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Index of Subjects I grew up in Dayspring within sight of the Lahave and I spent many an hour each spring watching Red-breasted Mergansers patrol the river in flocks of 50-100. I didn't see my first Hooded Merganser in the area until the late seventies. Hoodies certainly seem to have become the predominant Merganser along the river at least in the areas closer to Bridgewater. I wonder if the loss of the Atlantic Salmon has contributed to the change. There has also been considerable change in ice formation and much more open water now than in the past. During the sixties the river usually froze enough that we could skate to Conquerall Bank and occasionally vehicles could be driven onto the ice. By the seventies we were starting to see winters in which only the sheltered coves were safe for travel. The section of river I often skated in my youth never froze hard enough for safe travel throughout the unusually harsh winter of 2013/14. I wonder if there may also have been changes in prey species related to the near absence of ice in some years. Kevin Lantz -----Original Message----- From: nancy dowd Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 5:52 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] hooded merganser Amazing how common the Hooded Mergansers have become here in coastal Lunenburg County over the past ten or so years. By far the most abundant duck seen on our winter drives along the Lahave R and adjacent seaside areas. This was not the case in the past, for me at least. Nancy On 2015-01-25, at 2:41 PM, Stan Riggs <stanriggs@eastlink.ca> wrote: > saw a male & female Hooded Merganser on the Cornwallis River near South > Bishop Rd. in Coldbrook on Saturday > > Stan Riggs
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