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I saw three gannets in Halifax harbour yesterday, while crossing on the
ferry to Alderney Gate.
Pat McKay
On 12 August 2015 at 17:44, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca <
rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Probably small mackerel or squid Keith. Both are plentiful this year.
> Or maybe herring or silversides. Who knows?
> but they do come in where the water is shallow - at East Point on PEI
> it is quite a specular display.
> Probably easier to catch dinner in shallow water!
> Enjoy the summer
> Paul
>
> On August 12, 2015 at 3:42 PM Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know if it was out of the ordinary or not but last Sunday I was
> seeing gannets fairly close at Cherry Hill Beach, Broadcove. At one point=
I
> observed 8 of them in a bit of a feeding frenzy in a 100 meter area not f=
ar
> offshore. Two adults and 6 immature in that frenzy.
>
> I should have tried to determine what if anything they were getting but I
> didn't. If they were getting something, the prey must have been fairly
> small or I would have noticed it.
>
> Last fall hundreds of gannet seem to be doing okay fishing fairly close
> off Hartlen Point, Duncan's Cove, Sandy Cove Rd because they were activel=
y
> continuing that behavior for a couple of months but so far this year I've
> only seen a few at a time around HRM
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone
> ------------------------------
> From: Alix d'Entremont <alixdentremont@hotmail.com>
> Sent: =E2=80=8E2015-=E2=80=8E08-=E2=80=8E12 3:25 PM
> To: NatureNS Post <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] Northern Gannets Near Shore
> Since at least August 9th there have been a number of Northern Gannets
> very close to shore in the Pubnico Area. I was watching them go into
> Pubnico Harbour, then make a turn and head back out towards sea. They wer=
e
> also passing near shore from Pubnico Point all the way north until Abbott=
s
> Harbour Wharf. Ervin Olsen saw one land in the water off of Cook's Beach
> near Pinkney's Point recently. Frank Gummett also mentioned to me that he
> had four in Halifax Harbour on August 11.
>
> A CBC article from July discusses multiple gannets found dead in
> the Maritimes.
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dead-injured-gannets-wash-up-=
on-shore-in-new-brunswick-1.3174528
>
> I can assume that the near shore sightings of gannets must be food
> related. Is there more food near shore than usual, or is there less
> food offshore? I was scoping around where I was seeing the gannets and
> didn't see any other species that are typically farther offshore.
>
> Has anyone else noticed this?
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I saw three gannets in Halifax harbour yesterday, whi=
le crossing on the ferry to Alderney Gate.<br><br></div>Pat McKay<br></div>=
<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 12 August 2015=
at 17:44, <a href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympat=
ico.ca</a> <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.c=
a" target=3D"_blank">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><bl=
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Probably small mackerel or squid Keith. Both are plentiful this year.
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Or maybe herring or silversides. Who knows?
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but they do come in where the water is shallow - at East Point on PEI
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it is quite a specular display.
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Probably easier to catch dinner in shallow water!
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Enjoy the summer
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Paul
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On August 12, 2015 at 3:42 PM Keith Lowe <<a href=3D"mailto:mythos25@=
live.com" target=3D"_blank">mythos25@live.com</a>> wrote:
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I don't know if it was out of the ordinary or not but last Sunday =
I was seeing gannets fairly close at Cherry Hill Beach, Broadcove. At one p=
oint I observed 8 of them in a bit of a feeding frenzy in a 100 meter area =
not far offshore. Two adults and 6 immature in that frenzy.
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<br> I should have tried to determine what if anything they were getti=
ng but I didn't. If they were getting something, the prey must have bee=
n fairly small or I would have noticed it.
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<br> Last fall hundreds of gannet seem to be doing okay fishing fairly=
close off Hartlen Point, Duncan's Cove, Sandy Cove Rd because they wer=
e actively continuing that behavior for a couple of months but so far this =
year I've only seen a few at a time around HRM
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<br> Sent from my Windows Phone
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t:bold">From: </span>
<span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a href=
=3D"mailto:alixdentremont@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">Alix d'Entremo=
nt</a></span>
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