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Index of Subjects --part1_54384.79d0d1e4.3d6679cb_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en We seem to have about the usual number of adult birds in St Margarets Bay= =20 but they have been coming further up the bay and close to the cove. I had= =20 assumed that in addition to the Mackerel, which have been plentiful, they= =20 were after the squid that have been here in large numbers this year. Peter Stow Hubbards =20 =20 In a message dated 22/08/2012 2:55:52 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, =20 nsplovers@gmail.com writes: Hi all,=20 As you may have heard, this summer has been challenging for breeding=20 Northern Gannets - one of our most magnificent seabirds in Atlantic Canada= . =20 Some gannets have abandoned their young at the colony, which is unusual. = One=20 possible cause is that the availability of small fish, provided to gannet= =20 young, is limited due to warmer ocean water around breeding colonies. =20 Scientists at Environment Canada and Memorial University hope to learn mor= e. =20 Your observations can help build our understanding.=20 Please watch for and report 1) numbers and 2) locations of feeding adult= =20 Northern Gannets to seabird biologist, Carina Gjerdrum, at=20 _carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca_ (mailto:carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca) OR enter you= r observations on=20 eBird.ca (an easy-to-use site for sharing bird observations).=20 What does a feeding adult Northern Gannet look like? Feeding gannets=20 plunge from the air into the ocean like torpedoes - sometimes in large flo= cks. =20 An adult gannet is larger than a gull and has a white body with yellowish= =20 head and black wing tips (young gannets have brown on their bodies).=20 Please share this with fishermen, boaters, ferry travelers, and others who= =20 spend time along the coast and at sea. We appreciate your interest and=20 observations.=20 Thanks,=20 Carina Gjerdrum, Environment Canada=E2=80=99s Canadian Wildlife Service=20 Sue Abbott, Bird Studies Canada-Nova Scotia --part1_54384.79d0d1e4.3d6679cb_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 9.00.8112.16448"></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" id=3Dro= le_body=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Dro= le_document=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D4 face=3DArial> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>We seem to have about the usual number of adult birds i= n St=20 Margarets Bay but they have been coming further up the bay and close to the= =20 cove. I had assumed that in addition to the Mackerel, which have been plent= iful,=20 they were after the squid that have been here in large numbers this=20 year.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Peter Stow</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Hubbards</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 22/08/2012 2:55:52 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time,=20 nsplovers@gmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">= <FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=3D#000000 size=3D2 face=3DA= rial> <P class=3DMsoNormal>Hi all,</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><B><BR></B></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal>As you may have heard, this summer has been challeng= ing for=20 breeding Northern Gannets - one of our most magnificent seabirds in Atlan= tic=20 Canada.<SPAN> </SPAN>Some gannets have abandoned their young at the= =20 colony, which is unusual.<SPAN> </SPAN>One possible cause is that t= he=20 availability of small fish, provided to gannet young, is limited due to w= armer=20 ocean water around breeding colonies.<SPAN> </SPAN>Scientists at=20 Environment Canada and Memorial University hope to learn more.<SPAN> = ;=20 </SPAN>Your observations can help build our understanding.</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><B><BR></B></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal>Please watch for and report 1) numbers and 2) locati= ons of=20 feeding adult Northern Gannets to seabird biologist, Carina Gjerdrum, at = <A=20 title=3Dmailto:carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca">carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca</A> OR = enter=20 your observations on eBird.ca (an easy-to-use site for sharing bird=20 observations).</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><BR></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal>What does a feeding adult Northern Gannet look like?= <B>=20 </B><SPAN> </SPAN>Feeding gannets plunge from the air into the ocean= like=20 torpedoes - sometimes in large flocks.<SPAN> </SPAN>An adult gannet= is=20 larger than a gull and has a white body with yellowish head and black win= g=20 tips (young gannets have brown on their bodies).</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><BR></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal>Please share this with fishermen, boaters, ferry tra= velers,=20 and others who spend time along the coast and at sea.<SPAN> </SPAN>= We=20 appreciate your interest and observations.</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><BR></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal>Thanks,</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><BR></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal>Carina Gjerdrum, Environment Canada=E2=80=99s Canadi= an Wildlife=20 Service</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal>Sue Abbott, Bird Studies Canada-Nova=20 Scotia</P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> --part1_54384.79d0d1e4.3d6679cb_boundary--
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