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--Apple-Mail=_B9D4F35A-53C3-49FA-A2E6-3BA93369279F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] Squid egg-mops, was Hummers, Cardinals, = Mackerel > Date: September 10, 2015 at 3:31:03 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 > These egg-mops are from long-finned squids, genus Loligo, alias = Peale=92s squids. Medford is north of Kingsport in King=92s County. = And Glenys Gibson is the daughter of the late Merritt Gibson =97 she is = a biology prof=92 at Acadia University. >=20 > Also thanks to Trevor Avery, also of Acadia Biology, I now have a very = recent Honours thesis by Laura Keays on her study of long-finned squids = in Minas Basin, done via a fish weir near Bramber on the Noel Shore, = north of Cheverie. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: Glenys Gibson <glenys.gibson@acadiau.ca> >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Hummers, Cardinals, Mackerel >> Date: September 9, 2015 at 8:58:14 PM ADT >> To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>=20 >> Hi Jim- the squids are still spawning at Medford. I found several = small egg mops today. >> Glenys >>=20 >> Dr. Glenys Gibson, >> Biology Department, Acadia University, >> Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6 Canada. >> (902) 585-1250 >> http://www.acadiau.ca/~ggibson/Site/Welcome.html >> http://wise.acadiau.ca/home.html >> https://www.facebook.com/WISEacadia >>=20 >> The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. = Sydney J. Harris >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> Date: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 9:04 PM >> To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Cc: Trevor Avery <trevor.avery@acadiau.ca>, Mike Dadswell = <mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca>, Mike Stokesbury <mstokesb@dal.ca>, Glenys = Gibson <glenys.gibson@acadiau.ca> >> Subject: Fwd: [NatureNS] Hummers, Cardinals, Mackerel >>=20 >> I am still waiting for someone to let us know what kind of squids you = are observing. I think all of the reports last year were of long-finned = squids, Loligo, alias Peale=92s squids =97 please check and see if the = mantle fins are longer than half the length of the mantle. If shorter = than that, it=92s Illex, the boreal or short-finned squid, the one from = which the Squid Jigging Grounds song came (Newfoundland?). >>=20 >> Cheers and thanks from Jim in Wolfville. >>=20 >> So far my wife and I have found only 4 bunches of egg-sacs of = long-finned squids on upper Evangeline Beach this year. >>=20 >> Begin forwarded message: >>=20 >>> From: "rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> >>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Hummers, Cardinals, Mackerel >>> Date: September 3, 2015 at 8:52:51 AM ADT >>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>>=20 >>> Truly a remarkable year for squid Peter. >>> I was down to the wharf the other evening and folks were filling 5 = gallon >>> buckets with them. A squid on every cast! >>> Enjoy the summer >>> Paul >>>> On September 3, 2015 at 8:40 AM Hubcove@aol.com wrote:=20 >>>>=20 >>>> Wondering when the humming birds normally leave. We have had the = largest number ever at our feeder this year and still have several = drinking vast quantities. There don't seem to be any adult males, mostly = females and young. >>>> Still have cardinals singing in the woods but ignoring the feeders = for some reason. >>>> The mackerel in the Bay this year seem more scattered and hard to = find and am wondering if the vast quantities of squid that are here for = the 4th or 5th year in a row are having an impact. Still getting some = nice cod at the mouth of the Bay however. >>>> =20 >>>> Peter Stow >>>> Hubbards >>>=20 >>> =20 >>=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_B9D4F35A-53C3-49FA-A2E6-3BA93369279F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><br><div style=3D""><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><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>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><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>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] = Squid egg-mops, was Hummers, Cardinals, = Mackerel</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';">September 10, 2015 = at 3:31:03 PM ADT<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>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>><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;">These egg-mops are from long-finned squids, genus = Loligo, alias Peale=92s squids. Medford is north of Kingsport in = King=92s County. And Glenys Gibson is the daughter of the late = Merritt Gibson =97 she is a biology prof=92 at Acadia = University.<div><br></div><div>Also thanks to Trevor Avery, also of = Acadia Biology, I now have a very recent Honours thesis by Laura Keays = on her study of long-finned squids in Minas Basin, done via a fish weir = near Bramber on the Noel Shore, north of = Cheverie.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Glenys Gibson <<a = href=3D"mailto:glenys.gibson@acadiau.ca">glenys.gibson@acadiau.ca</a>><= br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Hummers, Cardinals, = Mackerel</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;"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">September 9, 2015 at 8:58:14 PM = ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim= Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><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; font-size: 14px; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif;"> <div> <div> <div>Hi Jim- the squids are still spawning at Medford. I found = several small egg mops today.</div> <div>Glenys</div> <div><br> </div> <div> <div>Dr. Glenys Gibson,</div> <div>Biology Department, Acadia University,</div> <div>Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6 Canada.</div> <div>(902) 585-1250</div> <div><a = href=3D"http://www.acadiau.ca/~ggibson/Site/Welcome.html">http://www.acadi= au.ca/~ggibson/Site/Welcome.html</a></div> <div><a = href=3D"http://wise.acadiau.ca/home.html">http://wise.acadiau.ca/home.html= </a></div> <div><a = href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/WISEacadia">https://www.facebook.com/WISE= acadia</a></div> <div><br> </div> <div><i>The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. = </i>Sydney J. Harris</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div><br> </div> <span id=3D"OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; = border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: = 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);"> <span style=3D"font-weight:bold">From: </span>Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br> <span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, September 3, = 2015 at 9:04 PM<br> <span style=3D"font-weight:bold">To: </span>naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br= > <span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>Trevor Avery <<a = href=3D"mailto:trevor.avery@acadiau.ca">trevor.avery@acadiau.ca</a>>, = Mike Dadswell <<a = href=3D"mailto:mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca">mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca</a>>,= Mike Stokesbury <<a = href=3D"mailto:mstokesb@dal.ca">mstokesb@dal.ca</a>>, Glenys Gibson <<a = href=3D"mailto:glenys.gibson@acadiau.ca">glenys.gibson@acadiau.ca</a>><= br> <span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Fwd: [NatureNS] = Hummers, Cardinals, Mackerel<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"> I am still waiting for someone to let us know what kind of squids you = are observing. I think all of the reports last year were of = long-finned squids, Loligo, alias Peale=92s squids =97 please check and = see if the mantle fins are longer than half the length of the mantle. If shorter than that, it=92s Illex, the boreal or = short-finned squid, the one from which the Squid Jigging Grounds song = came (Newfoundland?). <div><br> </div> <div>Cheers and thanks from Jim in Wolfville.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>So far my wife and I have found only 4 bunches of egg-sacs of = long-finned squids on upper Evangeline Beach this year.<br> <div><br> <div>Begin forwarded message:</div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"> <span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a = href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>= ;<br> </span></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"> <span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Subject: </b> </span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] = Hummers, Cardinals, Mackerel</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;"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">September 3, 2015 at 8:52:51 AM = ADT<br> </span></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"> <span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br> </span></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"> <span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Reply-To: </b> </span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br> </span></div> <br> <div> <div style=3D""> <div>Truly a remarkable year for squid Peter. </div> <div>I was down to the wharf the other evening and folks were = filling 5 gallon </div> <div>buckets with them. A squid on every cast! </div> <div>Enjoy the summer </div> <div>Paul </div> <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; = border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: = solid; position: relative;" type=3D"cite"> On September 3, 2015 at 8:40 AM <a = href=3D"mailto:Hubcove@aol.com">Hubcove@aol.com</a> wrote: <br> <br> <div>Wondering when the humming birds normally leave. We have had the = largest number ever at our feeder this year and still have several = drinking vast quantities. There don't seem to be any adult males, mostly = females and young. </div> <div>Still have cardinals singing in the woods but ignoring the feeders = for some reason. </div> <div>The mackerel in the Bay this year seem more scattered and hard to = find and am wondering if the vast quantities of squid that are here for = the 4th or 5th year in a row are having an impact. Still getting some = nice cod at the mouth of the Bay however. </div> <div> </div> <div>Peter Stow </div> <div>Hubbards </div> </blockquote> <div><br> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </div> </div> </span> </div> = </div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_________________________________= ______________<br>Nature mailing list<br><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a><br>http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnat= uralists.ca<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_B9D4F35A-53C3-49FA-A2E6-3BA93369279F--
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