[NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March 8/16, Valley Harvester -- was Endangered Species Articles

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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


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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




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<DIV>Hi All,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mar 11, 2016</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I guess the moral of that story is this &gt;). =
If you=20
wish to&nbsp;establish beyond all doubt&nbsp;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
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flocks were often met by hunters and their rifles,")</SPAN>,&nbsp;I =
don't think=20
would ever have been used&nbsp;for market hunting of birds. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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&nbsp;possible to prove =
with=20
absolute certainty that it really is lost. And if you find it don't =
shoot=20
it.&nbsp;There are better ways to kill time.</DIV>
<DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </DIV>
<DIV>Yt, DW</DIV>
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  <A title=3Ddendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com=20
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  <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=
>
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  <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Jim