[NatureNS] Fish and Gannets

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I was at the Cape St. Mary's nesting site on the Avalon Pen. in August. The
Biologist there pointed out that the Gannets have expanded very
significantly both N & S from the big stack that everyone would be familiar
with, if they've been there. I told the Biologist that I had photos from
1985 and he asked me for copies. (I just took digital photos of the film
photos, in good light. With a bit of sharpening, they were equal to the
originals.) It's not as if they don't have older records, but they collect
all old data like these photos.

Ed Hayden is a top Nfld birder. On eBird I see he reports 30,000 Gannets,
30,000 Common Murres & 20,000 Black-legged Kittiwakes on July 10, 2015 and
references the Interpretation Centre for the numbers. The Gannet figure is
the all-time maximum for that site. When I was there on Aug. 19, the Gannet
colony was still going full blast (excuse my scientific terms ;^)) but the
Murres and Kittiwakes were very much winding down. There were barely enuf
of these two to catch a few late juv. photos at the nests. There were huge
numbers of large Gannet juvies, looking very good.

I just realized I should link my Nfld Birds portfolio, as it's on line here=
:

https://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Newfoundland-Birds/

Rick Whitman

On 21 September 2016 at 08:44, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca>
wrote:

> It=E2=80=99s nice to hear of the possibly recovering Cod off our coastlin=
e.  Hope
> they achieve great sizes.
>
>
>
> I=E2=80=99ve just returned from Forillon in the Gaspe, where folks settle=
d and
> once thrived on the cod fishery.  There were large numbers of Northern
> Gannets diving and feeding daily.  Spectacular to watch.  I enquired abou=
t
> the Gannet colony on Bonaventure and apparently it was an excellent year,
> reproductively.  The Kittiwake colony also had a good year and is expandi=
ng
> on the cliffs at Forillon.  The theory is that the large cod are still
> missing in the food chain and so there are lots of smaller prey items for
> these birds.
>
>
>
> Bald eagles have become a common resident along the cliffs of Forillon, a
> species that was rare in 1992 when I worked there.   It=E2=80=99s interes=
ting to
> observe the changes in species abundances over time, and at least see som=
e
> species recovering/expanding.  Some good news among the darkness.
>
>
>
> Donna
>
>
>
> *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@
> chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *Hubcove@aol.com
> *Sent:* September-19-16 8:06 AM
> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> *Subject:* [NatureNS] Fish
>
>
>
> Fishing at the mouth of St Magarets Bay a couple of days ago it was
> encouraging to find an abundance of Cod. Lots of small ones but plenty in
> the 5 to 7lb range. Also Pollock in the 18 to 20 inch range which is
> something we haven't seen in a while. No Mammals except for a couple of
> seals but a very large Bluefin jumped a couple of times. One other
> observation is that there seems to be few Northern Gannets this year.
>
> Peter Stow
>
> Hubbards
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I was at the Cape St. Mary&#39;s nesting site on the Avalo=
n Pen. in August. The Biologist there pointed out that the Gannets have exp=
anded very significantly both N &amp; S from the big stack that everyone wo=
uld be familiar with, if they&#39;ve been there. I told the Biologist that =
I had photos from 1985 and he asked me for copies. (I just took digital pho=
tos of the film photos, in good light. With a bit of sharpening, they were =
equal to the originals.) It&#39;s not as if they don&#39;t have older recor=
ds, but they collect all old data like these photos.<div><br></div><div>Ed =
Hayden is a top Nfld birder. On eBird I see he reports 30,000 Gannets, 30,0=
00 Common Murres &amp; 20,000 Black-legged Kittiwakes on July 10, 2015 and =
references the Interpretation Centre for the numbers. The Gannet figure is =
the all-time maximum for that site. When I was there on Aug. 19, the Gannet=
 colony was still going full blast (excuse my scientific terms ;^)) but the=
 Murres and Kittiwakes were very much winding down. There were barely enuf =
of these two to catch a few late juv. photos at the nests. There were huge =
numbers of large Gannet juvies, looking very good.</div><div><br></div><div=
>I just realized I should link my Nfld Birds portfolio, as it&#39;s on line=
 here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/=
Nature/Newfoundland-Birds/">https://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Newfound=
land-Birds/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rick Whitman</div></div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 21 September 2016 at=
 08:44, Donna Crossland <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dcrossland@=
eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">dcrossland@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:=
<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-lef=
t:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=
=3D"purple"><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;fon=
t-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">It=E2=80=
=99s nice to hear of the possibly recovering Cod off our coastline.=C2=A0 H=
ope they achieve great sizes.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal=
"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;san=
s-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"Mso=
Normal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&qu=
ot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">I=E2=80=99ve just returned from Forillon=
 in the Gaspe, where folks settled and once thrived on the cod fishery.=C2=
=A0 There were large numbers of Northern Gannets diving and feeding daily.=
=C2=A0 Spectacular to watch.=C2=A0 I enquired about the Gannet colony on Bo=
naventure and apparently it was an excellent year, reproductively.=C2=A0 Th=
e Kittiwake colony also had a good year and is expanding on the cliffs at F=
orillon.=C2=A0 The theory is that the large cod are still missing in the fo=
od chain and so there are lots of smaller prey items for these birds.=C2=A0=
 =C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-=
size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1=
f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D=
"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;co=
lor:#1f497d">Bald eagles have become a common resident along the cliffs of =
Forillon, a species that was rare in 1992 when I worked there.=C2=A0 =C2=A0=
It=E2=80=99s interesting to observe the changes in species abundances over =
time, and at least see some species recovering/expanding.=C2=A0 Some good n=
ews among the darkness.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-seri=
f&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal=
"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;san=
s-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Donna<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoN=
ormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quo=
t;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><div><div =
style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0=
cm"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0p=
t;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><s=
pan lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;=
,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" =
target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mail=
to:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@<wbr>che=
bucto.ns.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href=3D"mailto:Hubcove@aol.com" tar=
get=3D"_blank">Hubcove@aol.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> September-19-16 8:06 AM<=
br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">=
naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Fish<u></u><u></u=
></span></p></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><div=
><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;=
sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Fishing at the mouth of St Magarets Bay a cou=
ple of days ago it was encouraging to find an abundance of Cod. Lots of sma=
ll ones but plenty in the 5 to 7lb range. Also Pollock in the 18 to 20 inch=
 range which is something we haven&#39;t seen in a while. No Mammals except=
 for a couple of seals but a very large Bluefin jumped a couple of times. O=
ne other observation is that there seems to be few Northern Gannets this ye=
ar.</span><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&qu=
ot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-se=
rif&quot;;color:black">Peter Stow</span><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;fon=
t-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><u></u><u></=
u></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:&=
quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Hubbards=C2=A0=C2=A0</=
span><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sa=
ns-serif&quot;;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></bl=
ockquote></div><br></div>

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