[NatureNS] TV last night and tonight re squirrels, Kermode bears, etc.

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> Subject: [ValleyNature] TV last night and tonight re squirrels, =
Kermode bears, etc.
> Date: March 26, 2015 at 3:00:40 PM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
>=20
> MARCH 26, 2015 - Last night on PBS-Boston TV, the great series =
=93NATURE=94 showed a very interesting hour-long documentary, =93Irelands =
Wild River=94, referring to the Shannon River (in sw. Ireland?)(try =
pbs.org/nature/irelandswildriver/ to get it on the Internet).   I =
believe this was a rerun of a 2014 episode, but I must have slept =
through parts of it or just didn=92t see the whole thing, but not so =
last night.  The show was narrated by the film-maker, whose name I =
didn=92t get.  Among the subjects was the near-disappearance of formerly =
abundant shorebirds like lapwings, curlews, and redshanks.  But my main =
reason for writing this is that he showed and discussed the native =
Eurasian red squirrel (which is quite different from our diminutive red =
squirrel).  The widely introduced gray squirrel (same as ours) has not =
yet made it into the Shannon Valley area of Ireland.  Grays would =
out-compete their native red squirrel (he didn=92t mention the virus =
which the gray carries but kills the reds), but so far the reds are =
doing well there.  This documentary ended with awesome footage of the =
aerobatics of huge flocks of pre-roosting starlings (which of course are =
native there).=20
>=20
> Interestingly, from my many local contacts in King=92s and Annapolis =
Counties who have gray squirrels and red squirrels often in their yards, =
so far the two species seem to be co-existing all right, with occasional =
chasing but no clear dominance one way or the other.
>=20
> P.S. Speaking of TV, TONIGHT is The Nature of Things with David =
Suzuki, and the subject is the so-called SPIRIT BEAR or KERMODE BEAR,  a =
white-coloured black bear that lives in British Columbia=92s GREAT BEAR =
COASTAL RAINFOREST, mostly from Prince Rupert northward toward Alaska.  =
I am currently reading a fabulous coffee-table book, =93Great Bear Wild=94=
 (2014 or 2015?), by Ian McAllister.  Ian puts out the interesting idea =
that one reason for the whiteness of these black bears is for camouflage =
against the bright sky when the bears are hunting salmon along the =
mountain creeks on these islands.
>=20
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] TV last night and =
tonight re squirrels, Kermode bears, etc.</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><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">March 26, 2015 at 3:00:40 PM =
ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a>&gt;<br></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" =
content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MARCH 26, 2015</b> - =
<b>Last night on PBS-Boston TV</b>, the great series <b>=93NATURE=94</b> =
showed a very interesting hour-long documentary,<b> =93Irelands Wild =
River=94</b>, referring to the Shannon River (in sw. Ireland?)(try <a =
href=3D"http://pbs.org/nature/irelandswildriver/">pbs.org/nature/irelandsw=
ildriver/</a> to get it on the Internet). &nbsp; I believe this was a =
rerun of a 2014 episode, but I must have slept through parts of it or =
just didn=92t see the whole thing, but not so last night.&nbsp; The show =
was narrated by the film-maker, whose name I didn=92t get.&nbsp; =
<b>Among the subjects was</b> the near-disappearance of formerly =
abundant shorebirds like lapwings, curlews, and redshanks.&nbsp; But my =
main reason for writing this is that he showed and discussed the native =
<b>Eurasian red squirrel </b>(which is quite different from our =
diminutive red squirrel).&nbsp; The widely introduced<b> gray squirrel =
</b>(same as ours) has not yet made it into the Shannon Valley area of =
Ireland.&nbsp; Grays would out-compete their native red squirrel (he =
didn=92t mention the virus which the gray carries but kills the reds), =
but so far the reds are doing well there.&nbsp; This documentary ended =
with awesome footage of the aerobatics of huge flocks of pre-roosting =
starlings (which of course are native there).&nbsp;</div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;">Interestingly, from my many local contacts in King=92s and =
Annapolis Counties who have<b> gray squirrels and red squirrels</b> =
often in their yards, so far the two species seem to be co-existing all =
right, with occasional chasing but no clear dominance one way or the =
other.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px;">P.S. Speaking of <b>TV, TONIGHT</b> is <b>The =
Nature of Things</b> with David Suzuki, and the subject is the so-called =
<b>SPIRIT BEAR or KERMODE BEAR</b>,&nbsp; a white-coloured black bear =
that lives in British Columbia=92s GREAT BEAR COASTAL RAINFOREST, mostly =
from Prince Rupert northward toward Alaska.&nbsp; I am currently reading =
a fabulous coffee-table book, =93Great Bear Wild=94 (2014 or 2015?), by =
Ian McAllister.&nbsp; Ian puts out