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2.0px Helvetica"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" styl ---1603101515-1030862420-1386769263=:43935 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes Jamie, Bonshaw is a great spot. Some great hills covered =0Awith big tr= ees - very unique on PEI - other places too now that I think of it. The Wes= t River is great fishing also.=0AIan Macquarie wrote a good book on the Bon= shaw Hills. Lots of good =0Anature stuff in it - as well as a few new verbs= !=0AEnjoy the last few days of the fall=0APaul=0A=A0=0A=0A=0A=0AOn Wednesda= y, December 11, 2013 6:43:29 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.c= om> wrote:=0A =0AI'm thinking the eggs are the bait and moonlight provides= illumination for the 12 gauge? =A0That would have been my GF's MO. =A0He f= armed in the St Catharine's (Bonshaw) area of PEI.=A0=0A=0A=0A=0AOn 11 Dece= mber 2013 06:10, Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote:=0A= =0AEggs and moonlight, Jim. The third leg of this rural stool was someone s= itting quietly in the shade with a shotgun.=0A>Rick.=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>On Tue,= Dec 10, 2013 at 4:11 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:= =0A>=0A>Paul, are you saying a full Moon keeps the skunks from foraging as = much as otherwise? =A0Some predators do better at night with Moonlight, e.g= ., gulls looking for storm petrels returning to their burrows from out at s= ea. =A0Jim in Wolfivlle.=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Begin forwarded message:=0A>>= =0A>>From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> =0A>>>Date: December 10,= 2013 1:59:22 PM AST =0A>>>To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto= .ns.ca> =0A>>>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Huns- Gray Partridge =0A>>>Reply-To: = naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0A>>>=0A>>> =0A>>>My Grandfather knew how to prote= ct the huns from skunks Ken.=0A>>>A dozen eggs and a full moon worked wonde= rs!=0A>>>Have a nice fall=0A>>>Paul=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>On Monday, Decem= ber 9, 2013 8:51:36 PM, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote:=0A>>> = =0A>>>=A0 =0A>>>Ken McKenna=0A>>>Box 218 Stellarton NS=0A>>>B0K 1S0=0A>>>90= 2 752-7644=0A>>> =0A>>>=0A>>>Hi Paul and all =0A>>>As you say, they are not= as common as they used to be on PEI.=A0 I think predation of eggs=A0by sku= nks (another PEI introduced species I believe)=A0might have been a factor= =A0in decline as well. My grandmother used to feed a healthy flock in winte= r ( maybe back in the '60's)=A0on Baldwins Rd, Kings Co (PEI). Every now an= d then I see a few around and on my last trip "back home"=A0on Oct. 18,=A0I= saw five=A0just off the Baldwins Rd. near St. Teresa. =0A>>>=0A>>>The scie= ntific name Perdix led to the nickname for one near the home of the Spaldin= gs in Economy NS and "Perry" made his way into several CBCs before he final= ly disappeared. It has been quite a few years since one=A0 has been seen on= that count. =0A>>>=0A>>>cheers =0A>>>Ken =0A>>>=A0 =0A>>>=A0=A0----- Orig= inal Message ----- =0A>>>From: Paul MacDonald =0A>>>>To: naturens@chebu= cto.ns.ca =0A>>>>Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 7:31 PM =0A>>>>Subject:= Re: Porous pavement: Re: [NatureNS] mourning doves among road salt =0A>>= >>=0A>>>> =0A>>>>Hi Fred=A0 and All =0A>>>>Growing up on PEI, Huns Perdix p= erdix now called Gray Partridge =0A>>>>we very plentiful. My Grandfather = used to feed them in the winter and =0A>>>>he would have up to100 birds. = He would sweep the snow of a south facing porch and they would roost ther= e on a sunny day. He kept a box of grit for them and they ate a susprisin= g amount. =0A>>>>Roads were neither plowed or salted and school was not t= oo important =0A>>>>in the winter. Then in the late 50s they built region= al high schools with =0A>>>>buses and all. The road were then plowed and = salted. The Huns found =0A>>>>the sand and salt a great source of grit. T= hat was the end on the Huns. =0A>>>>Road salt killed them all - same stor= y all over PEI and since then there =0A>>>>are very few. Only a scattered= flock here and there. =0A>>>>They were a fine bird - we had a few to eat i= n the fall but they multiplied =0A>>>>so fast a few less made no differen= ce.=A0=A0 =0A>>>>=A0Some things don't mix =0A>>>>Paul =0A>>>>=0A>>>>=0A>>>= >=0A>>>>=A0=0A>>>=0A>>> =0A>>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>-- =0A>Rick Whitman=0A> =0A= =0A=0A-- =0A=0AJamie Simpson=0AHantsport, NS ---1603101515-1030862420-1386769263=:43935 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:14pt"><div><span>Yes Jamie, Bonshaw is a great spot. Some great hil= ls covered </span></div><div><span>with big trees - very unique on PEI - ot= her places too now that I think of it. The West River is great fishing also= .</span></div><div><span>Ian Macquarie wrote a good book on the Bonshaw Hil= ls. Lots of good </span></div><div><span>nature stuff in it - as well as a = few new verbs!</span></div><div><span>Enjoy the last few days of the fall</= span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div c= lass=3D"yahoo_quoted" style=3D"display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style=3D"fo= nt-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, = sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, He= lvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; fo