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class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div>< This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01D2BC47.BD65C8F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yeah, wonder if a sensible compromise might be to harvest from, say, = September to March. Probably a no-go. =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Donna Crossland Sent: April 23, 2017 10:32 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] rusty blackbird clarficiation =20 I should clarify that the stand to be clearcut is some distance from the = swamp with the rusty blackbird. However, there will be plenty of other = birds that will be nesting in the hardwood stand to be clearcut at Oak = Lake if it takes place in the next couple of months. =20 =20 Sadly, the Migratory Birds Act does not get in the way of forestry = unless we stand by the machines and point to the nests, so it seems. = Little did we know 100 years ago that the biggest threat to migratory = birds would not be shooting them for their feathers or destroying birds = for some other cause (which the Act does seem to help), but rather it = would be habitat loss, plain and simple. We can=E2=80=99t convince a = bay-breasted warbler to forage in a clearcut. No way, no how. =20 Donna Crossland =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Mary Macaulay Sent: April-22-17 3:42 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Donna - rusty blackbird today =20 Donna - Should you not alert DNR to stop the clearcut; Rusty blackbird = breeding habitat being protected since it's a species at risk? With kindest regards =20 Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. =20 Owner, Remember Adventures & Caper Cafe Pedal Buggy & snowshoe rentals, great bird friendly coffee, breakfast & = pasta, pollinator meadow, games & more!!=20 (Open Wed to Sunday: 8:30 am-3 pm) HWY 6 & Station Road Trans-Canada Trail Tatamagouche RememberAdventures.ca & InsectRecovery.org 1-902-293-1533 Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery On Apr 21, 2017, at 11:15 PM, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> = wrote: Hi Nature folks: =20 I, too, received a great wall of emails today, repeating over and over, = including one that I sent out. (I am growing tired of =E2=80=98my own = self=E2=80=99!!) =20 I have an Eastlink account. I=E2=80=99ve never experienced this happen = before. I keep my virus scan up-to-date. =20 Hopefully it will be resolved soon. Sorry. =20 I listened to a rusty blackbird =E2=80=9Csinging=E2=80=9D in an alder = swamp with a small flowing brook near Lake Paul at the corner of the = road leading from the =E2=80=9Cfire road=E2=80=9D to Oak Lake. =20 =20 (I was visiting Oak Lake to see what it looks like before the large = clearcut in this public forest begins. Very young oak trees and stands = of white birch, all to be turned to chips for an unjustifiable cause = from our little Oak Lake. There=E2=80=99s a nice picnic spot on the = lake shore, and the road can be travelled by car if anyone wants to = visit this lake. A brown creeper was singing from somewhere within the = stand.) =20 Donna Crossland ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01D2BC47.BD65C8F0 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 14 (filtered = medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-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.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.EmailStyle21 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .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'color:#1F497D'>Yeah, wonder if a sensible compromise might be = to harvest from, say, September to March.=C2=A0 Probably a = no-go.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>= </b><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = <b>On Behalf Of </b>Donna Crossland<br><b>Sent:</b> April 23, 2017 10:32 = AM<br><b>To:</b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] = rusty blackbird clarficiation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'color:#1F497D'>I should clarify that the stand to be clearcut = is some distance from the swamp with the rusty blackbird. However, = there will be plenty of other birds that will be nesting in th