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years as a field tec --Apple-Mail-A40A3D96-E366-4D20-AF6F-FAE89DB18B5B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dave was hoping to go as will be in Dartmouth at Judys late this afternoo= n for a Colombia get together but my sister and I have to head out early to g= o to pei for a funeral tomorrow. Hope taping works out. If so, might it be s= tored and available to view later not on Facebook?=20 No worries if not but I was interested in the topic. Have a great meeting to= nite Dave.=20 Way behind on my report to Ian. Working on it this morning but I think I hav= e been doing it for too many years and my zeal is dissipating =20 Cheers Ken=20 Ken McKenna Box 218 =20 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 > On Apr 26, 2017, at 11:15 AM, David Currie <david_currie@ns.sympatico.ca> w= rote: >=20 > Hi everyone >=20 > Thursday, April 27, 2017 - Katie Studholme - The secret life of Rhinos: tr= acking a Pacific seabird >=20 > Time: 7:30PM - NS Museum of Natural History =E2=80=93 1747 Summer Street H= alifax >=20 > Non-breeding distributions remain unknown for many seabird species and lin= ks between their distributions, overwinter ecology, reproduction and surviva= l are poorly understood despite their importance for marine management and c= onservation. To begin to address these knowledge gaps, I developed a researc= h program using small, light-sensing loggers to track rhinoceros auklets fro= m colonies throughout their breeding range in the Northeast Pacific. In this= talk I will explain the driving questions behind my research and its applic= ations, introduce you to my focal species, primary field sites, and techniqu= es, and share some unexpected preliminary tracking results. There will, of c= ourse, be images and stories from the field throughout! >=20 > Katie Studholme is a PhD candidate in her fourth year at Dalhousie Univers= ity, studying how the non-breeding distributions and environmental experienc= es of Pacific alcids affect their future reproduction and population process= es. Prior to beginning graduate school, Katie worked for two years as a fiel= d technician in the Galapagos Islands, coastal Maryland, Kodiak Alaska, and t= he Florida Everglades. >=20 > Lower Auditorium, NS Museum of Natural History =E2=80=93 Please stay for r= efreshments after the talk. >=20 > NSBS Monthly Talk - Please note, we are going to attempt to broadcast this= talk using Facebook Live on Thursday and you should be able to view the tal= k starting approximately at 7:40PM right from the Nova Scotia Bird Society=E2= =80=99s Facebook page if we are successful. This is a first for us so bound t= o find a glitch along the way. > =20 > Dave=20 --Apple-Mail-A40A3D96-E366-4D20-AF6F-FAE89DB18B5B Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Hi Dave was hoping to go as will be in= Dartmouth at Judys late this afternoon for a Colombia get together but my s= ister and I have to head out early to go to pei for a funeral tomorrow. Hope= taping works out. If so, might it be stored and available to view lat= er not on Facebook? </div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">No worries if n= ot but I was interested in the topic. Have a great meeting tonite Dave. = ;</div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Way behind on my report to Ian. Workin= g on it this morning but I think I have been doing it for too many years and= my zeal is dissipating </div><div id=3D"AppleMai= lSignature"><br></div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id=3D"Ap= pleMailSignature">Cheers</div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Ken <br><b= r>Ken McKenna<div>Box 218 </div><div>Stellarton</div><div>NS B0K 1S0</= div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Apr 26, 2017, at 11:15 AM, David Currie= <<a href=3D"mailto:david_currie@ns.sympatico.ca">david_currie@ns.sympati= co.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <p><font face=3D"Arial">Hi everyone</font></p> <p><font face=3D"Arial">Thursday, April 27, 2017 - Katie Studholme - The sec= ret life=20 of Rhinos: tracking a Pacific seabird</font></p> <p><font face=3D"Arial">Time: 7:30PM - NS Museum of Natural History =E2=80=93= 1747 Summer=20 Street Halifax</font></p> <div class=3D"text_exposed_show"> <p><font face=3D"Arial">Non-breeding distributions remain unknown for many s= eabird=20 species and links between their distributions, overwinter ecology, reproduct= ion=20 and survival are poorly understood despite their importance for marine=20 management and conservation. To begin to address these knowledge gaps, I=20 developed a research program using small, light-sensing loggers to track=20 rhinoceros auklets from colonies throughout their breeding range in the=20 Northeast Pacific. In this talk I will explain the driving questions behind m= y=20 research and its applications, introduce you to my focal species, primary fi= eld=20 sites, and techniques, and share some unexpected preliminary tracking result= s.=20 There will, of course, be images and stories from the field=20 throughout!</font></p> <p><font face=3D"Arial">Katie Studholme is a PhD candidate in her fourth yea= r at=20 Dalhousie University, studying how the non-breeding distributions and=20 environmental experiences of Pacific alcids affect their future reproduction= and=20 population processes. Prior to beginning graduate school, Katie worked for t= wo=20 years as a field technician in the Galapagos Islands, coastal Maryland, Kodi= ak=20 Alaska, and the Florida Everglades.</font></p> <p><font face=3D"Arial">Lower Auditorium, NS Museum of Natural History =E2=80= =93 Please stay=20 for refreshments after the talk. </font></p></div> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"><font= style=3D"face: "Times" face=3D"Arial" new=3D"" roman?=3D"">NSBS Monthl= y Talk - Please note, we=20 are going to attempt to broadcast this talk using Facebook Live on Thursday a= nd=20 you should be able to view the talk starting approximately at 7:40PM right f= rom=20 the Nova Scotia Bird Society=E2=80=99s Facebook page if we are successful. T= his is a=20 first for us so bound to find a glitch along the way.</font></div> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"><font= style=3D"face: &