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Index of Subjects This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01D0D1BE.768F0420 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000B_01D0D1BE.768F0420" ------=_NextPart_001_000B_01D0D1BE.768F0420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable An excellent argument for the importance of citizen science. On the positive side, the academic folks get it a lot better now than they = did back in the =E2=80=9850=E2=80=99s and =E2=80=9860=E2=80=99s, when my fa= ther, a Port Technician for Fisheries Research Board, would come home furio= us from annual workshops. He would go in with loads of real world observat= ions, which he was eager to share. All too often, they got dismissed becau= se they did not fit in with conventional =E2=80=9Cwisdom.=E2=80=9D Some things DO improve over time! From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = On Behalf Of rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca Sent: August 8, 2015 8:26 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: RE: [NatureNS] House Sparrows The demise of the small farms John. No more small herds of cattle and a few work horses. Them and swallows were always around the cattle. The swallows went to a warm spot in the winter, the sparrows went in the barn with the cattle to stay alive in the cold days, Most farmers liked them in the winter - not so much in the summers when they took over swallow= nests. Not many of the Ivory Tower birders around small farms either so they probably missed that! Enjoy the summer Paul On August 7, 2015 at 7:46 AM John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote: = The house sparrow saga is an interesting one. A couple of decades ago, ma= ny of us saw them as exotic invasives, but in more recent years, they have = become local and somewhat noteworthy. Does anyone know what happened? From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = On Behalf Of Don MacNeill Sent: August 7, 2015 7:31 AM To: NaturenNS Subject: [NatureNS] House Sparrows We had a House Sparrow feeding 3 fledged young yesterday. She would fly to= the black-oil sunflower feeder and then back to feed them. She must have = been cracking the seeds for them. A Ruby-throated Hummingbird chased a Black-capped Chickadee around. They w= eren't near the hummingbird feeder so I don't know what that was about. Don -- Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net _____ <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> Image removed by sender. Avast logo This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------=_NextPart_001_000B_01D0D1BE.768F0420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content= =3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft= Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#defaul= t#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} =2Eshape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style><![endif]--><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p {mso-style-priority:99; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p.msochpdefault, li.msochpdefault, div.msochpdefault {mso-style-name:msochpdefault; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} span.emailstyle17 {mso-style-name:emailstyle17; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} span.EmailStyle21 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} =2EMsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue vli= nk=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'f= ont-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>An excell= ent argument for the importance of citizen science.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p= class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","s= ans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>= <span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1= F497D'>On the positive side, the academic folks get it a lot better now tha= n they did back in the =E2=80=9850=E2=80=99s and =E2=80=9860=E2=80=99s, whe= n my father, a Port Technician for Fisheries Research Board, would come hom= e furious from annual workshops. =C2=A0He would go in with loads of real wo= rld observations, which he was eager to share.=C2=A0 All too often, they go= t dismissed because they did not fit in with conventional =E2=80=9Cwisdom.= =E2=80=9D <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-si= ze:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:= p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-fami= ly:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Some things DO improve over time!<= o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;f= ont-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></= p><div><div style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0= pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=3D