[NatureNS] Climate change threatens 314 N. Am. bird species -- was Northern

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:21:04 -0300
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I have some historical comments of my own, from 40 years in N.S., but perha=
ps related and definitely required reading arrived yesterday as an item of =
Birdlife International news:

09/09/2014 Climate change threatens 314 North American bird species


New study shows that climate change threatens nearly half the bird species =
in the continental United States and Canada, including the Bald Eagle


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> From: Andrew Stadnyk <Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca>
> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Northern Cardinal breeding, HRM
> Date: September 9, 2014 at 10:22:05 AM ADT
> To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>=20
> Perhaps this thought has already been cast into naturens and I missed it,=
 but I think it is worth pondering whether the cardinal infusion, beautiful=
 bird that it is, is a good thing or not. Is this a symptom of other more s=
ubtle changes that we are not detecting (decline of another species from th=
e niche, bountiful food of introduced species, etc.)? In my 20 years in N.S=
. the cardinal has successfully moved northward. I have seen the decline of=
 the house sparrow parallel with this event. I have also heard the insects =
fall silent in my neighborhood, and am convinced the number of bees (and bu=
tterflies?) is in steady decline. Why now? (Maybe they rode here on the bac=
ks of the grey squirrels; seems they were introduced in the same geographic=
 area?)
>=20
> Andy Stadnyk
> Lower Sackville
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on be=
half of Hubcove@aol.com <Hubcove@aol.com>
> Sent: September 9, 2014 7:40 AM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Northern Cardinal breeding, HRM
>=20=20
> For the second year in a row we had a successful nesting of a pair on our=
 property in Hubbards. They, and the offspring have now left.
> Peter Stow
>  Hubbards
>=20=20
> In a message dated 2014-09-08 10:21:54 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, plcha=
lmers@ns.sympatico.ca writes:
> I visited Jean Hartley in Rockingham, HRM yesterday.  She reports that th=
e pair of Northern Cardinals which were hanging about her very bird-friendl=
y yard this summer (lush multiflora rose tangles) have produced a fledgling=
.  There is now a young male bird as well.
>=20
> Patricia L. Chalmers
> Halifac


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ely required reading arrived yesterday as an item of Birdlife International=
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iv><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-ne=
wline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-righ=
t: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'=
Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style=3D"f=
ont-family:'Helvetica';">Andrew Stadnyk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:Andrew.Stadny=
k@Dal.Ca">Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca</a>&gt;<br></span></div><div style=3D"margi=
n-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span=
 style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: <=
/b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>RE: [NatureNS] Northe=
rn Cardinal breeding, HRM</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px=
; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"=
font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><sp=
an style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">September 9, 2014 at 10:22:05 AM ADT<=
br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bo=
ttom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color=
:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helveti=
ca';">"<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</=
a>" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<=
/a>&gt;<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; m=
argin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica=
'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-f=
amily:'Helvetica';"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@che=
bucto.ns.ca</a><br></span></div><br><div><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-sty=
le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: norm=
al; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px=
; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0p=
x; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(2=
55, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div st=
yle=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Perhaps this thought has alrea=
dy been cast into naturens and I missed it, but I think it is worth ponderi=
ng whether the cardinal infusion, beautiful bird that it is, is a good thin=
g or not. Is this a symptom of other more subtle changes that we are not de=
tecting (decline of another species from the niche, bountiful food of intro=
duced species, etc.)? In my 20 years in N.S. the cardinal has successfully =
moved northward. I have seen the decline of the house sparrow parallel with=
 this event. I have also heard the insects fall silent in my neighborhood, =
and am convinced the&nbsp;number of bees (and butterflies?) is in steady de=
cline. Why now? (Maybe they rode here on the backs of the grey squirrels; s=
eems they were introduced in the same geographic area?)<br></div><div style=
=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin-to=
p: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Andy Stadnyk</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0p=
x; margin-bottom: 0px;">Lower Sackville<br></div><div style=3D"font-size: 1=
0pt; font-family: Arial;"><hr tabindex=3D"-1" style=3D"display: inline-bloc=
k; width: 479px;"><div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calib=
ri, sans-serif" style=3D"font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b><span class=3D"Apple=
-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns=
.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner=
@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>&gt; on behalf of <a href=
=3D"mailto:Hubcove@aol.com">Hubcove@aol.com</a> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:Hubco=
ve@aol.com">Hubcove@aol.com</a>&gt;<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=3D"Apple-con=
verted-space">&nbsp;</span>September 9, 2014 7:40 AM<br><b>To:</b><span cla=
ss=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebuc=
to.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class=3D"Appl=
e-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Re: [NatureNS] Northern Cardinal breeding, =
HRM</font><div>&nbsp;</div></div><div><font id=3D"role_document" face=3D"Ar=
ial" size=3D"2"><div>For the second year in a row we had a successful nesti=
ng of a pair&nbsp;on our property in Hubbards. They, and the offspring have=
 now left.</div><div>Peter Stow</div><div>&nbsp;Hubbards</div><div>&nbsp;</=
div><div><div>In a message dated 2014-09-08 10:21:54 P.M. Atlantic Daylight=
 Time, <a href=3D"mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca">plchalmers@ns.sympatic=
o.ca</a> writes:</div><blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 5px; margin-left: =
5px; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: so=
lid;"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2" style=3D"background-color: transparen=
t;">I visited Jean Hartley in Rockingham, HRM yesterday.&nbsp; She reports =
that the pair of Northern Cardinals which were hanging about her very bird-=
friendly yard this summer (lush multiflora rose tangles) have produced a fl=
edgling.&nbsp; There is now a young male bird as well.<br><br>Patricia L. C=
halmers<br>Halifac<br></font></blockquote></div></font></div></div></div></=
div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>=

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