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Good point; storms like this are occasional and have fairly local =
effects. The other threats you note are not. What=E2=80=99s more =
=E2=80=9Cwe=E2=80=9D have some control over them.
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Richard Stern
Sent: July-16-14 2:30 PM
To: NatureNS
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Scots Bay Eaglets and TS Arthur
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I found a Blue-headed Vireo adult sitting on a nest low in a tree on our =
property on the Friday afternoon. By the Sunday morning (after Arthur) a =
large poplar had crashed into that tree, destroying it and the nest. The =
poplar in which our B.Orioles nested this year (I think successfully) =
was uprooted completely, and while surveying the damage I found an empty =
Robin's nest on the ground near some downed and uprooted trees. =
However, in the overall scheme of things I suspect that the damage to =
nesting birds from this sort of event in negligible compared to =
clear-cutting, corn monoculture, use of neonicotenoids, badly controlled =
cats, etc. etc.
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Richard
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On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Rick Whitman =
<dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote:
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.
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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.
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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.
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Rick Whitman
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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=E2=80=99s 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=E2=80=99t seen them =
fly, but they must have gotten back into the nest somehow.
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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.=20
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Ian McKay
Scots Bay
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Rick Whitman
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Richard Stern,=20
Port Williams, NS, Canada
sternrichard@gmail.com
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