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Index of Subjects <!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 =20 <style type=3D"text/css"> <!-- .x_hmmessage {margin: 0px; padding: 0px;} body.x_hmmessage {font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;} --> </style> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> Probably small mackerel or squid Keith. Both are plentiful this year. </div>=20 <div> Or maybe herring or silversides. Who knows? </div>=20 <div> but they do come in where the water is shallow - at East Point on PEI </div>=20 <div> it is quite a specular display. </div>=20 <div> Probably easier to catch dinner in shallow water! </div>=20 <div> Enjoy the summer </div>=20 <div> Paul </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"> On August 12, 2015 at 3:42 PM Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wro= te: <br/> <br/>=20 <div>=20 <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> I don't know if it was out of the ordinary or not but last Sunday = I was seeing gannets fairly close at Cherry Hill Beach, Broadcove. At one p= oint I observed 8 of them in a bit of a feeding frenzy in a 100 meter area = not far offshore. Two adults and 6 immature in that frenzy. <br/>=20 <br/> I should have tried to determine what if anything they were gett= ing but I didn't. If they were getting something, the prey must have be= en fairly small or I would have noticed it. <br/>=20 <br/> Last fall hundreds of gannet seem to be doing okay fishing fairl= y close off Hartlen Point, Duncan's Cove, Sandy Cove Rd because they we= re actively continuing that behavior for a couple of months but so far this= year I've only seen a few at a time around HRM <br/>=20 <br/> Sent from my Windows Phone </div>=20 </div>=20 <div dir=3D"ltr"> <hr/> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-w= eight: bold;">From: </span> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a hr= ef=3D"mailto:alixdentremont@hotmail.com">Alix d'Entremont</a></span> <br/>=20 <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-w= eight: bold;">Sent: </span> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">=E2= =80=8E2015-=E2=80=8E08-=E2=80=8E12 3:25 PM</span> <br/>=20 <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-w= eight: bold;">To: </span> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a hr= ef=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS Post</a></span> <br/>=20 <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-w= eight: bold;">Subject: </span> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[Natu= reNS] Northern Gannets Near Shore</span> <br/>=20 </div>=20 <div class=3D"x_hmmessage">=20 <div dir=3D"ltr"> Since at least August 9th there have been a number of Northern Gannets= very close to shore in the Pubnico Area. I was watching them go into Pubni= co Harbour, then make a turn and head back out towards sea. They were also = passing near shore from Pubnico Point all the way north until Abb= otts Harbour Wharf. Ervin Olsen saw one land in the water off of Cook's= Beach near Pinkney's Point recently. Frank Gummett also mentioned to m= e that he had four in Halifax Harbour on August 11.=20 <br/>   <br/> A CBC article from July discusses multiple gannets found dead in= the Maritimes. <br/>=20 <br/>=20 <a href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dead-injured-ga= nnets-wash-up-on-shore-in-new-brunswick-1.3174528">http://www.cbc.ca/news/c= anada/new-brunswick/dead-injured-gannets-wash-up-on-shore-in-new-brunswick-= 1.3174528</a> <br/>   <br/> I can assume that the near shore sightings of gannets must = be food related. Is there more food near shore than usual, or is there less= food offshore? I was scoping around where I was seeing the ganne= ts and didn't see any other species that are typically farthe= r offshore. <br/>   <br/> Has anyone else noticed this?  <br/>=20 <br/>=20 <strong><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">---</span></strong> <br/>   <br/>=20 <strong><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">Alix Arthur d'Entremont= </span></strong> <br/>=20 <span style=3D"font-size: xx-small;"><em>BSc Geomatics Engineering</em= ></span> <br/>=20 <br/>=20 <span style=3D"font-size: xx-small;">292 Abbott's Harbour Road</sp= an> <br/>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: xx-small;">Middle West Pubnico</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: xx-small;">Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: xx-small;">Canada B0W 2M0</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: xx-small;"><br/> </span>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: xx-small;">Phone: +1 902 762 2082</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: xx-small;">Mobile: +1 902 307 0373<br/> </= span> <span style=3D"font-size: xx-small;">e-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:alixd= entremont@hotmail.com">alixdentremont@hotmail.com</a><br/> Bird Photography=  <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alixd/">htt= p://www.flickr.com/photos/alixd/</a></span> </div>=20 </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: xx-small;">Bird Documentation Photos <= a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/130170873%40N08/"= >http://www.flickr.com/photos/130170873@N08/</