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days!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><spa <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 <style type=3D"text/css">v\:* {} o\:* {} w\:* {} .shape {} <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family: "Cambria Math"; } @font-face {font-family: Calibri; } @font-face {font-family: Tahoma; } /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:= 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New= Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: = underline;} p { margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12.0pt; font-= family: "Times New Roman","serif";} span.EmailStyle18 { font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1F497D= ;} .MsoChpDefault { font-size: 10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 { margin: 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {} --></style> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> Thank you for all the interesting comments. Seems like they have a toe h= old but not </div>=20 <div> much more. I don't think the scheme was a great success even if give= n great press. </div>=20 <div> On PEI where we grew up, bobolinks were very common on farms where the g= rass had </div>=20 <div> not been harvested for a number of years. The land there does not suppor= t hugh crops </div>=20 <div> of grass and other plants like here in Nova Scotia. The Bobolink fields = would be rather sparse </div>=20 <div> to be generous. As they would say a rabbit wouldn't need to take a l= unch to cross the field </div>=20 <div> but wouldn't be well feed at the other side. </div>=20 <div> The fields tended to seed to white spruce rather quickly and some fields= that I know which </div>=20 <div> used to be good bobolink fields have been harvested for pulp already and= are now going to the next stage. </div>=20 <div> Bobolinks might like the rather sparse vegetation for nests. Sparse vege= tation is not a condition we find at Belle Isle. </div>=20 <div> Enjoy Canada Day </div>=20 <div> Paul </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-co= lor: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: rela= tive;" type=3D"cite"> <!-- [if !mso]> --> <!-- <![endif] --> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> --> <!-- <![endif] --> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> --> <!-- <![endif] -->On June 30, 2015 at 7:07 PM Donna Crossland <dcros= sland@eastlink.ca> wrote: <br/> <br/>=20 <div class=3D"WordSection1">=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">HI James:  You a= re not wrong.  Bobolinks are pretty much non-existant down this way.&#= 160; I miss them.  I live across the river from Belle Isle (more or le= ss-in Tupperville).  When I moved here in 2007, there were lots of bob= olinks along the railway tracks.  I am not sure just what year the pop= ln crashed-maybe 3 years ago?  Someone will know that.  I haven= =E2=80=99t heard a Bobolink along the fields of the Annapolis River across = from Belle Isle and vicinity in 3 seasons.  </span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">On a happier note, th= e bank swallows have returned to the gravel pit in Tupperville (take the di= rt road past the little Tupperville Hall to the pit).  They were busy = excavating last week (late nesters like the Chimney Swifts, I guess?). = ; Thought they would not resume living there after all the digging in the p= it during nesting season last year.  (I spoke to the folks doing the d= igging and they avoided the nest holes, but it was very disruptive for them= .)  They are back, however!  </span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Let=E2=80=99s hope so= me Bobolinks recover one of these days!</span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Donna</span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>=20 <div>=20 <div style=3D"border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid non= e none; border-color: #b5c4df currentColor currentColor; padding: 3pt 0cm 0= cm; border-image: none;">=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><strong><span style=3D"font-family: 'Tahom= a','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></strong><span s= tyle=3D"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt= ;"> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <s= trong>On Behalf Of </strong>James Hirtle<br/><strong>Sent:</strong> June-30= -15 4:01 PM<br/><strong>To:</strong> Naturens Naturens<br/><strong>Subject:= </strong> RE: [NatureNS] Belle Isle and Bobolinks</span></p>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: black; font-family: '= Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 24pt;">Hi Paul and all:</span= ><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"></spa= n></p>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri',= 'sans-serif';"> </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri',= 'sans-serif'; font-size: 24pt;">Normally when I visit there I see l= ots of bobolinks.  I don't know if it was the time of day or what,= but I never heard or saw any bobolinks at all on my visit on the past Sund= ay.  I would be most interested in knowing if any others who have visi= ted there saw normal numbers for bobolinks this year.  Water levels wi= thin the marsh were very high.  Therefore, higher amounts of water I w= ould assume could definitely affect nesting and maybe the resident bobolink= s had left due to nesting failure.  All comments are most welcome. = 60;I hope that I'm wrong.</span><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibr= i','sans-serif';"></span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri',= 'sans-serif';"> </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri',= 'sans-serif'; font-size: 24pt;">Noticeably missing from the French = Basin Trail and Belleisle were green-winged and blue-winged teal and northe= rn shovelers.  Comments on this would be welcome also.</span><span sty= le=3D"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri',= 'sans-serif';"> </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri',= 'sans-serif'; font-size: 24pt;">Sincerely,</span><span style=3D"fon= t-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri',= 'sans-serif';"> </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri',= 'sans-serif'; font-size: 24pt;">James  </span><span style=3D"f= ont-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></p>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri'= ,'sans-serif';"> </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D= "color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-si= ze: 24pt;"><br id=3D"FontBreak"/><br/></span><span style=3D"font-family: &#= 39;Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></p>=20 <div>=20 <div style=3D"text-align: center;" align=3D"center" class=3D"MsoNor= mal"> <hr width=3D"100%" size=3D"2"/> </div>=20 <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Date: Tue, 30 Jun= 2015 12:32:15 -0300<br/>From: <a href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca"= >rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a><br/>To: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.= ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br/>Subject: [NatureNS] Belle Isle and B= obolinks</span></p>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri= 9;,'sans-serif';">Hi All </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri= 9;,'sans-serif';">A few years ago there was a major scheme afoot to= make </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri= 9;,'sans-serif';">Belle Isle more suitable for Bobolinks. </span></= p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri= 9;,'sans-serif';">Unfortunately as much as I would like it is diffi= cult for me to visit there. </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri= 9;,'sans-serif';">and I never see any more press reports about it. = </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri= 9;,'sans-serif';">Does anyone know how the scheme worked out? Folks= </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri= 9;,'sans-serif';">who visit there could report on the numbers they = see or an offical </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri= 9;,'sans-serif';">report would be great. </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri= 9;,'sans-serif';">Enjoy Canada Day! </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri= 9;,'sans-serif';">Paul </span></p>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 <div> <br/>  </div> =20 </body></html>
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