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Not that I=E2=80=99m aware of David. Studies have shown that birds need to b=
e within 2 km to be attracted. As for your suggestion, one would have to ens=
ure that a wind turbine is not between the bird and the light. Nonetheless a=
strong light causes bird to circle it continuously, to the point of exhaust=
ion. The memorial lights at ground zero in New York have to be turned off pe=
riodically during the night to allow circling birds to escape.=20
John
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 4, 2018, at 18:58, David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
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> Hi John & All,
> Are you saying that a light near a wind tower attracted the birds ? If=
so, has anyone tried using lights to divert traffic away from wind towers ?=
> Yt, DW, Kentville
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> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "John Kearney" <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca>
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Sent: 6/4/2018 2:50:42 PM
> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Breeding Bird Survey
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>> I think that was a good decision James. Besides the cold, I find that the=
re are still some birds migrating throughout the first week of June. A few y=
ears ago, someone left a light on at one of the wind farms I was surveying o=
n the night of June 9th. In the morning there were 14 dead birds beneath it c=
omprised of Red-eyed Vireos and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers. These would have=
been birds that are still migrating.
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>> John
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>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> On Be=
half Of James Hirtle
>> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 04:36
>> To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Subject: [NatureNS] Breeding Bird Survey
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>> I was going to do my breeding bird survey which starts at Jordan Falls, g=
oes into Shelburne and up into Welshtown. I went out at 03:00 and found tha=
t I had to scrape ice off of my windshield. Who would have thought on June 4=
that ice would be heavy enough on the windshield so that the wipers would n=
ot remove it. Anyhow, I set off and went about a quarter of the way and tho=
ught to myself, what am I doing? I turned around and went back home and wil=
l run the route later in the month when the weather is warmer and the birds w=
ill be singing and calling as they normally would. The cold would not have m=
ade it a valid census. =20
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>> I'll focus on the western kingbird later in the morning found by John Rob=
art. This bird was at the old Kirk's Christmas Tree Yard in Bridgewater. I=
t is at the end of the Glenn Alen Subdivision across from the ball field. I=
t is an area that provides public access if the bird sticks around. =20
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>> I also will be checking out the nesting phoebe and if the eastern bluebir=
d pair are still around at Vogler's Cove. =20
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>> I think I'll also go out Western Shore way to a location for olive-sided f=
lycatcher and black-throated blue warblers that traditionally nest there and=
check that location out. I'll post my findings later if successful and wil=
l send a report through to Dalhousie University in regards to the olive-side=
d flycatcher. I will need to go back to Wallace Lake to get a GPS location f=
or the Canada Warbler for them. =20
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>> James R. Hirtle
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>> LaHave
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Not that I=E2=80=99m aware of David. Studie=
s have shown that birds need to be within 2 km to be attracted. As for your s=
uggestion, one would have to ensure that a wind turbine is not between the b=
ird and the light. Nonetheless a strong light causes bird to circle it conti=
nuously, to the point of exhaustion. The memorial lights at ground zero in N=
ew York have to be turned off periodically during the night to allow circlin=
g birds to escape. <div>John<br><div><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"=
>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jun 4, 2018, at 18:58, David <<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></=
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attracted the birds ? If so, has anyone tried using lights to divert traffi=
c away from wind towers ?</div><div>Yt, DW, Kentville</div>
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<div>------ Original Message ------</div>
<div>From: "John Kearney" <<a href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca=
">john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></div>
<div>To: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<=
/a></div>
<div>Sent: 6/4/2018 2:50:42 PM</div>
<div>Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Breeding Bird Survey</div><div><br></div>
<div id=3D"x9f30044a99e34b5"><blockquote cite=3D"001d01d3fc2c$8f0a3dd0$ad1eb=
970$@ns.sympatico.ca" type=3D"cite" class=3D"cite2">
<div class=3D"WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I think that was a good d=
ecision James. Besides the cold, I find that there are still some birds migr=
ating throughout the first week of June. A few years ago, someone left a lig=
ht on at one of the wind farms I was surveying on the night of June 9<sup>th=
</sup>. In the m