[NatureNS] Dawn Chorus and Cicadas

Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:10:24 -0300
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HI DAVID

  IONA AREA IS A GOOD SPOT FOR THEM.THE END OF JUNE I WOULD HEAR THEM.

 TAKE CARE
  JOHN WILLIE
---- David McCorquodale <dbmcc09@gmail.com> wrote: 
> John, David, et al.
> 
> I am not going to wade in on what may be happening to bird and cicada
> populations where the periodical cicadas (*Magicicada* spp.) are emerging
> in the northeastern US, but wish to focus on cicadas in NS.
> 
> I am very interested in hearing about people’s sightings and hearings of
> our local cicadas.  Andrew Hebda and I exchanged a few emails about the
> cicadas in NS.  We both agree we know very little about the species that
> live here (I think it is three species, but it may be 1 and it may be 5).
> We know less about abundances across the province.
> 
> From my point of view all the media hype on cicadas is irrelevant for NS
> because we do not have the periodical cicadas.
> 
> Therefore I am interested in learning more about the cicadas we do have.  I
> would be interested in hearing about sightings and hearings (note this does
> not refer to court proceedings) of cicadas in NS this summer.  Good quality
> pictures should allow identification to species.  Has anyone seen a cicada
> adult in NS this year?
> 
> A few weeks ago I wrote this piece for the Entomological Society of Canada:
> http://escsecblog.com/2013/05/20/cicada-invasion-in-eastern-canada/
> 
> DBMcC
> 
> PS For those of you who cannot hear Blackpoll Warblers, you will not be
> hearing cicadas this summer.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:27 PM, John Kearney
> <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca>wrote:
> 
> > Reference to an interesting article relating the disappearance of birds to
> > Cicada blooms****
> >
> >
> > http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2013/06/18/the-cicada-paradox#.UcIE2djNkpZ
> > ****
> >
> > ** **
> >

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