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Index of Subjects --047d7b6769181dbebe04fe51e88a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks Ian. There were likely many impacts to wildlife that we will never know about. I know Dave Webster raised the question of nesting birds. I wasn't sure how useful anecdotal reports would be. But I'll share three now anyway. I was monitoring a Red-eyed Vireo nest with 4 eggs on June 28. As is typical, it was artfully made well out on a small branch in the understory. When I checked after the storm, the branch with the nest was on the wrong side of the main trunk of an adjacent small tree. The nest was messy but still there. There was no sign of the eggs or nestlings. I'm sure they were thrown out. I was also following a Black-throated Green Warbler nest in a white spruce, in a regenerating field. The nest was beautifully placed on one branch, with a different branch stiff and flat only about 1" above. The nest was "invisible"; I only sensed that a bird had slipped off as I walked by. This nest survived Arthur, with 4 eggs and the female in place on July 8. But the permanent orientation of the two branches had been altered by the storm to the extent that the nest was easily seen from above. The nest was predated by July 13, something that I think would have been much less likely in the original orientation. Bernard Forsythe told me about a Common Loon nest on a man-made platform on Sunken Lake. The female stayed on the nest throughout the first half of Arthur when the wind was very strong from the east. There was then the quiet period and then the wind came back very strong from the south-west (?). As I have it, at that point she left the nest and did not come back. The eggs washed or blew out of the nest. Someone waded out & retrieved the eggs. I presume the storm carried on for several more hours. I believe the eggs were taken to Hope for Wildlife (?) This one is all third-hand but the core facts should be OK. Rick Whitman On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Ian McKay <ian@amimckay.com> wrote: > The Scots Bay nest behind the community centre has 2 EAGLETS that > managed to survive Arthur's fury, if only just. The nest has been badly > damaged, the eaglets were on the ground the next day and one seemed to have > an injury to a leg or talon [kept hanging it instead of grasping with it]. > That seems to have resolved itself and both are back in the nest or the > branches/tree nearby. I haven't seen them fly, but they must have gotten > back into the nest somehow. > > Many trees down here. We really got hammered. Cape Split is a dangerous > mess and trees/bushes that were hit by the spray [over 700 meters in from > the shore in many cases] are salt burned and shedding leaves like it was > October. The wharf is smashed. > > Ian McKay > Scots Bay > -- Rick Whitman --047d7b6769181dbebe04fe51e88a Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks Ian. There were likely many impacts to wildlife tha= t we will never know about. I know Dave Webster raised the question of nest= ing birds. I wasn't sure how useful anecdotal reports would be. But I&#= 39;ll share three now anyway. I was monitoring a Red-eyed Vireo nest with 4= eggs on June 28. As is typical, it was artfully made well out on a small b= ranch in the understory. When I checked after the storm, the branch with th= e nest was on the wrong side of the main trunk of an adjacent small tree. T= he nest was messy but still there. There was no sign of the eggs or nestlin= gs. I'm sure they were thrown out.<div> <br></div><div>I was also following a Black-throated Green Warbler nest in = a white spruce, in a regenerating field. The nest was beautifully placed on= one branch, with a different branch stiff and flat only about 1" abov= e. The nest was "invisible"; I only sensed that a bird had slippe= d off as I walked by. This nest survived Arthur, with 4 eggs and the female= in place on July 8. But the permanent orientation of the two branches had = been altered by the storm to the extent that the nest was easily seen from = above. The nest was predated by July 13, something that I think would have = been much less likely in the original orientation.</div> <div><br></div><div>Bernard Forsythe told me about a Common Loon nest on a = man-made platform on Sunken Lake. The female stayed on the nest throughout = the first half of Arthur when the wind was very strong from the east. There= was then the quiet period and then the wind came back very strong from the= south-west (?). As I have it, at that point she left the nest and did not = come back. The eggs washed or blew out of the nest. Someone waded out &= retrieved the eggs. I presume the storm carried on for several more hours.= I believe the eggs were taken to Hope for Wildlife (?) This one is all thi= rd-hand but the core facts should be OK.</div> <div><br></div><div>Rick Whitman</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br>= <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Ian McKay = <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ian@amimckay.com" target=3D"_blank"= >ian@amimckay.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';COLOR:#000000"> <div> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibr= i";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">= The=20 Scots Bay nest behind the community centre has 2 EAGLETS that managed to su= rvive=20 Arthur’s fury, if only just. The nest has been badly damaged, the eag= lets were=20 on the ground the next day and one seemed to have an injury to a leg or tal= on=20 [kept hanging it instead of grasping with it]. That seems to have resolved= =20 itself and both are back in the nest or the branches/tree nearby. I haven&r= squo;t seen=20 them fly, but they must have gotten back into the nest somehow.</div></div> <div> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibr= i";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">= </div></div> <div> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibr= i";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">= Many=20 trees down here. We really got hammered. Cape Split is a dangerous mess and= =20 trees/bushes that were hit by the spray [over 700 meters in from the shore =