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</di --Apple-Mail-C98E1DF1-F5F6-4AAB-835B-87C73F4B9592 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There aren=E2=80=99t any regular power lines along the twinned section of th= e 101 between Sackville and Windsor. I looked at the western side of the hig= hway between Drain Lake and the old landfill exit on Google Streetview. Ther= e is a section with rock face that looks to be about 20 feet high. They have= even cut a strip at the top of that. There is no way a deer or anything is c= oming off that onto the road. That section of the 101 also has great sun exp= osure so that explanation also doesn=E2=80=99t seem to fit. I have added a screenshot to a shared Dropbox folder if anyone want to have a= look. Hopefully it works. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ps3kirmzi4t173y/AAB-AxZLp4tCA3sMWp6dzI4Na?dl=3D0 David Sent from my iPad > On May 10, 2019, at 10:05 PM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote: >=20 > Nova Scotia Power is crucifying bird habitat everywhere that you look. At= least in Lunenburg County recently. I understand protection to the lines, b= ut it leaves huge tracks of clearcut. It has left a lot of places where mig= rants were plentiful and birds breed of which there will now be no more. As= an example go to the entrance of the trail that was created to go out to th= e Back Oler Farm Marsh in Garden Lots. There was a nice forest canopy when y= ou walked in off the road. Now what remains is a rocks throw from the marsh= . I used to make a special trip there for migration and enjoyed seeing lots= of nesting species throughout the summer months, but now my trips there wil= l be far fewer other than to view the marsh. >=20 > Another spot is in Lilydale when you drive along the main drag from Frank'= s Automotive to the intersection in Lilydale. The nice grouping of hardwood= s that were there are no more. I saw lots of birds along that stretch over t= he years. Numbers of breeding birds also.=20 >=20 > James R. Hirtle > LaHave =20 >=20 >=20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beh= alf of Bev Wigney <bkwigney@gmail.com> > Sent: May 10, 2019 8:37 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Does anyone know why a broad swath has been cleare= d on both sides of highway 101? > =20 > I don't know about that particular spot, but out here in Annapolis > County, the forest massacres are pretty much back in full swing as the > springtime weight restrictions for trucks come off. Pretty sad how > the forests are going down so quickly, and right as birds are > returning -- and, of course, it continues for the rest of the season > even after the birds nest. Yet another 416 hectares of forest in > Annapolis County just announced to go on the chopping block. Never > ends. >=20 > bev >=20 > Virus-free. www.avast.com --Apple-Mail-C98E1DF1-F5F6-4AAB-835B-87C73F4B9592 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"><span></span></div><div di= r=3D"ltr"><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"><div dir=3D"ltr"><span></span></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><meta http-equiv= =3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8">There aren=E2=80=99= t any regular power lines along the twinned section of the 101 between Sackv= ille and Windsor. I looked at the western side of the highway between Drain L= ake and the old landfill exit on Google Streetview. There is a section with r= ock face that looks to be about 20 feet high. They have even cut a strip at t= he top of that. There is no way a deer or anything is coming off that onto t= he road. That section of the 101 also has great sun exposure so that explana= tion also doesn=E2=80=99t seem to fit.<div><br></div><div>I have added a scr= eenshot to a shared Dropbox folder if anyone want to have a look. Hopefully i= t works.<br><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ps3kir= mzi4t173y/AAB-AxZLp4tCA3sMWp6dzI4Na?dl=3D0">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ps3ki= rmzi4t173y/AAB-AxZLp4tCA3sMWp6dzI4Na?dl=3D0</a><br><br>David<br><br><div id=3D= "AppleMailSignature" dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br= >On May 10, 2019, at 10:05 PM, James Hirtle <<a href=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@= hotmail.com">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote t= ype=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1= "> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Nova Scotia Power is crucifying bird habitat everywhere that you look. = At least in Lunenburg County recently. I understand protection to the= lines, but it leaves huge tracks of clearcut. It has left a lot of pl= aces where migrants were plentiful and birds breed of which there will now be no more. As an example go to the ent= rance of the trail that was created to go out to the Back Oler Farm Marsh in= Garden Lots. There was a nice forest canopy when you walked in off th= e road. Now what remains is a rocks throw from the marsh. I used to make a special trip there for migration and= enjoyed seeing lots of nesting species throughout the summer months, but no= w my trips there will be far fewer other than to view the marsh.</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Another spot is in Lilydale when you drive along the main drag from Frank's A= utomotive to the intersection in Lilydale. The nice grouping of hardwo= ods that were there are no more. I saw lots of birds along that stretch over= the years. Numbers of breeding birds also. </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; c= o