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<div style= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01D40493.5E7904C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not that I=E2=80=99m aware of Bev. I=E2=80=99m increasingly thinking = that most migrating birds remain west of Nova Scotia in the spring. For = example the 700,000 warblers seen at Tadoussac, Quebec on May 28 were = seen on radar over northern Maine and New Brunswick the night before. =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> On = Behalf Of Bev Wigney Sent: Friday, June 15, 2018 08:43 To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Lyme disease =20 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.=20 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. =20 =20 Bev =20 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=E2=80=99s a very good question. I=E2=80=99ve 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=E2=80=99m not aware of any = evidence indicating that more spring migrants fly to Nova Scotia than = Maine or New Brunswick. John =20 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>=20 Subject: [NatureNS] Lyme disease =20 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 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01D40493.5E7904C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta = name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered = medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Segoe UI"; panose-1:2 11 5 2 4 2 4 2 2 3;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0 {mso-style-name:msonormal; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} span.EmailStyle19 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple><div = class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Not that I=E2=80=99m aware of Bev. = I=E2=80=99m increasingly thinking that most migrating birds remain west = of Nova Scotia in the spring. For example the 700,000 warblers seen at = Tadoussac, Quebec on May 28 were seen on radar over northern Maine and = New Brunswick the night before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US>From:</span></b><span = lang=3DEN-US> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bev = Wigney<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 15, 2018 08:43<br><b>To:</b> = naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: = [NatureNS] Lyme disease<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>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. = <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>