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Thanks, Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. --001a113a5ace9ce18104fb91c09e Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"4">All,</font><div><font size=3D"4"><br></fo= nt></div><div><font size=3D"4">The skeleton collection at StFX continues to= grow with recent contributions from Nancy Dowd, Alix d'Entremont and= =C2=A0<span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif">Chris Callaghan. I have = finished the skeletons of the Snowy Owl and Turkey Vulture, the Broad-winge= d Hawk is next.</span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></sp= an></font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans= -serif">The photos aren't great...sorry, they were taken with my iPod.<= /span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></sp= an></font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">owl:= <a href=3D"http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/snow/IMG_0260.jpg">http://p= eople.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/snow/IMG_0260.jpg</a></font><br> </font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">vulture= :=C2=A0</font></font><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" size=3D"4"><a href=3D= "http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/snow/IMG_0459.jpg">http://people.stfx.= ca/rlauff/photos/snow/IMG_0459.jpg</a></font></div> <div><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" size=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><fon= t size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div>= <font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Thanks to the many contri= butors, the bird skeleton collection at StFX now numbers 139 species (save = for one parrot and a peahen, maybe a few others, they're all native), 3= 56 specimens. To put this in perspective, there are ~180 breeding species i= n the province (I don't know off hand what the total number of species = recorded is, but we have a number of wintering species [e.g. Common Redpoll= ] and vagrants [e.g. egrets, mostly from Tom Kavanaugh and Steven Bushell, = Canso...thanks guys!] in the collection as well.</font></font></div> <div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></= div><div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">The collection i= s strong in feeder birds (sadly, many, including our one cardinal, due to c= at kills) and raptors. Many shorebirds are not represented at all (snipe, k= illdeer, woodcock and a few others are), many sea ducks aren't (e.g. an= y of the scaup), most pelagics are needed, so are all the terns.</font></fo= nt></div> <div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></= div><div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Anyone who wants= to contribute a found-dead bird, or a legally hunted duck or goose, please= get in touch. If you're not sure if it's something we need, just a= sk. We, like any organization with a collection, have limited space and I m= ay not be able to take everything.</font></font></div> <div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></= div><div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">From a strictly = teaching point of view, I could really use an ostrich skull...are there any= ostrich farms still running in NS?</font></font></div> <div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></= div><div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Thanks,</font></= font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Randy<br = clear=3D"all"> </font></font><div><font size=3D"4">_________________________________<br>RF= Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</font></div> </div></div> --001a113a5ace9ce18104fb91c09e--
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