She will explore hay harvesting dates, rotational grazing management practices and cattle stocking densities and suggest alternate farm management systems that will benefit these threatened grassland birds. About the speaker: Nicole is from Cape Breton and did her BSc at St. FX and MSc at Trent University. This past summer she was in Churchill, MB and was involved with research on Semipalmated Plovers and will share some of her Churchill experiences as well. All are welcome to drop by and attend the monthly seminar hosted by the Pictou County Naturalists' Club --2119117045-1928428789-1412699675=:24244 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div><span>Hi Ken and all</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Sounds like a great show. I remember in the old days, when we would be planting</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>potatoes the Meadowlarks tinkling high over head - so high it was hard to see them.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Folks planting potatoes nowadays wouldn't hear that - not with the noise of the tractor </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>and the planter. In the fall came the Beetleheads - more properly Black Bellied Plover.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>They loved the cow pastures - lots of food around the cow paddies!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>I went over to the Island last week and done the Caribou crossing. Munroes Island beach</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>had an impressive display of birds. As a guess, 1000 Cormorants either sitting on the beach</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>or flying around, Maybe 100 RB Mergansers along with gulls and terns. The ferry doesn't</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>bother them much.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>At Panmure Island, there was a flock of cormorants fishing. Perhaps 400 - 500 as a guess. They</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>were leapfrogging to the head of the flock. The water is shallow where they were - not over 2 m.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>They would pitch down in front, then dive and come up with their gullet bulging. The ones behind would</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>jump up, fly to the front and go through the loop. Out about 20 m from shore and me at one point.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>A couple of dozen tern were diving into the melee along with a few gulls looking for crumbs.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>I would think they were feeding on Silversides. The bay is given to Mussle farming and the spawn</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>of the mussles would feed the Silversides. An impressive sight - I've seen RH Mergansers do that</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>but on a much smaller scale. Water was really flying!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Enjoy the talk</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Paul</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span></span> </div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 9:09 AM, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1710540952"> <style></style> <div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ken McKenna<br>Box 218 Stellarton NS<br>B0K 1S0<br>902 752-7644<br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi all</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Just a quick reminder of tonight's Pictou County Naturalist presentation on <b>Agriculture and Grassland Birds</b> with Nicole MacDonald at 6:30 pm at the New Glasgow Library. </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Below are more details. Everyone welcome. </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">cheers</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ken</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">The next presentation of the <b>Pictou Co. Naturalist's Club</b> will be <b>Tues. Oct 7 at 6:30</b> in the program room of the <b>New Glasgow Library</b> at 188 Dalhousie St. </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Our guest speaker, <b>Nicole MacDonald</b> will speak on <b>Agriculture and Grassland Birds. </b></font></div> <div><b><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></b> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>About the presentation:</b></font></div> <div><b><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></b> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="yiv1710540952event-description"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">With fall, the beautiful song of the Bobolink is over for this year as the birds are in the midst of their long migration to over-winter in Argentina. The breeding success of grassland birds such as Bobolinks and Eastern Meadowlarks has an interesting relationship with agriculture and our guest speaker on Oct 7, Nicole MacDonald, will explore this relationship as she presents an illustrated talk on the topic of her Masters thesis. She will explore hay harvesting dates, rotational grazing management practices and cattle stocking densities and suggest alternate farm management systems that will benefit these threatened grassland birds. </font></span></font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span class="yiv1710540952event-description"></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="yiv1710540952event-description"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>About the speaker</b>: Nicole is from Cape Breton and did her BSc at St. FX and MSc at Trent University. This past summer she was in Churchill, MB and was involved with research on Semipalmated Plovers and will share some of her Churchill experiences as well. All are welcome to drop by and attend the monthly seminar hosted by the Pictou County Naturalists' Club</font></span></font></div></font></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html> --2119117045-1928428789-1412699675=:24244--
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