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normal; font-weight: nor --f46d040839d1200b3204d3fac271 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I can remember counting (or perhaps estimating would be more accurate) 19,500 flying in at dusk from the east, into that crow roost in Kentville, from the Cornwallis River bridge, on the Xmas Count - would have been in the early 1980s. Richard On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:28 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>w= rote: > Interesting thread started by James Churchill -- I think the figure of > 40,000 crows for Kentville a long time ago was bogus, based probably on t= he > highest count ever gotten by Randy Milton when he had teams of people > counting the incoming birds from all directions at dusk as they homed in = on > their long-time roost on Boot Island off ne. Grand Pre. Perhaps Randy ca= n > confirm this for the mid-1970s?, and maybe Richard Stern or someone else > can comment on any real counts attempted later in Kentville, where a coup= le > of Phoenix Wailers (invented in Truro area?) were used for a long time an= d > moved around with the changing roost locations within Kentville. > > The last thing I recall hearing more recently about crow roosts in towns > was for the pines? in a park in Berwick? and/or Aylesford?? > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Bob McDonald <bobathome83@gmail.com> > *Date: *January 23, 2013 3:40:16 PM AST > *To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Cc: *Bob McDonald <bobathome83@gmail.com> > *Subject: **Re: [NatureNS] The Phoenix Wailer* > *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > 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 ----- > > *From:* James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com> > *To:* naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:07 PM > *Subject:* [NatureNS] The Phoenix Wailer > > an excerpt from the Register/Advertiser Justice section: > > > 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 bir= ds > 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. > > -- > James Churchill > Kentville, Nova Scotia > Email: jameslchurchill@gmail.com > Phone (h): (902) 681-2374 > Skype: jameslchurchill > > > > --=20 ################# Dr.R.B.Stern, P.O. Box 300, Port Williams, N.S., Canada, B0P 1T0 Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --f46d040839d1200b3204d3fac271 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<br><br>I can remember counting (or perhaps estimating would be more acc= urate) 19,500 flying in at dusk from the east, into that crow roost in Kent= ville, from the Cornwallis River bridge, on the Xmas Count - would have bee= n in the early 1980s.<br> <br>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:28 = PM, James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eas= tlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br= ><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1= px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> Interesting thread started by James Churchill -- I think the figure of 40,0= 00 crows for Kentville a long time ago was bogus, based probably on the hig= hest count ever gotten by Randy Milton when he had teams of people counting= the incoming birds from all directions at dusk as they homed in on their l= ong-time roost on Boot Island off ne. Grand Pre. =A0Perhaps Randy can confi= rm this for the mid-1970s?, and maybe Richard Stern or someone else can com= ment on any real counts attempted later in Kentville, where a couple of Pho= enix Wailers (invented in Truro area?) were used for a long time and moved = around with the changing roost locations within Kentville.<div> <br></div><div>The last thing I recall hearing more recently about crow roo= sts in towns was for the pines? in a park in Berwick? and/or Aylesford??<br= ><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin f= orwarded message:</div> <br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px= ;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" c= olor=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><b>From: </b></font><font st= yle=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">Bob McDonald &l= t;<a href=3D"mailto:bobathome83@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">bobathome83@gm= ail.com</a>></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helve= tica" size=3D"3"><b>Date: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">January 23, 2013 3:40:16 PM AST</font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helve= tica" size=3D"3"><b>To: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" fa= ce=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" targ= et=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helve= tica" size=3D"3"><b>Cc: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" fa= ce=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">Bob McDonald <<a href=3D"mailto:bobathome8