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#000000"><b>To: </b> --1461070980-1707204956-1323095213=:2624 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jim,=0A=0AFrom the references I have I can find mention of only one coel= opid species from the east coast of North America:=A0=A0Coelopa frigida. Th= ere is more coelopid diversity on the west coast (two genera and at least f= our species), but if you really want to see a lot of diversity in the Coelo= pidae you have to head to New Zealand and Australia where there are several= genera and many species.=0A=0AOrygma luctuosum is a very=A0similar looking= species found in wrack in the Maritimes. It is in the Sepsidae, a family w= here most species are ant-like in appearance. Through convergent evolution = Orygma and Coelopa have taken on the flat and robust body form required for= life as a wrack scavenger. At some sites Coelopa far outnumbers Orygma, wh= ereas at others the opposite is true.=A0=0A=0ACheers,=0AJohn=A0=0A=0A=0A=0A= =0A________________________________=0A From: James W. Wolford <jimwolford@e= astlink.ca>=0ATo: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> =0ACc: Mike Dadswell <= mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca>; Sherman Bleakney <seaslug@glinx.com> =0ASent: Fr= iday, December 2, 2011 11:15:49 PM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] re SEAWEED FLIES -= - was American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested= Cormorant=0A =0A=0ASeaweed Flies or Kelp Flies are in the family Coelopida= e of the order Diptera, which includes all true flies like crane flies, mos= quitoes, midges, house flies, hover flies, bee flies, etc. etc. =A0My field= guides mention one species of Coelopus on the East Coast and Arctic Coasts= and another species on the West Coast from Alaska to Baja California. =A0B= ut my memory from what Mike Dadswell or maybe Sherman Bleakney tells me the= re are at least two species on the Atlantic Coast. =A0Maybe someone else on= this list can enlighten us further. =A0Those washed-up kelps and other sea= weeds year-round provide a diverse ecosystem of scavengers and other specie= s, including not just a diversity of flies but also one of my favourite gro= ups, the amphipod crustaceans we call "beach fleas" or "sand hoppers". =A0A= nd these windrows of seaweeds on the shore attract a variety of larger and = terrestrial critters, especially at night, like small mammals and deer plus= spiders etc.=0A=0AJim Wolford=A0=0A=0ACheers from Jim in Wolfville.=0A=0A= =0A=0ABegin forwarded message:=0A=0AFrom: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@ea= stlink.ca>=0A>Date: December 2, 2011 5:58:42 PM AST=0A>To: NatureNS <nature= ns@chebucto.ns.ca>, Andrew Boyne <Andrew.Boyne@EC.GC.CA>=0A>Subject: [Natur= eNS] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested = Cormorant=0A>Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A>=0A>=0AThose flies associ= ated with the seaweeds and longspur are, not surprisingly, very probably SE= AWEED FLIES! =A0Without looking them up, I am reluctant to name the family,= but I do recall there are more than one species of these in Nova Scotia. = =A0Also I am pretty sure that washed up and rotting seaweeds can be expecte= d to have various stages in their life cycles at most or all times of the y= ear, including during our winter. =A0Thus it's not surprising that washed-u= p seaweeds, particularly after storms, are great places to look for foragin= g birds of a wide variety of kinds, from shorebirds to warblers to flycatch= ers to longspurs and lots of others! =A0Jim in Wolfville=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>Beg= in forwarded message:=0A>=0A>From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>=0A>= >Date: December 2, 2011 5:05:33 PM AST=0A>>To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@= chebucto.ns.ca>, Rare Alert <ns-rba@yahoogroups.com>=0A>>Subject: [NatureNS= ] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested Cor= morant=0A>>Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A>>=0A>>Hi all:=0A>>=A0=0A>>A= dditions for the Winter list I believe.=A0 Today David Walmark and I manage= d to get in a few hours of birding.=A0 Good birds located were at Conrad's = Island, Lower Rose Bay, where we observed and watched an American kestrel o= n the wires along the causeway going out to the island.=A0 Along the beach = edge of Sand Dollar Beach as the locals call it we had a Lapland longspur.= =A0 The longspur provided great viewing and was not the least bit concerned= about our presence.=A0 There were lots of flys of some sort coming up off = the seaweed that the longspur was partaking of.=A0 There was also a belted = kingfisher present that we watched fly across towards Kingsburg.=A0 Oh yes,= and there was a double-crested cormorant also sitting on the shoreline on = the inside of the causeway.=A0=A0=0A>>=A0=0A>>Other interesting species obs= erved today but not rare, were all three scoter species.=A0 Surf scoters ca= n easily be gotten along the LaHave River any time over the winter.=A0 The = white-winged scoters were off of Sand Dollar Beach at Rose Bay and a lone b= lack scoter was off Kingsburg Beach.=A0 For here American coots are hard to= come by.=A0 There was one in Kingsburg Pond at Kingsburg.=A0 Off Kingsburg= Beach there was a Barrow's X Common Goldeneye.=A0 Also there were two red-= necked grebes and two red-throated loons.=0A>>=A0=0A>>James R. Hirtle=0A>>B= ridgewater=0A>>=0A> --1461070980-1707204956-1323095213=:2624 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Jim,</s= pan></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>From the references I have= I can find mention of only one coelopid species from the east coast of Nor= th America: </span> Coelopa frigida. There is more coelopid diver= sity on the west coast (two genera and at least four species), but if you r= eally want to see a lot of diversity in the Coelopidae you have to head to = New Zealand and Australia where there are several genera and many species.<= /div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Orygma luctuosum is a very = ;similar looking species found in wrack in the Maritimes</span>. It is in t= he Sepsidae, a family where most species are ant-like in appearance. Throug= h convergent evolution Orygma and Coelopa have taken on the flat and robust= body form required for life as a wrack scavenger. At some sites Coelopa far outnumbers Orygma, whereas at others the opposite is true.&nbs= p;</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>John </div><div><span><b= r></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"f= ont-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "= > <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york'= , times, serif; "> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><sp= an style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> James W. Wolford <jimwol= ford@eastlink.ca><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></= b> NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> <br><b><span style=3D"font-weig= ht: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Mike Dadswell <mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca>; S= herman Bleakney <seaslug@glinx.com> <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weigh= t: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 2, 2011 11:15:49 PM<br> <b><spa= n style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] re SEAWEED FL= IES -- was American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested Corm= orant<br> </font> <br><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content= =3D"off"><div id=3D"yiv730449717"><div>=0ASeaweed Flies or Kelp Flies are i= n the family Coelopidae of the order Diptera, which includes all true flies= like crane flies, mosquitoes, midges, house flies, hover flies, bee flies,= etc. etc. My field guides mention one species of Coelopus on the Eas= t Coast and Arctic Coasts and another species on the West Coast from Alaska= to Baja California. But my memory from what Mike Dadswell or maybe S= herman Bleakney tells me there are at least two species on the Atlantic Coa= st. Maybe someone else on this list can enlighten us further. T= hose washed-up kelps and other seaweeds year-round provide a diverse ecosys= tem of scavengers and other species, including not just a diversity of flie= s but also one of my favourite groups, the amphipod crustaceans we call "be= ach fleas" or "sand hoppers". And these windrows of seaweeds on the s= hore attract a variety of larger and terrestrial critters, especially at ni= ght, like small mammals and deer plus spiders etc.<div><br></div><div>Jim Wolford <div><br></div><div>= Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</di= v><br class=3D"yiv730449717Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"c= ite"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin= -left:0px;"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"= font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000;"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Hel= vetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;">"James W. Wolford" <= <a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_bl= ank" href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><= /font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px= ;margin-left:0px;"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" st= yle=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000;"><b>Date: </b></font><font face= =3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;">December 2, 2011= 5:58:42 PM AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px= ;"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0= px Helvetica;color:#000000;"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" siz= e=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;">NatureNS <<a rel=3D"nofollow" y= mailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:= naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>>, Andrew Boyne <= <a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:Andrew.Boyne@EC.GC.CA" target=3D"_bla= nk" href=3D"mailto:Andrew.Boyne@EC.GC.CA">Andrew.Boyne@EC.GC.CA</a>></fo= nt></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;ma= rgin-left:0px;"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style= =3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000;"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face= =3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;"><b>[NatureNS] Am= erican Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested Cormora= nt</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px= ;"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0= px Helvetica;color:#000000;"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetic= a" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;"><a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto= =3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:nature= ns@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div><div style=3D"ma= rgin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:= 14px;"><br></div> Those flies associated with the seaweeds and longspur ar= e, not surprisingly, very probably SEAWEED FLIES! Without looking the= m up, I am reluctant to name the family, but I do recall there are more tha= n one species of these in Nova Scotia. Also I am pretty sure that was= hed up and rotting seaweeds can be expected to have various stages in their= life cycles at most or all times of the year, including during our winter.= Thus it's not surprising that washed-up seaweeds, particularly after storms, are great p= laces to look for foraging birds of a wide variety of kinds, from shorebird= s to warblers to flycatchers to longspurs and lots of others! Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class=3D"yiv73= 0449717Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"m= argin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font fa= ce=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetic= a;color:#000000;"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" s= tyle=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;">James Hirtle <<a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailt= o=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:jrhbird= er@hotmail.com">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>></font></div><div style=3D"mar= gin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font face= =3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;= color:#000000;"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvet= ica;">December 2, 2011 5:05:33 PM AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font face=3D"Helv= etica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#0= 00000;"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font= :12.0px Helvetica;">Naturens Naturens <<a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"ma= ilto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens@che= bucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>>, Rare Alert <<a rel=3D"nofo= llow" ymailto=3D"mailto:ns-rba@yahoogroups.com" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"m= ailto:ns-rba@yahoogroups.com">ns-rba@yahoogroups.com</a>></font></div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0= px;"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12= .0px Helvetica;color:#000000;"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helveti= ca" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;"><b>[NatureNS] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Lon= gspur, Double-crested Cormorant</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0p= x;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font face=3D"Helvet= ica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000= 000;"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"= font:12.0px Helvetica;"><a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@cheb= ucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">natur= ens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-righ= t:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px;"><br></div> <span = class=3D"yiv730449717Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:= normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-inde= nt: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing= : 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: Helvetica; "><span class=3D"yiv730449717Apple-style-s= pan" style=3D"font-size: 24px; font-family: Tahoma; "><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi a= ll:<br> <br>Additions for the Winter list I believe. Today David= Walmark and I managed to get in a few hours of birding. Good birds l= ocated were at Conrad's Island, Lower Rose Bay, where we observed and watch= ed an American kestrel on the wires along the causeway going out to the isl= and. Along the beach edge of Sand Dollar Beach as the locals call it = we had a Lapland longspur. The longspur provided great viewing and wa= s not the least bit concerned about our presence. There were lots of = flys of some sort coming up off the seaweed that the longspur was partaking= of. There was also a belted kingfisher present that we watched fly a= cross towards Kingsburg. Oh yes, and there was a double-crested cormo= rant also sitting on the shoreline on the inside of the causeway. <span class=3D"yiv730449717Apple-converted-space"> </s= pan><br> <br>Other interesting species observed today but not rare, we= re all three scoter species. Surf scoters can easily be gotten along = the LaHave River any time over the winter. The white-winged scoters w= ere off of Sand Dollar Beach at Rose Bay and a lone black scoter was off Ki= ngsburg Beach. For here American coots are hard to come by. The= re was one in Kingsburg Pond at Kingsburg. Off Kingsburg Beach there = was a Barrow's X Common Goldeneye. Also there were two red-necked gre= bes and two red-throated loons.<br> <br>James R. Hirtle<br>Bridgewater= <br></div></span></span></blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div><br></div= ></div></div></div><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"o= n"><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html> --1461070980-1707204956-1323095213=:2624--
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