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Yes, armed ... but with a camera.
On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:20 PM, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com=
>
wrote:
> Hi All, Mar 11, 2016
> I guess the moral of that story is this >). If you wish to establish
> beyond all doubt that a very sparse bird is not yet extinct then you shou=
ld
> go armed. But a small bore shotgun would be more likely to furnish proof
> than a rifle which, contrary to Zack's comment ("dense flocks were often
> met by hunters and their rifles,"), I don't think would ever have been
> used for market hunting of birds.
> Remember the Coelacanth; even if you can't remember how to spell it.
> Sixty five million years (65,000,000) is greater than fifty (50) by a wid=
e
> margin.
> It is sort of like the lost watch. One can prove that it really is no=
t
> lost by finding it. But it is not possible to prove with absolute certain=
ty
> that it really is lost. And if you find it don't shoot it. There are bett=
er
> ways to kill time.
> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
>
> Yt, DW
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com>
> *To:* naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 11, 2016 8:28 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March 8/16, Valley
> Harvester -- was Endangered Species Articles
>
>
> http://valleyharvester.ca/2016/03/08/the-eskimo-curlew-the-schrodingers-c=
at-of-endangered-species/
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> The newspaper is the Valley Harvester =E2=80=94 Google that and then sea=
rch =E2=80=9CZack
>> Metcalfe=E2=80=9D, and I got the article right away, complete with an Au=
dubon
>> illustration. Cheers from Jim, in Wolfville.
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com>
>> *Subject: **[NatureNS] Endangered Species Articles*
>> *Date: *March 11, 2016 at 4:04:42 PM AST
>> *To: *naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>
>> The Annapolis Valley has several free weekly newspapers. In one of them,
>> the Weekly Harvester, Zack Metcalfe has been featured for quite some tim=
e
>> in a series on endangered species which he terms the Endangered
>> Perspective. As one would expect most feature birds & this week's articl=
e
>> is on the Eskimo Curlew.
>>
>> The Weekly Harvester has a website but unfortunately Mr. Metcalfe's
>> article is not accessible.
>>
>> For those of you outside of the Valley, remember to pick up a copy
>> whenever you're here. They can be found in most shops, markets.
>> Angus
>>
>>
>>
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Richard Stern,
Port Williams, NS, Canada
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<div>Yt, DW</div>
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<div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b>=20
<a title=3D"dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com" href=3D"mailto:dendroica.ca=
erulescens@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">Rick Whitman</a> </div>
<div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"naturens@chebucto.n=
s.ca" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens</a=
> </div>
<div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 11, 2016 8:28=
=20
PM</div>
<div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Eskimo Curl=
ew=20
article, March 8/16, Valley Harvester -- was Endangered Species Articles<=
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