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{m --_000_BLUPR11MB046866228715CB87F7651E7CB58B0BLUPR11MB0468namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all: Andrew Hebda suggested that maybe the northern gannet had brought the black= -legged ticks with it. When carrying the bird this is when the ticks seeme= d to show up, so it is possible that the person who ended up with lyme dise= ase and my assumption that the ticks came from the grass is wrong. This po= ssibility set me to thinking. Has any work been done to determine if black= -legged ticks can spread lymes disease to larger birds? If it can, then ma= ybe this would explain why so many northern gannets are showing up as ill t= his year. I haven't had time to google to even see this as a possibility, = but if anyone has any insight I'm sure all would be interested. James R. Hirtle LaHave ________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beha= lf of chris kennedy <cjkennedy66@gmail.com> Sent: August 8, 2017 8:46 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] RE: Black-legged Tick and late fall I also use Picaridin (product comes in a green bottle from MEC for $10 doll= ars), but have gotten ticks. I will say that I find the Picaridin formula works well against black flies= specifically, and pretty well against mosquitoes. Anyone else have any experience with the product? Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 3:31 PM, David Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.c= a<mailto:dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca>> wrote: I=92m curious. Do you folks spray with deet? I=92ve been using picaridin = this summer and last, but I haven=92t gotten any ticks on me yet. Luck? 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 James Hirtle Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 11:43 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] RE: Black-legged Tick and late fall It's real name is Conrad's Beach. Best to all, James ________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> <= naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>> on beh= alf of John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca<mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>> Sent: August 8, 2017 12:58 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] RE: Black-legged Tick and late fall Western Lunenburg County, a bit to the east of Vogler=92s Cove. I had no trouble googling it! From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> [= mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of chris kennedy Sent: August 8, 2017 7:36 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] RE: Black-legged Tick and late fall Where is Cherry Hill Beach, in Nova Scotia. Google Earth doesn't recognize it as a place name for our Province. -Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 8:53 PM, <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca<mailto:klantz@ns.sy= mpatico.ca>> wrote: Based on my observations (and dozens of BLTicks removed from various parts = of my anatomy) I'd have to say they are most common here in the Lunenburg a= rea in spring. Tick numbers drop off a bit in mid to late summer then there= is a second peak in the fall. Nymphs seem to become more common in late sp= ring and peak in the fall. But again that is based mostly on my own encount= ers. They can be picked up any time including mid winter days when the temp= erature gets near or above freezing. Kevin Lantz Front Centre From: John and Nhung<mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2017 6:12 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] RE: Black-legged Tick and late fall Just a note about black-legged ticks and their seasonality: Down here in the banana belt, my three or four encounters with the little b= uggers were all in or near early November. We need a vaccine. 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 Keith Lowe Sent: August 6, 2017 9:37 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] RE: Black-legged Tick Hi Jim, Did she say what part of Cherry Hill Beach? I=92ve thoroughly birded CHB se= veral times this year and I have never gotten a tick there. But I don=92t g= o in the high grass, at least not until late fall, so I suspect that must b= e where she got them? That is sad news about the gannets; I hope a cause and solution is found. D= oes NSBS have any funds for an investigator! Keith Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986> for Window= s 10 From: James Hirtle<mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, August 6, 2017 4:58 PM To: Naturens Naturens<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] Black-legged Tick Just a heads up on a high concentration of black-legged ticks at Cherry Hil= l Beach. A relative who does recuse work on wildlife was loaded with proba= bly 40-50 black-legged ticks when she did a gannet rescue. She ended up wi= th lymes disease and had very severe symptoms before treatment. She wonders why there are so many gannet calls this year and why most of th= em are dead by the time they reach Hope For Wildlife or why they are mostly= dying between pick-up and transportation. Does anyone have an explanation for this. One recently was ex-rayed and wa= s determined to have an old gun shot wound, so likely died due to lead pois= oning. Sincerely, James R. Hirtle LaHave --_000_BLUPR11MB046866228715CB87F7651E7CB58B0BLUPR11MB0468namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margi= n-bottom:0;} --></style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:24pt;color:#000000;font= -family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir=3D"ltr"> <p>Hi all:</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Andrew Hebda suggested that maybe the northern