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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01D0626C.608C1E90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all I received an emailed newsletter from Audubon earlier this afternoon = and noted an article on Piping Plover "Over-wintering Plovers Make = News". I clicked on the Read More link which took me to another link = -solved the mystery. The shortcut to this point is below. The article is = a couple years old, Dec 2012, but contains great info on wintering = grounds for many of our nesting Atlantic Piping Plovers on Bahamas' = Joulter Cays. http://www.audubon.org/news/pbs-newshour-zooms-piping-plover-efforts?utm_= source=3Dengagement&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_campaign=3D2015-03-19_email_wi= ngspan Early in the article I see mention of Hardy Eshbaugh who has studied = plant life on nearby Bahamas' Andros Island. Many will know Hardy from = his property on the St Mary's River in Waternish near Sherbrooke, = Guysborough. who made a wonderful donation of property to the NS Nature = Trust this past summer. The Joulter Cays are somewhat newly discovered = (~5 yr) as a plover wintering grounds and is very important in the = life cycle of Piping Pipers that have nested in Atlantic Canada (and = USA Atlantic coast). I highly recommend reading the article and note = Hardy's concern about an alien shrub Scaevola taccada (white inkberry) = and the invasive exotic the Australian pine (Casuarina equisetifolia) = which is making a foothold in many of the sandy areas the plovers rest = in at high tide.=20 There is also a link to an 8 min. video, a PBS news report which = highlights some of the local issues. Not hard to look at a tropical = video after a day of snow shovelling!. = http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/scientists-want-protect-piping-plovers-win= ter-home/ cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01D0626C.608C1E90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> I received an = emailed newsletter from=20 Audubon earlier this afternoon and noted an article on = Piping=20 Plover "Over-wintering Plovers Make News". I clicked on the Read More = link which=20 took me to another link -solved the mystery. The shortcut to this=20 point is below. The article is a couple years old, Dec = 2012, but=20 contains great info on wintering grounds for many of our nesting = Atlantic=20 <STRONG>Piping Plovers</STRONG> on <STRONG>Bahamas' Joulter=20 Cays</STRONG>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"http://www.audubon.org/news/pbs-newshour-zooms-piping-plover-effo= rts?utm_source=3Dengagement&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_campaign=3D201= 5-03-19_email_wingspan">http://www.audubon.org/news/pbs-newshour-zooms-pi= ping-plover-efforts?utm_source=3Dengagement&utm_medium=3Demail&ut= m_campaign=3D2015-03-19_email_wingspan</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Early in the article I see mention of = <STRONG>Hardy=20 Eshbaugh</STRONG> who has studied plant life on nearby Bahamas' Andros=20 Island. Many will know Hardy from his property on the <STRONG>St = Mary's=20 River</STRONG> in <STRONG>Waternish</STRONG> near Sherbrooke,=20 <EM>Guysborough. </EM>who made a wonderful donation of property to=20 the<STRONG> NS Nature Trust</STRONG> this past summer<EM>. = </EM> The=20 Joulter Cays are somewhat newly discovered (~5 yr) as = a =20 plover wintering grounds and is very important in the life cycle = of Piping=20 Pipers that have nested in Atlantic Canada (and USA Atlantic = coast).=20 I highly recommend reading the article and note Hardy's concern = about an=20 alien shrub <EM>Scaevola taccada</EM> (white inkberry) and the invasive = exotic=20 the Australian pine (<EM>Casuarina equisetifolia) </EM>which is making a = foothold in many of the sandy areas the plovers rest in at high tide.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There is also a link to an 8 min. = video, a PBS news=20 report which highlights some of the local issues. Not hard to look = at a=20 tropical video after a day of snow shovelling!. <A=20 href=3D"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/scientists-want-protect-piping-plo= vers-winter-home/">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/scientists-want-protect= -piping-plovers-winter-home/</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV> <DIV><BR></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01D0626C.608C1E90--
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