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<br/&g This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01E2_01D1A84D.C121C8E0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_01E3_01D1A84D.C1260EA0" ------=_NextPart_001_01E3_01D1A84D.C1260EA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Now, Paul...tsk tsk. I am a CFA, although I=E2=80=99ve lived in Nova = Scotia for nearly 50 years. I grew up in a place more rife with ticks = than here, and I=E2=80=99ve always loved the woods. I have also always = been horrified by ticks and leeches. I think people here are just = getting used to ticks and are, in general, more upset by them than folks = where I grew up=E2=80=94me excepted. So, stop dissing us = comefromaways! Jane=20 From: rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca=20 Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2016 10:33 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Ticks - request Well you wouldn't need any from me!=20 in the heart of Lunenburg County! We have them all but everyone seems so used to them they pay them no more heed than a black fly except some Comefromaways ! Enjoy the spring, ticks or no ticks! Paul > On May 7, 2016 at 8:19 AM "Hebda, Andrew J" = <Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca> wrote:=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Hi Dave=20 >=20 > Have responded to several posters, but thought I would solicit from = the larger group.=20 >=20 > 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.=20 >=20 > 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.=20 >=20 > So if anyone encounters ticks (especially in novel areas), would = appreciate hearing about them .. Reports from existing areas are also = welcome.=20 >=20 > Andrew=20 >=20 > A Hebda=20 > NSM Collections (Zoology)=20 >=20 > ________________________________________=20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on = behalf of David Patriquin [David.Patriquin@Dal.Ca]=20 > Sent: May-07-16 8:09 AM=20 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ticks=20 >=20 > Are these descriptions referring to the black-legged tick or to ticks = generally?=20 >=20 >=20 > ________________________________=20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on = behalf of chris kennedy <cjkennedy66@gmail.com>=20 > Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2016 7:51 AM=20 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ticks=20 >=20 > Last May,=20 >=20 > 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.=20 >=20 > First one I'd ever seen there in 20 years of fishing at this = particular lake. I was quite surprised.=20 >=20 > -Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth=20 >=20 > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Jeff Hiltz = <4x4play@gmail.com<mailto:4x4play@gmail.com>> wrote:=20 > 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.=20 > 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.=20 >=20 > Go away cold weather! We have had enough!=20 >=20 > As for birds, we saw out first spotted sandpiper on River Philip this = week!!=20 >=20 > Cheers!=20 > Jeff=20 >=20 > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:57 PM, John and Nhung = <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca<mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>> wrote:=20 > Can't be quantitative, but chez moi, south of Yarmouth, I see no = difference from previous recent years.=20 >=20 > -----Original Message-----=20 > From: = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.c= a>] On Behalf Of Bev Wigney=20 > Sent: May 5, 2016 1:53 PM=20 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20 > Subject: [NatureNS] Ticks=20 >=20 > All,=20 >=20 > 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.=20 >=20 > Bev Wigney=20 > Round Hill, NS=20 >=20 >=20 > ---=20 > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.=20 > https://www.avast.com/antivirus=20 >=20 >=20 > ------=_NextPart_001_01E3_01D1A84D.C1260EA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV>Now, Paul...tsk tsk. I am a CFA, although I=E2=80=99ve lived = in Nova Scotia=20 for nearly 50 years. I grew up in a place more rife with ticks = than here,=20 and I=E2=80=99ve always loved the woods. I have also always been = horrified by=20 ticks and leeches. 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