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THANKS, MIKE, from Jim and NatureNS

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> From: Mike Dadswell <mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca>
> Date: December 5, 2011 11:24:57 AM AST
> To: "'James W. Wolford'" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: RE: re SEAWEED FLIES -- was American Kestrel, Belted  
> Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested Cormorant
>
> JIM
>
>     THERE ARE AT LEAST NINE SPECIES OF SEAWEED FLIES IN THE BAY OF  
> FUNDY WRACK BEDS.  THE COMMONEST LARGE BLACK ONES ARE Coelopa  
> frigida and Orygma luctuosa,  the small black ones are in the genus  
> Thoracocheata  (three species).  There are two species in the genus  
> Chersodromia and one each of Scatophaga (a large tanny yellow fly  
> which is also found around cow plops) AND THE Genus Fucellia (one  
> species known but probably more).
>
>      The amphipods (beach hoppers; Family Talitridae) belong to two  
> species Orchestia gammarella and Orchestia grillus.  They are  
> usually found on different types of beaches grillus on sandy-muddy  
> and protected beaches, gammarella on open, rocky -  gravel coasts.   
> Talitrids are essentially terrestrial and will die if submersed for  
> long in salt water.  They migrate out of the wrack beds in winter  
> and move inland under rocks, logs etc.  The flies spend the winter  
> inland also, either as adults or pupae.
>
>      Hope this helps
>
> Mike Dadswell
>
>
>
> From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca]
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 11:16 PM
> To: NatureNS
> Cc: Mike Dadswell; Sherman Bleakney
> Subject: re SEAWEED FLIES -- was American Kestrel, Belted  
> Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested Cormorant
>
> Seaweed Flies or Kelp Flies are in 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 East 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  
> Sherman Bleakney tells me there are at least two species on the  
> Atlantic Coast.  Maybe someone else on this list can enlighten us  
> further.  Those washed-up kelps and other seaweeds year-round  
> provide a diverse ecosystem of scavengers and other species,  
> including not just a diversity of flies but also one of my  
> favourite groups, the amphipod crustaceans we call "beach fleas" or  
> "sand hoppers".  And 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.
>
> Jim Wolford
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: December 2, 2011 5:58:42 PM AST
> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, Andrew Boyne  
> <Andrew.Boyne@EC.GC.CA>
> Subject: [NatureNS] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland  
> Longspur, Double-crested Cormorant
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Those flies associated with the seaweeds and longspur are, not  
> surprisingly, very probably SEAWEED FLIES!  Without 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.  Also I am pretty  
> sure that washed 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 places to  
> look for foraging birds of a wide variety of kinds, from shorebirds  
> to warblers to flycatchers to longspurs and lots of others!  Jim in  
> Wolfville
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>
> Date: December 2, 2011 5:05:33 PM AST
> To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, Rare Alert <ns- 
> rba@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [NatureNS] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland  
> Longspur, Double-crested Cormorant
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hi all:
>
> Additions for the Winter list I believe.  Today David Walmark and I  
> managed to get in a few hours of birding.  Good birds located were  
> at Conrad's Island, Lower Rose Bay, where we observed and watched  
> an American kestrel on the wires along the causeway going out to  
> the island.  Along the beach edge of Sand Dollar Beach as the  
> locals call it we had a Lapland longspur.  The longspur provided  
> great viewing and was 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 across towards  
> Kingsburg.  Oh yes, and there was a double-crested cormorant also  
> sitting on the shoreline on the inside of the causeway.
>
> Other interesting species observed today but not rare, were all  
> three scoter species.  Surf scoters can easily be gotten along the  
> LaHave River any time over the winter.  The white-winged scoters  
> were off of Sand Dollar Beach at Rose Bay and a lone black scoter  
> was off Kingsburg Beach.  For here American coots are hard to come  
> by.  There was one in Kingsburg Pond at Kingsburg.  Off Kingsburg  
> Beach there was a Barrow's X Common Goldeneye.  Also there were two  
> red-necked grebes and two red-throated loons.
>
> James R. Hirtle
> Bridgewater
>
>


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THANKS, MIKE, from Jim and NatureNS<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded =
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>RE: re SEAWEED FLIES -- was American =
Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested =
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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THERE ARE AT LEAST NINE SPECIES OF SEAWEED FLIES IN =
THE BAY OF FUNDY WRACK BEDS.&nbsp; THE COMMONEST LARGE BLACK ONES =
ARE<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><i>Coelopa =
frigida</i><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>and<i><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Orygma luctuosa, =
&nbsp;</i>the small black ones are in the genus<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><i>Thoracocheata<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></i>&nbsp;(three =
species).&nbsp; There are two species in the genus<i><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Chersodromia<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></i>and one each of<i><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Scatophaga</i><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(a large tanny yellow fly =
which is also found around cow plops) AND THE Genus<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><i>Fucellia</i><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(one species known but =
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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The amphipods (beach hoppers; Family =
Talitridae) belong to two species<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><i>Orchestia =
gammarella</i><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>and<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><i>Orchestia =
grillus.</i>&nbsp; They are usually found on different types of =
beaches<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><i>grillus<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></i>on sandy-muddy and =
protected beaches,<i><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>gammarella</i><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>on open, rocky - =
&nbsp;gravel coasts.&nbsp; Talitrids are essentially terrestrial and =
will die if submersed for long in salt water.&nbsp; They migrate out of =
the wrack beds in winter and move inland under rocks, logs etc.&nbsp; =
The flies spend the winter inland also, either as adults or =
pupae.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope this helps<o:p></o:p></span></div><div =
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">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>James W. Wolford [<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>]<=
span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br><b>Sent:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Friday, December 02, 2011 =
11:16 PM<br><b>To:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>NatureNS<br><b>Cc:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Mike Dadswell; Sherman =
Bleakney<br><b>Subject:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>re SEAWEED FLIES -- was =
American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested =
Cormorant<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; =
font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; =
"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: =
0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; =
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Seaweed Flies or Kelp Flies are =
in 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. &nbsp;My 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. &nbsp;But my memory from what =
Mike Dadswell or maybe Sherman Bleakney tells me there are at least two =
species on the Atlantic Coast. &nbsp;Maybe someone else on this list can =
enlighten us further. &nbsp;Those washed-up kelps and other seaweeds =
year-round provide a diverse ecosystem of scavengers and other species, =
including not just a diversity of flies but also one of my favourite =
groups, the amphipod crustaceans we call "beach fleas" or "sand =
hoppers". &nbsp;And 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.<o:p></o:p></div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; =
font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Jim =
Wolford&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: =
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"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: =
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: =
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"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
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12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Begin forwarded =
message:<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
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black; ">From:<span =
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style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">"James W. =
Wolford" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" style=3D"color: =
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">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div =
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sans-serif; color: black; ">Date:<span =
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2, 2011 5:58:42 PM AST</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div =
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&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" style=3D"color: blue; =
text-decoration: underline; ">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>&gt;, Andrew =
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">Andrew.Boyne@EC.GC.CA</a>&gt;</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div =
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">[NatureNS] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, =
Double-crested Cormorant</span></b><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div =
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style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "><a =
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text-decoration: underline; =
">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: =
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Those flies associated =
with the seaweeds and longspur are, not surprisingly, very probably =
SEAWEED FLIES! &nbsp;Without 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. &nbsp;Also I am pretty sure that washed 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. &nbsp;Thus it's not =
surprising that washed-up seaweeds, particularly after storms, are great =
places to look for foraging birds of a wide variety of kinds, from =
shorebirds to warblers to flycatchers to longspurs and lots of others! =
&nbsp;Jim in Wolfville<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; =
font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; =
"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: =
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Begin forwarded =
message:<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
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"><br><br><o:p></o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
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12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: =
black; ">From:<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">James =
Hirtle &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com" style=3D"color: =
blue; text-decoration: underline; =
">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, =
sans-serif; color: black; ">Date:<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">December =
2, 2011 5:05:33 PM AST</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, =
sans-serif; color: black; ">To:<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Naturens =
Naturens &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" style=3D"color: =
blue; text-decoration: underline; ">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>&gt;, =
Rare Alert &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ns-rba@yahoogroups.com" style=3D"color: =
blue; text-decoration: underline; =
">ns-rba@yahoogroups.com</a>&gt;</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, =
sans-serif; color: black; ">Subject:<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></b><b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; =
">[NatureNS] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, =
Double-crested Cormorant</span></b><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, =
sans-serif; color: black; ">Reply-To:<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "><a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" style=3D"color: blue; =
text-decoration: underline; =
">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; =
font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span =
style=3D"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; =
">Hi all:<br>&nbsp;<br>Additions for the Winter list I believe.&nbsp; =
Today David Walmark and I managed to get in a few hours of =
birding.&nbsp; Good birds located were at Conrad's Island, Lower Rose =
Bay, where we observed and watched an American kestrel on the wires =
along the causeway going out to the island.&nbsp; Along the beach edge =
of Sand Dollar Beach as the locals call it we had a Lapland =
longspur.&nbsp; The longspur provided great viewing and was not the =
least bit concerned about our presence.&nbsp; There were lots of flys of =
some sort coming up off the seaweed that the longspur was partaking =
of.&nbsp; There was also a belted kingfisher present that we watched fly =
across towards Kingsburg.&nbsp; Oh yes, and there was a double-crested =
cormorant also sitting on the shoreline on the inside of the =
causeway.&nbsp;<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br>&nbsp;<br>Other =
interesting species observed today but not rare, were all three scoter =
species.&nbsp; Surf scoters can easily be gotten along the LaHave River =
any time over the winter.&nbsp; The white-winged scoters were off of =
Sand Dollar Beach at Rose Bay and a lone black scoter was off Kingsburg =
Beach.&nbsp; For here American coots are hard to come by.&nbsp; There =
was one in Kingsburg Pond at Kingsburg.&nbsp; Off Kingsburg Beach there =
was a Barrow's X Common Goldeneye.&nbsp; Also there were two red-necked =
grebes and two red-throated loons.<br>&nbsp;<br>James R. =
Hirtle<br>Bridgewater<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div =
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margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
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12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; =
"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br><=
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