[NatureNS] Ticks - request

Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 10:33:50 -0300 (ADT)
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   <span style="font-size: 14pt;">Well you wouldn&#39;t need any from me!</span>
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   <span style="font-size: 14pt;">in the heart of Lunenburg County!<br/></span>
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   <span style="font-size: 14pt;">We have them all but everyone seems so used<br/></span>
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   <span style="font-size: 14pt;">to them they pay them no more heed than a black fly<br/></span>
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   <span style="font-size: 14pt;">except some Comefromaways !<br/></span>
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   <span style="font-size: 14pt;">Enjoy the spring, ticks or no ticks!<br/></span>
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   <span style="font-size: 14pt;">Paul<br/></span>
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   <br/>&#62; On May 7, 2016 at 8:19 AM &#34;Hebda, Andrew J&#34; &#60;Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca&#62; wrote:
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   <br/>&#62; Hi Dave
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   <br/>&#62; Have responded to several posters, but thought I would solicit from the larger group.
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   <br/>&#62; We are still tracking the distribution and spread of ticks in the province, and would appreciate receiving specimens, or, at the least images, with locality data.
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   <br/>&#62; The four most common species, based on reports, in order of occurrence (reporting) are Wood/Dog Ticks, Black-legged Ticks, Groundhog Ticks and Rabbit Ticks. There are an additional 10 species recoded here, based on specimens, but the remaining ones appear uncommon.
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   <br/>&#62; So if anyone encounters ticks (especially in novel areas), would appreciate hearing about them .. Reports from existing areas are also welcome.
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   <br/>&#62; Andrew
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   <br/>&#62; A Hebda
   <br/>&#62; NSM Collections (Zoology)
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   <br/>&#62; ________________________________________
   <br/>&#62; From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of David Patriquin [David.Patriquin@Dal.Ca]
   <br/>&#62; Sent: May-07-16 8:09 AM
   <br/>&#62; To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
   <br/>&#62; Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ticks
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   <br/>&#62; Are these descriptions referring to the black-legged tick or to ticks generally?
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   <br/>&#62; From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca &#60;naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca&#62; on behalf of chris kennedy &#60;cjkennedy66@gmail.com&#62;
   <br/>&#62; Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2016 7:51 AM
   <br/>&#62; To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
   <br/>&#62; Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ticks
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   <br/>&#62; Last May,
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   <br/>&#62; I found one on myself while out fly-fishing during the mayfly hatch on May18th near Spry Harbour, up the Eastern Shore. It is very near Sheet Harbour, a couple of kms south.
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   <br/>&#62; First one I&#39;d ever seen there in 20 years of fishing at this particular lake. I was quite surprised.
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   <br/>&#62; -Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth
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   <br/>&#62; On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Jeff Hiltz &#60;4x4play@gmail.com&#60;mailto:4x4play@gmail.com&#62;&#62; wrote:
   <br/>&#62; It looks like they have finally spread to the Springhill, Cumberland County area. A friend who spends a lot of her time in the woods got her first tick ever this Spring.
   <br/>&#62; I am an avid fisherman and I have yet to get one in this area but I know it is just a matter of time.
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   <br/>&#62; Go away cold weather! We have had enough!
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   <br/>&#62; As for birds, we saw out first spotted sandpiper on River Philip this week!!
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   <br/>&#62; Cheers!
   <br/>&#62; Jeff
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   <br/>&#62; On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:57 PM, John and Nhung &#60;nhungjohn@eastlink.ca&#60;mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca&#62;&#62; wrote:
   <br/>&#62; Can&#39;t be quantitative, but chez moi, south of Yarmouth, I see no difference from previous recent years.
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   <br/>&#62; From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca&#60;mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca&#62; [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca&#60;mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca&#62;] On Behalf Of Bev Wigney
   <br/>&#62; Sent: May 5, 2016 1:53 PM
   <br/>&#62; To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca&#60;mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca&#62;
   <br/>&#62; Subject: [NatureNS] Ticks
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   <br/>&#62; All,
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   <br/>&#62; Just curious if others have been finding less or more ticks so far this spring. I just arrived back at my place in Round Hill a week ago Monday. So far, I have only found one tick on myself and one on one of my dogs. Yesterday, I spent about 4 hours clearing brush, rose and berry canes to make a new path down to the river. The dogs were both with me while I worked on the hillside. Normally, all of us probably would have been loaded with ticks by the end of the afternoon, but so far, I have not found any (knock on wood). Is anyone else finding the same paucity of ticks? By the way, last summer, after a few ticks found on the dogs and myself in April and May, I did not find any more ticks on us during the rest of the season. This was very different than previous years when I was finding them even into the autumn.
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   <br/>&#62; Bev Wigney
   <br/>&#62; Round Hill, NS
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