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<d --Apple-Mail-37F9FFDE-A653-4818-BE1B-40023802068B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Fritz and all=20 I think the rather warm winter might be a large factor in that waterfowl fro= m further north were not displaced like usual with lack of freeze-up. Here i= n Pictou Co for instance, the Pictou Harbour has been pretty much open save f= or a couple of 2-3 day periods where a light skim of ice developed. I can't e= ver remember a winter that this has happened=20 Recently I re-read the introduction to Eric Holdways "Birds of the Pictou Ar= ea, Nova Scotia A Ten-year Survey 1957-1966". In his introduction Eric, who= was captain of one of the Caribou-Wood Islands ferries describes "Pictou an= d Caribou harbours are often ice-bound temporarily after mid-December before= the winter ice sets hard from January to March. The extreme limits of perma= nent winter ice were: 14 December 1958 and 17 April 1965, the adjacent sea f= rom a week to three weeks later."=20 I actually remember when I first moved to Pictou Co. in the late 70's cars u= sed to have races on the ice. ( I also think maybe there were tragic break-t= hroughs). There is no way this could be attempted the last number of years a= nd in this year there has been no hard set of ice at all.=20 The waterfowl numbers in the area this year are the lowest in numbers that I= can remember since I have been counting but here we depend on freeze up con= centrating the waterfowl into small areas such as the spillway of the Pictou= Causeway or the outflow of the NSPC in Trenton. I think the waterfowl just= did not arrive here or they are scattered in the open waters further north.= The numbers on the Pictou Hbr. CBC were down considerably this year.=20 Cheers=20 Ken Sent from my iPad > On Feb 23, 2016, at 8:11 PM, Fritz McEvoy <fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com> wrote:= >=20 > Hi All, >=20 > I'm not a resident of Halifax, so may be way off base here, but I wond= er if the new sewage treatment plant and the resulting lack of a raw sewage o= utflow pipes might be part of the reason for the decline of ducks in Halifax= Harbour? >=20 > Fritz McEvoy >=20 > Sunrise Valley, CB >=20 >=20 >=20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beh= alf of Pat McKay <pat.mckay@gmail.com> > Sent: February 23, 2016 4:43 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Dartmouth Cove and Ferry Terminal Today > =20 > It has been my experience too, that ducks have been in short supply in the= harbour this winter - at least as far as I can see from my home in Admiralt= y Place. However, I did have a pair of Surf Scoters on Sunday - a new specie= s for my yard list! >=20 > Pat McKay >=20 >> On 23 February 2016 at 15:30, Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote: >> I saw a flock of about 20 Common Eiders a few days ago, swimming off the N= avy Dockyard. >> I've been seeing only the odd Black Guillemot from the Alderney ferry. Th= ey like to hang out in the middle of the Harbour. >>=20 >>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:10 PM, chris kennedy <cjkennedy66@gmail.com> w= rote: >>> I took the Woodside Ferry yesterday at 530pm and noted 9 Black Guillemot= s and 6 Red-breasted Merganser. >>>=20 >>> I've created an eBird location for both the Harbour Ferries, should anyo= ne else wish to add them to their eBird locations. >>>=20 >>> -Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth >>>=20 >>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sy= mpatico.ca> wrote: >>>> This is the first time this winter that I have noticed any ducks around= . >>>> =20 >>>> Ferry Terminal to Kings Wharf: >>>> Two Black Guillimots >>>> Four male RB Mergansers >>>> =20 >>>> Dartmouth Cove >>>> About six male and three female Golden Eyes (they were at quite a di= stance) >>>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> --=20 >> Rick Ballard=20 >> Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-37F9FFDE-A653-4818-BE1B-40023802068B Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Hi Fritz and all </div><div id=3D= "AppleMailSignature">I think the rather warm winter might be a large factor i= n that waterfowl from further north were not displaced like usual with lack o= f freeze-up. Here in Pictou Co for instance, the Pictou Harbour has been pre= tty much open save for a couple of 2-3 day periods where a light skim of ice= developed. I can't ever remember a winter that this has happened </div= ><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Recently I re-read the introduction to Eric H= oldways "Birds of the Pictou Area, Nova Scotia A Ten-year Survey 1957-1966".= In his introduction Eric, who was captain of one of the Caribou-Wood I= slands ferries describes "Pictou and Caribou harbours are often ice-bound te= mporarily after mid-December before the winter ice sets hard from January to= March. The extreme limits of permanent winter ice were: 14 December 1958 an= d 17 April 1965, the adjacent sea from a week to three weeks later."&n= bsp;</div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">I actually remember when I first mo= ved to Pictou Co. in the late 70's cars used to have races on the ice. ( I a= lso think maybe there were tragic break-throughs). There is no way this coul= d be attempted the last number of years and in this year there has been no h= ard set of ice at all. </div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">The w= aterfowl numbers in the area this year are the lowest in numbers that I= can remember since I have been counting but here we depend on freeze up con= centrating the waterfowl into small areas such as the spillway of the Pictou= Causeway or the outflow of the NSPC in Trenton. I think the waterfowl= just did not arrive here or they are scattered in the open waters further n= orth. The numbers on the Pictou Hbr. CBC were down considerably this year.&n= bsp;</div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Cheers </div><div id=3D"AppleM= ailSignature">Ken</div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id=3D"A= ppleMailSignature"><br><br>Sent from my iPad<div><br></div></div><div><br>On= Feb 23, 2016, at 8:11 PM, Fritz McEvoy <<a href=3D"mailto:fritzmcevoy@ho= tmail.com">fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote t= ype=3D"cite"><div> <meta htt