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Hi Donna & All,
I also have had misgivings about the bloated Eagle population. Not=20
to rain on the Eagle tourism parade but the balance of nature fails=20
under thumb pressure. Perhaps someone with suitable contacts could be=20
persuaded to advance this concern.
Yt, DW, Kentville
------ Original Message ------
From: "Donna Crossland" <dcrossland@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: 7/23/2018 7:42:47 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A late Loon chick
>I have previously questioned whether the winter eagle tourism events=20
>could not be as successful with "40" eagles (already impressive in my=20
>view) rather than some 400 eagles, which reflects a wildlife population=20
>that is obviously out-of-balance, and with impacts to other wildlife=20
>populations. The issue is now being noted as problematic elsewhere=20
>along the eastern seaboard as our eagles spread out during=20
>spring-summer breeding period.
>
>
>
>Practices of feeding the growing numbers of eagles will not change=20
>apparently by those hired to oversee or regulate such wildlife=20
>populations, nor by those hired to regulate farm practices unless some=20
>group makes a formal request. (I am only guessing this might help.) =20
>It is perhaps only when the gull or corvid populations (that are also=20
>farm fed) potentially contaminate a drinking water supply or poultry=20
>operation (a predictable biohazard for spreading disease as dense=20
>wildlife populations soar), that we may see abrupt changes to=20
>industrial farm practices and eventually to eagle populations.
>
>
>
>I am watching two osprey nests in the southwest that are doing okay so=20
>far, but one of them is located close to a pair of resident eagles on=20
>the Annapolis River. Time will tell.
>
>
>
>Donna Crossland
>
>Tupperville
>
>
>On 2018-07-22 11:20 PM, James Hirtle wrote:
>>The bald eagles have definitely impacted the osprey chicks also this=20
>>year. I know of two nests so far that the chicks have gone missing.
>>
>>
>>
>>James R. Hirtle
>>
>>LaHave
>>
>>
>>
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>>From:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>=20
>><mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on behalf of NancyDowd=20
>><nancypdowd@gmail.com> <mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com>
>>Sent: July 22, 2018 7:13 AM
>>To:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A late Loon chick
>>
>>Thanks for the info Donna. Lake Torment did not have excessively high=20
>>water this Spring. I guess the late nesting may have resulted from a=20
>>failed first nest though. The property owner did not mention another=20
>>unhatched egg so seems only one was laid. And yes, we have one or more=20
>>Eagles buzzing the lake. It or they takes ducklings as regular fare.=20
>>Worrying- much more so than the amount of traffic on the lake.
>>
>>A healthy, almost fully grown family of 8 C Mergansers swam by last=20
>>week. Nice to know things are OK on that front.
>>
>>Nancy
>>
>> > On Jul 22, 2018, at 12:06 AM, Donna Crossland=20
>><dcrossland@eastlink.ca> <mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks for the update on the loon chick, Nancy. That is very late=20
>>for a new loon chick. It will be interesting to see whether it can=20
>>mature enough to fledge before freeze up. The size of Torment Lake=20
>>will help in that regard-later freezing. I know of only two loon=20
>>chicks as yet in Kejimkujik. They were observed by mid-June. The=20
>>water remained high in spring and at least one of the usual nesting=20
>>sites (and very likely many others) in the park remained under water=20
>>until later in the spring. This may have contributed to the late Lake=20
>>Torment loon chick, also.
>> >
>> > Hoping it makes it to maturity. The growing population of agro-fed=20
>>eagles appear to be a growing problem for vulnerable young loon=20
>>chicks. There are reports from the southwest of eagles attacking at=20
>>least one juvenile loon after it was quite large in the autumn.
>> >
>> > Donna Crossland
>> >
>> > Tupperville, NS
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2018-07-20 2:43 PM, NancyDowd wrote:
>> >> Yesterday, my neighbours and other lake residents reported to me=20
>>that a Loon chick had been seen on our lake (they know I am doing the=20
>>Canadian Lakes Loon Survey).Then I heard the parents wailing loudly=20
>>around the point and this Loon family swam by! I had pretty much given=20
>>up on Loons nesting on this lake with so little undeveloped shoreline=20
>>left. A cottager tells me they nest every year on an =E2=80=9Cisland" off =
of=20
>>their property so long as the water is low enough for it to be exposed=20
>>and remain that way. So not always successful. She also said this=20
>>chick hatched Tues so only 2 days old in the photos. Hope it grows to=20
>>a safer size quickly and the Eagles keep away- so vulnerable.
>> >>=20
>>https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/29660241448/in/dateposted-pub=
lic/=20
>><https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/29660241448/in/dateposted-pu=
blic/>
>>Common Loon Family=20
>><https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/29660241448/in/dateposted-pu=
blic/>
>>East Dalhousie, Kings Co. 2018-07-19
>><https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/29660241448/>
>>
>>
>>
>> >>=20
>>https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/43531915361/in/dateposted-pub=
lic/=20
>><https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/43531915361/in/dateposted-pu=
blic/>
>>Common Loon Family=20
>><https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/43531915361/in/dateposted-pu=
blic/>
>>East Dalhousie, Kings Co. 2018-07-19
>><https://www.flickr.com/photos/15060588