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Index of Subjects This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01D1EEEE.A0EBCC50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wow, really interesting observations Eric! Your notes about the nuthatches provide a nice insight on early August = migration.=20 Your sighting of the top predator is also very apropos, given the = WWF-Canada report this week which indicates the Bay of Fundy herring = fishery is in trouble and that fisheries managers are not leaving enough = fish in the water to meet the needs of whales and seabirds. Thank you, John =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Eric Mills Sent: August-04-16 22:20 To: NSRBA <NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com>; Nature NS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; = Anne Mills <ocotillo8@gmail.com> Subject: [NatureNS] Red-breasted Nuthatches, Brier Island =20 This morning just after dawn I counted 15 Red-breasted Nuthatches in = flight over Northern Point, Brier Island. More were in the trees nearby, = and later I found more scattered about on the island. Arriving spring = and fall migrants frequently tower over the Point before moving off to = the NE or dispersing on the island. =20 This is quite an early record (although not quite the earliest) for this = irruptive sp=E2=80=8Eecies on Brier Island. It is often the first of the = fall migrants.=20 =20 Eric L. Mills=20 Lower Rose Bay Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia=20 Canada (on Brier Island) ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01D1EEEE.A0EBCC50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta = name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered = medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0 {mso-style-name:msonormal; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} span.EmailStyle19 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>Wow, really interesting observations = Eric!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>Your notes about the nuthatches provide a nice insight on = early August migration. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>Your sighting of the top predator is also very apropos, = given the WWF-Canada report this week which indicates the Bay of Fundy = herring fishery is in trouble and that fisheries managers are not = leaving enough fish in the water to meet the needs of whales and = seabirds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span><= /b><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Mills<br><b>Sent:</b> August-04-16 = 22:20<br><b>To:</b> NSRBA <NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com>; Nature NS = <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; Anne Mills = <ocotillo8@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Red-breasted = Nuthatches, Brier Island<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#262626'>This morning = just after dawn I counted 15 Red-breasted Nuthatches in flight over = Northern Point, Brier Island. More were in the trees nearby, and later I = found more scattered about on the island. Arriving spring and fall = migrants frequently tower over the Point before moving off to the NE or = dispersing on the island.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#262626'><o:p> </o:p= ></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#262626'>This is quite = an early record (although not quite the earliest) for this irruptive = sp=E2=80=8E