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would be hit the hardest.<o:p xmlns:o=3D"#unknown"></o:p></span></p>& This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_1qWjJLyfAxTQrjOrjj1lQg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT There's a map of Lyme Disease risk areas on a federal government web page, here: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.html#map perhaps a little out of date, and a more detailed one for Nova Scotia, here: https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp Just wondering: Do blacklegged ticks really use birds as a means of dispersal? That story about birds bringing them into NS doesn't pass the smell test. --- Peter Payzant On 2018-06-15 8:43 AM, Bev Wigney wrote: > John -- Is there a particular migratory path that leads to Nova > Scotia? I'm thinking of how there are some bad tick hotspots on the > coastal parts of the eastern U.S. (like New Jersey) and maybe the > birds that pass through those particular areas are the ones coming > here. Also, I'm wondering about the accuracy of the info about ticks > with Lyme being worse here. I believe I saw a map not long ago -- > maybe on the CBC website -- showing that New Brunswick has some > comparably bad Lyme hotspots. > By the way -- so far, this is turning out to be quite a ticky summer > around my place and I'm hearing much the same from friends around here > (Annapolis Royal). Normally, the ticks seem to be less by the > beginning of July. Hope that will be the case this summer. > > Bev > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:07 AM, John Kearney > <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca>> > wrote: > > Hi David and all, > > That’s a very good question. I’ve heard the same reason given for > why we have the Hemlock Woolley Adelgid in Nova Scotia but not in > northern Maine and New Brunswick. I’m not aware of any evidence > indicating that more spring migrants fly to Nova Scotia than Maine > or New Brunswick. > > John > > *From:*naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca > <mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> > <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca > <mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>> *On Behalf Of *David > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2018 17:10 > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Subject:* [NatureNS] Lyme disease > > Dear All, > > In the July issue of Maclean's (p.17) are interesting data on > Lyme disease incidence in Canada. The much higher incidence in NS, > 21.5 times as high as the average incidence in the other nine > provinces, is attributed to "climate and the large number of > migratory birds carrying ticks from the US." > > I don't follow why NS would be hit the hardest. > > Yt, DW > > --Boundary_(ID_1qWjJLyfAxTQrjOrjj1lQg) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> There's a map of Lyme Disease risk areas on a federal government web page, here:<br> <br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.html#map">https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.html#map</a><br> <br> perhaps a little out of date, and a more detailed one for Nova Scotia, here: <br> <br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp">https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp</a><br> <br> Just wondering: Do blacklegged ticks really use birds as a means of dispersal? That story about birds bringing them into NS doesn't pass the smell test.<br> <br> --- Peter Payzant<br> <br> <br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2018-06-15 8:43 AM, Bev Wigney wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAD_MH0NP6oZb7tsNh85v9FDMqM29_hK4kWZH=E9Tg8GdHC96AA@mail.gmail.com"> <div dir="ltr">John -- Is there a particular migratory path that leads to Nova Scotia? I'm thinking of how there are some bad tick hotspots on the coastal parts of the eastern U.S. (like New Jersey) and maybe the birds that pass through those particular areas are the ones coming here. Also, I'm wondering about the accuracy of the info about ticks with Lyme being worse here. I believe I saw a map not long ago -- maybe on the CBC website -- showing that New Brunswick has some comparably bad Lyme hotspots. <div>By the way -- so far, this is turning out to be quite a ticky summer around my place and I'm hearing much the same from friends around here (Annapolis Royal). Normally, the ticks seem to be less by the beginning of July. Hope that will be the case this summer. <br> <div> <div><br> </div> <div>Bev</div> </div> </div> <div class="gmail_extra"><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:07 AM, John Kearney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-CA"> <div class="m_-8476095248633839924WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hi David and all,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>That’s a very good question. I’ve heard the same reason given for why we have the Hemlock Woolley Adelgid in Nova Scotia but not in northern Maine and New Brunswick. I’m not aware of any evidence indicating that more spring migrants fly to Nova Scotia than Maine or New Brunswick.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>John</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <div> <div style=