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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_014F_01D17BDB.CE226570 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, Mar 11, 2016 I guess the moral of that story is this >). If you wish to establish = beyond all doubt that a very sparse bird is not yet extinct then you = should go armed. But a small bore shotgun would be more likely to = furnish proof than a rifle which, contrary to Zack's comment ("dense = flocks were often met by hunters and their rifles,"), I don't think = would ever have been used for market hunting of birds.=20 Remember the Coelacanth; even if you can't remember how to spell it. = Sixty five million years (65,000,000) is greater than fifty (50) by a = wide margin.=20 It is sort of like the lost watch. One can prove that it really is = not lost by finding it. But it is not possible to prove with absolute = certainty that it really is lost. And if you find it don't shoot it. = There are better ways to kill time. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville =20 Yt, DW ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rick Whitman=20 To: naturens=20 Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March 8/16, Valley = Harvester -- was Endangered Species Articles = http://valleyharvester.ca/2016/03/08/the-eskimo-curlew-the-schrodingers-c= at-of-endangered-species/ On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> = wrote: The newspaper is the Valley Harvester =E2=80=94 Google that and then = search =E2=80=9CZack Metcalfe=E2=80=9D, and I got the article right = away, complete with an Audubon illustration. Cheers from Jim, in = Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: From: Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com> Subject: [NatureNS] Endangered Species Articles Date: March 11, 2016 at 4:04:42 PM AST To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca The Annapolis Valley has several free weekly newspapers. In one of = them, the Weekly Harvester, Zack Metcalfe has been featured for quite = some time in a series on endangered species which he terms the = Endangered Perspective. As one would expect most feature birds & this = week's article is on the Eskimo Curlew. =20 The Weekly Harvester has a website but unfortunately Mr. = Metcalfe's article is not accessible. For those of you outside of the Valley, remember to pick up a copy = whenever you're here. They can be found in most shops, markets. Angus No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7442 / Virus Database: 4540/11795 - Release Date: = 03/11/16 ------=_NextPart_000_014F_01D17BDB.CE226570 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hi All, =20 = =20 Mar 11, 2016</DIV> <DIV> I guess the moral of that story is this >). = If you=20 wish to establish beyond all doubt that a very sparse bird is = not yet=20 extinct then you should go armed. But a small bore shotgun would be more = likely=20 to furnish proof than a rifle which, contrary to Zack's comment ("<SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDOWS: 1; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; = BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 10px; DISPLAY: inline = !important; FONT: 13px/22px 'Droid Sans'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; FLOAT: = none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(85,85,85); WORD-SPACING: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">dense=20 flocks were often met by hunters and their rifles,")</SPAN>, I = don't think=20 would ever have been used for market hunting of birds. </DIV> <DIV> Remember the Coelacanth; even if you can't = remember how=20 to spell it. Sixty five million years (65,000,000) is greater than fifty = (50) by=20 a wide margin. </DIV> <DIV> It is sort of like the lost watch. One can prove = that it=20 really is not lost by finding it. But it is not possible to prove = with=20 absolute certainty that it really is lost. And if you find it don't = shoot=20 it. There are better ways to kill time.</DIV> <DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yt, DW</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Ddendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">Rick Whitman</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 11, 2016 = 8:28=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Eskimo = Curlew=20 article, March 8/16, Valley Harvester -- was Endangered Species = Articles</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr><A=20 = href=3D"http://valleyharvester.ca/2016/03/08/the-eskimo-curlew-the-schrod= ingers-cat-of-endangered-species/">http://valleyharvester.ca/2016/03/08/t= he-eskimo-curlew-the-schrodingers-cat-of-endangered-species/</A><BR></DIV= > <DIV class=3Dgmail_extra><BR> <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Jim