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Love that conclusion! It=E2=80=99s a classic! J
Possibly a propos: From what misbegotten mindset did the concept of =E2=80=
=9Clawn weeds=E2=80=9D arise?
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster
Sent: March 13, 2016 2:16 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March 8/16, Valley Harvester=
-- was Endangered Species Articles
Hi Paul & All, Mar 13, 2016
I never hunted Geese, except with binoculars, and except in the Shubie.=
Wildlife Park rarely or perhaps never was within shotgun range. They, com=
pared to the Eskimo Curlew, are huge and I agree that a 22, although illega=
l I believe, would be a more effective way to gather Geese for food than an=
y gauge of shotgun.
My small bore shotgun was intended to suitably arm the bird watcher out=
to gather tongue in cheek ultimate proof of Eskimo Curley non-extinction. =
More about that later.
In early days, so I understand from information gleaned from Lord knows=
where in the 50's, when specimens were needed for taxonomic studies 28 gau=
ge was used with a minimum charge of medium to very small shot depending up=
on the bird size; barely enough to drop it with minimum damage to plumage. =
As bird size decreases and especially if they are readily within shotgu=
n range and in motion then a shotgun is indicated (less wasted meat and few=
er missed shots) but, as with anything else, it helps to be there and faili=
ng that a first-hand account is the next best thing.
Typical Passenger Pigeon size was, from internet sources, 24" wingspan,=
length 17". tail length 8" and, John Muir (The story of my boyhood and you=
th) gives first-hand accounts of relatively large flocks being hunted for t=
able use (not market hunting) as follows: "Every shotgun was aimed at them =
and everybody feasted on pigeon pies...".
Market hunting was another matter and John makes use of Audubon's first=
-hand accounts. As observed by Audubon the hunting was at night, mostly aft=
er the flocks were on night roosts. They were either knocked from the roost=
s using long poles or clubbed after branches (and sometimes entire trees) b=
roke under the weight of birds. Guns were also used but in the flickering l=
ight of pine torches or near darkness and in a mob of people gathering, plu=
cking and salting birds, horses hauling wagons of birds away and eventually=
pigs let loose (to eat missed birds) use of a rifle seems unlikely to say =
the least. When squabs were gathered, large areas of trees were felled and =
the young birds were transported from Wisconsin to New York where they were=
sold at a penny each. Some were baited and caught in nets.
The Eskimo Curlew was even smaller; 12" long and to judge from illustra=
tions the body would be about 6" long and relatively slim. I have seen no a=
ccounts of market hunting but, from internet sources, about 2 million were =
killed annually in the late 1800's.
Getting back to extinction questions, and this was the meat of my origi=
nal post, it does not make sense to apply Boolean logic [Is/is not] to a sy=
stem with huge observational uncertainty. Sweating buckets to decide betwee=
n is/is not extinct if anything detracts from a summary of the raw data whi=
ch I understand to be 'few confirmed observations in the last 50 years and =
possibly extinct or near extinction'. In the absence of a well organized an=
d systematic multi-year survey of areas where/when a bird like the Eskimo C=
urlew should be seen the question is best left hanging and just let the evi=
dence, such as it is, accumulate. And why bother; knowing for sure that it =
is extinct will not bring it back.
It is more productive I think to focus energy and resources on slowing =
the rate of environmental degradation in one's immediate area or possibly r=
eversing this at least locally than to literally study problems, at great e=
xpense, at the far ends of the earth.
There are likely Arthropods in most habitats in NS which are not yet kn=
own to be present here. It does not take much looking to notice that an unk=
empt yard and unmowed lawn provides habitat for life and that frequent use =
of a rotary mower and trucking yard "waste" away for composting degrades po=
tential habitat for life.
Happy lawn unmanagement,
DW, Kentville
----- Original Message -----
From: rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March 8/16, Valley Harvester=
-- was Endangered Species Articles
=EF=BB=BF Well Dave the stories I heard in my younger days from
old retired market hunters of which there was quite a few in the Maritimes =
and they agreed with Zack - small bore I agree but rifles.
And they didn't use small bore shotguns either! More like 8 guage and
even punt guns. The rifles were used when the geese were out of shotgun
range - over 40 yards.
Market hunters were very useful members of the community before electricity=
came around. A fresh goose at St Patricks day was as prized as a turkey at =
Thanksgiving
or Christmas. No KFC in those days!
Its unfortunate the stories of market hunters were forgotten when
it became illegal and looked down upon.
Will those days return?
Enjoy the last of winter
Paul
On March 11, 2016 at 9:20 PM David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wr=
ote:
Hi All, Mar 11, 2016
I guess the moral of that story is this >). If you wish to establish be=
yond all doubt that a very sparse bird is not yet extinct then you should g=
o armed. But a small bore shotgun would be more likely to furnish proof tha=
n 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.
Remember the Coelacanth; even if you can't remember how to spell it. Si=
xty five million years (65,000,000) is greater than fifty (50) by a wide ma=
rgin.
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 bette=
r ways to kill time.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
Yt, DW
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Whitman <mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com>
To: naturens <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
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-cat=
-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, complet=
e 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, th=
e Weekly Harvester, Zack Metcalfe has been featured for quite some time in =
a series on endangered species which he terms the Endangered Perspective. A=
s one would expect most feature birds & this week's article is on the Eskim=
o Curlew.
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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<b><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color=
:#1F497D'>Love</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calib=
ri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> that conclusion!=C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s a clas=
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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size=
:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Possibly a propos=
:=C2=A0 From what misbegotten mindset did the concept of =E2=80=9Clawn weed=
s=E2=80=9D arise?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'=
font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nb=
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1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-U=
S style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans=
-serif"'> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.=
ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David & Alison Webster<br><b>Sent:</b> March 13=
, 2016 2:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:=
[NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March 8/16, Valley Harvester -- was Enda=
ngered Species Articles<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNorm=
al><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Hi Paul & All, &=
nbsp; =
 =
; Mar 13, 2016<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>&n=
bsp; I never hunted Geese, except with binoculars, and except i=
n the Shubie. Wildlife Park rarely or perhaps never was within shotgun=
range. They, compared to the Eskimo Curlew, are huge and I agre=
e that a 22, although illegal I believe, would be a more effective way=
to gather Geese for food than any gauge of shotgun. <o:p></o:p></p></div><=
div><p class=3DMsoNormal> My small bore shotgun was inten=
ded to suitably arm the bird watcher out to gather <em>tongue in =
cheek</em> ultimate proof of Eskimo Curley non-extinction. More about =
that later.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>  =
; In early days, so I understand from information gleaned from Lord knows w=
here in the 50's, when specimens were needed for taxonomic studies 28 gauge=
was used with a minimum charge of medium to very small shot depending upon=
the bird size; barely enough to drop it with minimum damage to plumage. <o=
:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> As bird siz=
e decreases and especially if they are readily within shotgun range and in =
motion then a shotgun is indicated (less wasted meat and fewer missed shots=
) but, as with anything else, it helps to be there and failing th=
at a first-hand account is the next best thing. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><=
p class=3DMsoNormal> Typical Passenger Pigeon s=
ize was, from internet sources, 24" wingspan, length 17". ta=
il length 8" and, John Muir (The story of my boyhood and youth) g=
ives first-hand accounts of relatively large flocks being hunted for table =
use (not market hunting) as follows: "Every <strong>shotgun</strong> w=
as aimed at them and everybody feasted on pigeon pies...". <o:p></o:p>=
</p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> Market hunting was a=
nother matter and John makes use of Audubon's first-hand accounts. As =
observed by Audubon the hunting was at night, mostly after the fl=
ocks were on night roosts. They were either knocked from the roosts using l=
ong poles or clubbed after branches (and sometimes entire trees) broke unde=
r the weight of birds. Guns were also used but in the flickering light=
of pine torches or near darkness and in a mob of people gathering, pl=
ucking and salting birds, horses hauling wagons of birds away&nbs=
p;and eventually pigs let loose (to eat missed birds) use of a&nb=
sp;rifle seems unlikely to say the least. When squabs were gathered, l=
arge areas of trees were felled and the young birds were transported from W=
isconsin to New York where they were sold at a penny each. Some were baited=
and caught in nets.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> &n=
bsp; The Eskimo Curlew was even smaller; 12" long and to judge f=
rom illustrations the body would be about 6" long and relatively slim.=
I have seen no accounts of market hunting but, from internet sources, abou=
t 2 million were killed annually in the late 1800's.<o:p></o:p></p></div><d=
iv><p class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNorma=
l> Getting back to extinction questions, and this was the=
meat of my original post, it does not make sense to apply Boolean logic [I=
s/is not] to a system with huge observational uncertainty. Sweating bu=
ckets to decide between is/is not extinct if anything detracts from a summa=
ry of the raw data which I understand to be 'few confirmed observations in =
the last 50 years and possibly extinct or near extinction'. In the absence =
of a well organized and systematic multi-year survey of areas where/when a =
bird like the Eskimo Curlew should be seen the question is best left hangin=
g and just let the evidence, such as it is, accumulate. And why bother; kno=
wing for sure that it is extinct will not bring it back. <o:p></o:p></=
p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p=
></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> It is more producti=
ve I think to focus energy and resources on slowing the rate of environment=
al degradation in one's immediate area or possibly reversing this at l=
east locally than to literally study problems, at great expense, at the far=
ends of the earth. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> <o=
:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> There are l=
ikely Arthropods in most habitats in NS which are not yet known t=
o be present here. It does not take much looking to notice that an unk=
empt yard and unmowed lawn provides habitat for life and that frequent use =
of a rotary mower and trucking yard "waste" away for composting d=
egrades potential habitat for life.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMso=
Normal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Happy lawn unma=
nagement,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>DW, Kentville<o:p><=
/o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p=
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3D=
MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal=
> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style=3D'border:=
none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.=
75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=
=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-seri=
f"'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=
=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:#E4E4E4'><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0p=
t;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style=3D'font-siz=
e:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.=
sympatico.ca" title=3D"rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca=
</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=
=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href=3D"mai=
lto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@che=
bucto.ns.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><s=
pan style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span=
></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Sat=
urday, March 12, 2016 9:42 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMs=
oNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"=
'>Subject:</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","s=
ans-serif"'> Re: [NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March 8/16, Valley Harve=
ster -- was Endangered Species Articles<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><spa=
n style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>=EF=BB=BF</span> Well Dave th=
e stories I heard in my younger days from <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p clas=
s=3DMsoNormal>old retired market hunters of which there was quite a few in =
the Maritimes <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>and they agree=
d with Zack - small bore I agree but rifles. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p c=
lass=3DMsoNormal>And they didn't use small bore shotguns either! More like =
8 guage and <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>even punt guns. =
The rifles were used when the geese were out of shotgun <o:p></o:p></p></di=
v><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>range - over 40 yards. <o:p></o:p></p></div><di=
v><p class=3DMsoNormal>Market hunters were very useful members of the commu=
nity before electricity <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>came=
around. A fresh goose at St Patricks day was as prized as a turkey at Than=
ksgiving <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>or Christmas. No KF=
C in those days! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Its unfortu=
nate the stories of market hunters were forgotten when <o:p></o:p></p></div=
><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>it became illegal and looked down upon. <o:p></o=
:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Will those days return? <o:p></o:p><=
/p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Enjoy the last of winter <o:p></o:p></p>=
</div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Paul <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style=
=3D'border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 8.0pt;marg=
in-left:0cm;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=3DMsoNormal styl=
e=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On March 11, 2016 at 9:20 PM David & Alison =
Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>=
; wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Hi All, =
 =
; &nbs=
p; Mar 11, 2016 <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> =
I guess the moral of that story is this >). If you wish to e=
stablish beyond all doubt that a very sparse bird is not yet extinct t=
hen you should go armed. But a small bore shotgun would be more likely to f=
urnish proof than a rifle which, contrary to Zack's comment (" <span s=
tyle=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Droid Sans","serif";color:#555555;bac=
kground:white'>dense flocks were often met by hunters and their rifles,&quo=
t;)</span>, I don't think would ever have been used for market hu=
nting of birds. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> =
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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> =
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 certaint=
y that it really is lost. And if you find it don't shoot it. There are=
better ways to kill time. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Y=
t, Dave Webster, Kentville <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>&=
nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Yt, DW <o:=
p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid black =
1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-=
right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'fon=
t-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----- Original Message ----=
- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background=
:#E4E4E4'><strong><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans=
-serif"'>From:</span></strong><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"=
Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">R=
ick Whitman</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><stro=
ng><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</s=
pan></strong><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-seri=
f"'> naturens <o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span style=3D'font-size:10=
=2E0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></strong><span style=
=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Friday, March 11, 2=
016 8:28 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><=
span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</=
span></strong><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-ser=
if"'> Re: [NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March 8/16, Valley Harvester --=
was Endangered Species Articles <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=
=3DMsoNormal><a href=3D"http://valleyharvester.ca/2016/03/08/the-eskimo-cur=
lew-the-schrodingers-cat-of-endangered-species/">http://valleyharvester.ca/=
2016/03/08/the-eskimo-curlew-the-schrodingers-cat-of-endangered-species/</a=
> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div>=
<p class=3DMsoNormal>On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Jim Wolford <<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.=
ca</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>The newspaper is=
the Valley Harvester =E2=80=94 Google that and then search =E2=80=9CZack M=
etcalfe=E2=80=9D, and I got the article right away, complete with an Audubo=
n illustration. Cheers from Jim, in Wolfville. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p=
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Begin for=
warded message: <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:=
p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Helveti=
ca","sans-serif"'>From: </span></strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Helveti=
ca","sans-serif"'>Angus MacLean <<a href=3D"mailto:cold_mac@hotmail.com"=
target=3D"_blank">cold_mac@hotmail.com</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></div>=
<div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","s=
ans-serif"'>Subject: [NatureNS] Endangered Species Articles</span></strong>=
<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span style=3D'font-=
family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></strong><span style=3D'font-=
family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>March 11, 2016 at 4:04:42 PM AST</span><o:=
p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span style=3D'font-fam=
ily:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>To: </span></strong><span style=3D'font-famil=
y:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>naturens <<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebuct=
o.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></span><o:p></o:p=
></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span style=3D'font-family:"He=
lvetica","sans-serif"'>Reply-To: </span></strong><span style=3D'font-family=
:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" targe=
t=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p clas=
s=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><spa=
n style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Annapolis Valley has sev=
eral free weekly newspapers. In one of them, the Weekly Harvester, Zack Met=
calfe has been featured for quite some time in a series on endangered speci=
es which he terms the Endangered Perspective. As one would expect most feat=
ure birds & this week's article is on the Eskimo Curlew. <br> <br=
>The Weekly Harvester has a website but unfortunately Mr. Metcalfe's articl=
e is not accessible. <br><br>For those of you outside of the Valley, rememb=
er to pick up a copy whenever you're here. They can be found in most shops,=
markets. <br>Angus <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></d=
iv></div><p>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href=3D"=
http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2016.0.7442 / Virus Databas=
e: 4540/11795 - Release Date: 03/11/16<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockqu=
ote><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p>No virus f=
ound in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href=3D"http://www.avg.com">ww=
w.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2016.0.7442 / Virus Database: 4540/11795 - Releas=
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