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alt=3D"Winking smi Paul, and all, I don't actually mind ticks much - I mean, I'm an entomology nut, so there isn't much that bothers me. It's the diseases that ticks can carry that concern me a bit. That said, I can't stay indoors when there are things to see out in the woods and fields! I go around in shorts and a t-shirt and just flick the ticks off any time I feel them crawling on me. They are a nuisance on my two big Collie dogs though. The ticks here at Round Hill are not usually too numerous, although there was one year when they were quite plentiful through most of the season. Nova Scotia certainly doesn't have the market cornered on ticks. I've seen much worse than anything here while camped along the John Day River in central Oregon. Also, on some of the bottomlands in Missouri (which now has a newly identified tick-borne disease, by the way -- Heartland Virus). However, the worst I've ever seen of ticks was in some oak savannah in the coastal mountains of Mendocino County, California. They were just crazy. One of my dogs, still a young pup at the time, wandered off into some tall grass. That night, I checked her over (she was lying on my bed in the camper van) and she had many dozens all over her - two or three clustered together working on the same spot to get a bite going. I was busy with the forceps for a good hour. Pretty darned disgusting compared to anything I've seen out here in the east. The thing I don't like about the ticks in the west is that they seem to carry even more diseases than in the east - like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colorado Tick Fever, and then Lyme, Ehrlichiosis, and the other typical tick borne illnesses. A malacologist friend once got infected with RMSF while looking for snails out in the west and he said it was quite the ordeal. Anyhow, that's my interest - the species, their frequency, and what diseases might be present in an area where I am camped, hiking, etc… Bev Wigney -- a CFAer - or may COTW (Citizen of the World) is a better description. (-: Round Hill, NS - when I'm not somewhere else on the planet. On 5/7/16, Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Now, Paul...tsk tsk. I am a CFA, although I’ve lived in Nova Scotia for > nearly 50 years. I grew up in a place more rife with ticks than here, and > I’ve 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—me excepted. So, > stop dissing us comefromaways! > Jane > > From: rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca > Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2016 10:33 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Ticks - request > > Well you wouldn't need any from me! > 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: >> >> >> >> Hi Dave >> >> Have responded to several posters, but thought I would solicit from the >> larger group. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> So if anyone encounters ticks (especially in novel areas), would >> appreciate hearing about them .. Reports from existing areas are also >> welcome. >> >> Andrew >> >> A Hebda >> NSM Collections (Zoology) >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on >> behalf of David Patriquin [David.Patriquin@Dal.Ca] >> Sent: May-07-16 8:09 AM >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ticks >> >> Are these descriptions referring to the black-legged tick or to ticks >> generally? >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on >> behalf of chris kennedy <cjkennedy66@gmail.com> >> Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2016 7:51 AM >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ticks >> >> Last May, >> >> 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. >> >> First one I'd ever seen there in 20 years of fishing at this particular >> lake. I was quite surprised. >> >> -Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth >> >> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Jeff Hiltz >> <4x4play@gmail.com<mailto:4x4play@gmail.com>> wrote: >> 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. >> 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. >> >> Go away cold weather! We have had enough! >> >> As for birds, we saw out first spotted sandpiper on River Philip this >> week!! >> >> Cheers! >> Jeff >> >> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:57 PM, John and Nhung >> <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca<mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>> wrote: >> Can't be quantitative, but chez moi, south of Yarmouth, I see no >> difference from previous recent years. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> >> [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>] >> On Behalf Of Bev Wigney >> Sent: May 5, 2016 1:53 PM >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Subject: [NatureNS] Ticks >> >> All, >> >> 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 bo