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------=_Part_2398619_1994458534.1502803684875 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, Several years ago I met a man, a citizen scientist, through the N.S. Bird S= ociety. For many, many years he had been keeping track of owls on his prope= rty. Does anyone know the gentleman I'm talking about and does anyone know = how I could get in touch with him? Thanks,Andrea From: GayleMacLean <duartess@EastLink.ca> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 12:06 AM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] insect repellents US review =20 All...My, now retired=C2=A0vet, told me, that, when it came to Lyme Disease= : very few dogs become seriously affected by the organism given off by the = Black-legged Tick, BUT that a very=C2=A0HIGH percentage of people who get b= itten by the SAME tick, =C2=A0DO become ill from it...just saying...a repel= lant is a good thing, =C2=A0especially for families interested in exploring= our natural province.=C2=A0Gayle MacLeanDartmouth=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0On 08/1= 4/17 11:20 PM, "Hebda, Andrew J" <Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca> wrote: Hi David and Henry I have similar experience.. Do not use any repellant.=C2=A0 Do get the odd = mosquito and blackfly bite (in season).=C2=A0 I do not react to the bites, = so the minor occasional inconvenience seems an acceptable trade-off, althou= gh I know several who are affected quite badly... perhaps something on our = metabolisms, or, perhaps we just don't let it bother us that much...=C2=A0 = I do a tick check when I come in from the fields, but seem not to be much a= tick magnet either. A ________________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on beha= lf of Henk Kwindt [cbatl@bellaliant.net] Sent: August-14-17 9:37 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] insect repellents US review I never use any repellent, although hardly a day goes by that I do not get = into tall grass or bushes. My neighbours have all had ticks including the black legged, but I have not= seen any yet. I am just too scared of the chemicals especially using them regularly. Besides, whatever you use, you will have to check your body (totally) every= evening anyway. Same for sunscreen, I don=E2=80=99t use it. I am just not convinced what is= worse, sun exposure or sunscreen on my skin. Henk Kwindt, Cow Bay, NS. On Aug 14, 2017, at 2:42 PM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com<mailto:rand= y.lauff@gmail.com>> wrote: I know this goes against the grain, but have any of you tried...nothing at = all? I realize that there are a very few circumstances where one must go into mo= squito-ridden areas. However, when disease transmission is effectively nil = (as in NS), can you just not tolerate a few bites? I am now 20 years withou= t using repellent, not even once, not on my clothes...nothing. Seriously, m= osquito bites are itchy for a little bit, then no issue. I really think bug repellent companies have turned this into a much bigger = issue than it really is, and most people think they *need* repellent. I also do not use mosquito jackets...the hoods have some redeeming value, b= ut the jackets allow *more* access to your skin than if you just wore a lig= ht shirt...the weave of jackets is so loose that the proboscis of the mosqu= itoes has much less trouble getting through when compared with the tighter = weave of shirts. I also understand that some people are apparently more attractive to biting= flies than other people. However, I also think that like driving (impossib= ly, we can't all be "better than the average driver"), there are a lot of p= eople which think that "mosquitoes just love me more than anyone else" I do support the use of a repellent for ticks or biting insects, *if* you l= ive in an area where disease-carrying critters are a problem. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 14 August 2017 at 13:34, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca<mailto:srshaw@dal.c= a>> wrote: The latest (Sept 2017, page 17) print issue of US-based Consumer Reports br= iefly evaluates 24 bug repellents, aimed at mosquitoes but saying that thei= r tests showed that they appeared also to repel ticks.=C2=A0 The scores ran= ge from 95 (tops), down to 4 (poor).=C2=A0 Six of the top 9 top recommended= brands contain only DEET, 2 contain picaridin, and 1 contains Oil of lemon= eucalyptus.=C2=A0=C2=A0 These are US-based products, unclear if all/any av= ailable in Canada.=C2=A0=C2=A0 The report can be reviewed without a subscri= ption at CR.org/repellents0917<http://cr.org/repellents0917> access to which is a bit clunky but worked for me on checking it out.=C2=A0= The CR review doesn=E2=80=99t mention Piactive or icaridin, probably becau= se the primary focus was on mosquito repellents.=C2=A0 The review comes dow= n on plant-based =E2=80=98botanicals=E2=80=99, which it says are not EPA re= gistered and which they say they found ineffective. Steve (Hfx) On Aug 8, 2017, at 7:03 PM, David Patriquin <davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca<mailt= o:davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca>> wrote: When I am in the "right place at the right time" to get black-legged ticks,= especially the nymphs,=C2=A0 I use a combination of light coloured (so I c= an see ticks),=C2=A0 pyrethroid-treated clothing and a personal insecticide= with pyrethrin or pyrethroids (synthetic analogues of pyrethrin) to ward t= hem off. This summer I began using the Piactive product.=C2=A0 I was walking some cl= earcuts in early July with a colleague who had sprayed exposed skin but had= untreated clothing. Walking the same route, he picked up 5 black-legged ti= ck