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</sup>. In the m ------=_Part_109496_874258880.1528163570511 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable One of the worst ideas ever has been these "light sculptures" and memorial= s. At least they could be turned off during migration periods. Carmel Smith Midville Branch, NS On Monday, June 4, 2018, 8:14:44 p.m. ADT, John Kearney <john.kearney@n= s.sympatico.ca> wrote: =20 =20 Not that I=E2=80=99m aware of David. Studies have shown that birds need to= be within 2 km to be attracted. As for your suggestion, one would have to = ensure that a wind turbine is not between the bird and the light. Nonethele= ss a strong light causes bird to circle it continuously, to the point of ex= haustion. The memorial lights at ground zero in New York have to be turned = off periodically during the night to allow circling birds to escape.=C2=A0J= ohn Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2018, at 18:58, David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: #yiv4886825763 #yiv4886825763 --blockquote.yiv4886825763cite {margin-left:5= px;margin-right:0px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:0px;border-left:1px sol= id #cccccc;}#yiv4886825763 blockquote.yiv4886825763cite2 {margin-left:5px;m= argin-right:0px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:0px;border-left:1px solid #= cccccc;margin-top:3px;padding-top:0px;}#yiv4886825763 a img {border:0px;}#y= iv4886825763 #yiv4886825763 #yiv4886825763 #yiv4886825763 , #yiv4886825763 = #yiv4886825763 #yiv4886825763 #yiv4886825763 {list-style-position:inside;}#= yiv4886825763 body {font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;}#yiv4886825763 Hi Jo= hn & All,=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Are you saying that a light near a wind tower attrac= ted the birds ? If so, has anyone tried using lights to divert traffic away= from wind towers ?Yt, DW, Kentville ------ Original Message ------From: "John Kearney" <john.kearney@ns.sympati= co.ca>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.caSent: 6/4/2018 2:50:42 PMSubject: RE: [Nat= ureNS] Breeding Bird Survey I think that was a good decision James. Besides the cold, I find that there= are still some birds migrating throughout the first week of June. A few ye= ars 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= comprised of Red-eyed Vireos and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers. These would h= ave been birds that are still migrating. John =C2=A0 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> On Beha= lf Of James Hirtle Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 04:36 To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] Breeding Bird Survey =C2=A0 I was going to do my breeding bird survey which starts at Jordan Falls, goe= s into Shelburne and up into Welshtown.=C2=A0 I went out at 03:00 and found= that I had to scrape ice off of my windshield.=C2=A0 Who would have though= t on June 4 that ice would be heavy enough on the windshield so that the wi= pers would not remove it.=C2=A0 Anyhow, I set off and went about a quarter = of the way and thought to myself, what am I doing?=C2=A0 I turned around an= d went back home and will run the route later in the month when the weather= is warmer and the birds will be singing and calling as they normally would= .=C2=A0 The cold would not have made it a valid census.=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 I'll focus on the western kingbird later in the morning found by John Robar= t.=C2=A0 This bird was at the old Kirk's Christmas Tree Yard in Bridgewater= .=C2=A0 It is at the end of the Glenn Alen Subdivision across from the ball= field.=C2=A0 It is an area that provides public access if the bird sticks = around.=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 I also will be checking out the nesting phoebe and if the eastern bluebird = pair are still around at Vogler's Cove.=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 I think I'll also go out Western Shore way to a location for olive-sided fl= ycatcher and black-throated blue warblers that traditionally nest there and= check that location out.=C2=A0 I'll post my findings later if successful a= nd will send a report through to Dalhousie University in regards to the oli= ve-sided flycatcher.=C2=A0 I will need to go back to Wallace Lake to get a = GPS location=C2=A0for the Canada Warbler for them.=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 James R. Hirtle LaHave =C2=A0 |=20 |=20 Virus-free. www.avast.com=20 | =C2=A0 =20 =20 ------=_Part_109496_874258880.1528163570511 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div style=3D"font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans= -serif;font-size:16px;"><div></div> <div>One of the worst ideas ever has been these "light sculptur= es" and memorials. At least they could be turned off during migration perio= ds.</div><div><br></div><div>Carmel Smith<br>Midville Branch, NS</div><div>= <br></div> =20 <div id=3D"yahoo_quoted_9044772305" class=3D"yahoo_quoted"> <div style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Aria= l, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"> =20 <div> On Monday, June 4, 2018, 8:14:44 p.m. ADT, John Kea= rney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: </div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><div id=3D"yiv4886825763"><div>Not that I=E2=80=99= m aware of David. Studies have shown that birds need to be within 2 km to b= e attracted. As for your suggestion, one would have to ensure that a wind t= urbine is not between the bird and the light. Nonetheless a strong light ca= uses bird to circle it continuously, to the point of exhaustion. The memori= al lights at ground zero in New York have to be turned off periodically dur= ing the night to allow circling birds to escape. <div>John<br clear=3D= "none"><div><br clear=3D"none"><div id=3D"yiv4886825763AppleMailSignature">= Sent from my iPhone</div><div class=3D"yiv4886825763yqt3215930293" id=3D"yi= v4886825763yqt75623"><div><br clear=3D"none">On Jun 4, 2018, at 18:58, Davi= d <<a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.c= om" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com= </a>> wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"></div><blockquote type= =3D"cite"><div><style type=3D"text/css">#yiv4886