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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01CDF97F.F10F3180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hmmm.... That's just about the time when the number of crows at the = Mount started to increase significantly. But the number at MSVU is much = smaller - more like ~7500 at last count. I wonder how widely they might = have dispersed? Bob McDonald Halifax ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James Churchill=20 To: naturens=20 Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:07 PM Subject: [NatureNS] The Phoenix Wailer an excerpt from the Register/Advertiser Justice section: =20 Crows a concern After a couple of complaints about a murder of crows, the village of = New Minas tried firing some blanks last week to disperse the birds. On Jan. 11, a village resident called police to report hearing = gunshots near the Empire Theatre. Superintendent of works Peter Pothier said Monday that the village = does not have a crow eradication program and any resident disturbed by = the birds should contact the province=92s natural resources department. As many as 40,000 crows were plaguing the town of Kentville = approximately 17 years ago. Eventually, the Phoenix Wailer, a device = that emits random sounds, was used successfully. --=20 James Churchill Kentville, Nova Scotia Email: jameslchurchill@gmail.com Phone (h): (902) 681-2374 Skype: jameslchurchill ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01CDF97F.F10F3180 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19394"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hmmm.... That's just about the = time when the=20 number of crows at the Mount started to increase significantly. = But the=20 number at MSVU is much smaller - more like ~7500 at last = count. =20 I wonder how widely they might have dispersed?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Bob McDonald</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Halifax</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djameslchurchill@gmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com">James Churchill</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 23, = 2013 3:07=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] The Phoenix = Wailer</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr>an excerpt from the Register/Advertiser Justice = section: <DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <P=20 style=3D"BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; = BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(170,170,170); MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(77,77,77); FONT-SIZE: 1.4em; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; = PADDING-TOP: 0px">Crows=20 a concern</P> <P=20 style=3D"BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; = BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(170,170,170); MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(77,77,77); FONT-SIZE: 1.4em; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; = PADDING-TOP: 0px">After=20 a couple of complaints about a murder of crows, the village of New = Minas tried=20 firing some blanks last week to disperse the birds.</P> <P=20 style=3D"BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; = BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(170,170,170); MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(77,77,77); FONT-SIZE: 1.4em; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; = PADDING-TOP: 0px">On=20 Jan. 11, a village resident called police to report hearing gunshots = near the=20 Empire Theatre.</P> <P=20 style=3D"BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; = BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(170,170,170); MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(77,77,77); FONT-SIZE: 1.4em; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; = PADDING-TOP: 0px">Superintendent=20 of works Peter Pothier said Monday that the village does not have a = crow=20 eradication program and any resident disturbed by the birds should = contact the=20 province=92s natural resources department.</P> <P=20 style=3D"BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; = BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(170,170,170); MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(77,77,77); FONT-SIZE: 1.4em; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; = PADDING-TOP: 0px">As=20 many as 40,000 crows were plaguing the town of Kentville approximately = 17=20 years ago. Eventually, the Phoenix Wailer, a device that emits random = sounds,=20 was used successfully.</P> <DIV><BR></DIV>-- <BR>James Churchill<BR>Kentville, Nova = Scotia<BR>Email: <A=20 href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com"=20 target=3D_blank>jameslchurchill@gmail.com</A><BR>Phone (h): (902)=20 681-2374<BR>Skype:=20 jameslchurchill<BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01CDF97F.F10F3180--
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