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Ian McAllister.&nbsp; Ian puts out --Apple-Mail-1-272101892 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Jim: Nice documentary. The other interesting point the narrator =20 brought up was that pine martens were becoming more common in Ireland =20= and that if this continues, might be able to hold grey squirrels =20 somewhat in check by killing them: the thesis was that the grey is =20 relatively heavy and lumbering and should be more easily captured by =20 the marten than the red squirrel, which is small and more agile and =20 could retire to thin high branches out of reach of the heavier marten. Steve On 26-Mar-15, at 4:26 PM, Jim Wolford wrote >> Subject: [ValleyNature] TV last night and tonight re squirrels, =20 >> Kermode bears, etc. >> Date: March 26, 2015 at 3:00:40 PM ADT >> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >> >> MARCH 26, 2015 - Last night on PBS-Boston TV, the great series =20 >> =93NATURE=94 showed a very interesting hour-long documentary, =20 >> =93Irelands Wild River=94, referring to the Shannon River (in sw. =20 >> Ireland?)(try pbs.org/nature/irelandswildriver/ to get it on the =20 >> Internet). I believe this was a rerun of a 2014 episode, but I =20 >> must have slept through parts of it or just didn=92t see the whole =20= >> thing, but not so last night. The show was narrated by the film-=20 >> maker, whose name I didn=92t get. Among the subjects was the near-=20= >> disappearance of formerly abundant shorebirds like lapwings, =20 >> curlews, and redshanks. But my main reason for writing this is =20 >> that he showed and discussed the native Eurasian red squirrel =20 >> (which is quite different from our diminutive red squirrel). The =20 >> widely introduced gray squirrel (same as ours) has not yet made it =20= >> into the Shannon Valley area of Ireland. Grays would out-compete =20 >> their native red squirrel (he didn=92t mention the virus which the =20= >> gray carries but kills the reds), but so far the reds are doing =20 >> well there. This documentary ended with awesome footage of the =20 >> aerobatics of huge flocks of pre-roosting starlings (which of =20 >> course are native there). >> >> Interestingly, from my many local contacts in King=92s and Annapolis =20= >> Counties who have gray squirrels and red squirrels often in their =20 >> yards, so far the two species seem to be co-existing all right, =20 >> with occasional chasing but no clear dominance one way or the other. >> >> P.S. Speaking of TV, TONIGHT is The Nature of Things with David =20 >> Suzuki, and the subject is the so-called SPIRIT BEAR or KERMODE =20 >> BEAR, a white-coloured black bear that lives in British =20 >> Columbia=92s GREAT BEAR COASTAL RAINFOREST, mostly from Prince =20 >> Rupert northward toward Alaska. I am currently reading a fabulous =20= >> coffee-table book, =93Great Bear Wild=94 (2014 or 2015?), by Ian =20 >> McAllister. Ian puts out the interesting idea that one reason for =20= >> the whiteness of these black bears is for camouflage against the =20 >> bright sky when the bears are hunting salmon along the mountain =20 >> creeks on these islands. >> >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >> _______________________________________________ >> Nature mailing list >> Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca >> http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/=20 >> nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca > --Apple-Mail-1-272101892 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Hi Jim: Nice documentary. The other interesting point the = narrator brought up was that pine martens were becoming more common in = Ireland and that if this continues, might be able to hold grey squirrels = somewhat in check by killing them: the thesis was that the grey is = relatively heavy and lumbering and should be more easily captured by the = marten than the red squirrel, which is small and more agile and could = retire to thin high branches out of reach of the heavier = marten.<div>Steve<br><div> <div><div><div>On 26-Mar-15, at 4:26 PM, = Jim Wolford wrote</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><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>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] TV = last night and tonight re squirrels, Kermode bears, = etc.</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><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">March 26, 2015 at = 3:00:40 PM ADT<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>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MARCH 26, 2015</b> - <b>Last night on = PBS-Boston TV</b>, the great series <b>=93NATURE=94</b> showed a very = interesting hour-long documentary,<b> =93Irelands Wild River=94</b>, = referring to the Shannon River (in sw. Ireland?)(try <a = href=3D"http://pbs.org/nature/irelandswildriver/">pbs.org/nature/irelandsw= ildriver/</a> to get it on the Internet). I believe this was a = rerun of a 2014 episode, but I must have slept through parts of it or = just didn=92t see the whole thing, but not so last night. The show = was narrated by the film-maker, whose name I didn=92t get. = <b>Among the subjects was</b> the near-disappearance of formerly = abundant shorebirds like lapwings, curlews, and redshanks. But my = main reason for writing this is that he showed and discussed the native = <b>