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Index of Subjects --001a11c1853cd6779c052fbe097a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Well, a decline in any invasive is a good thing, but it would still be interesting to find out why. I'm wondering if better building techniques provide fewer nesting opportunities for them. Is there a decline in Europe, or other places where these birds have been introduced? Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 9 March 2016 at 10:28, Ian McLaren <I.A.McLaren@dal.ca> wrote: > All: > > I was asked by a colleague about trends in Eur. Starling, and was > surprised to see that they had steadily declined to about half their late > 1960s population levels throughout the N. Am. Breeding Bird Survey area, > and similarly locally (NS + PEI). Along with the sharper decline of House > Sparrow, does this indicate that our human-dominated landscapes have > become inhospitable to these highly tolerant immigrants? Seems almost as > scary as the declines of many less immediately impacted species. > > > Ian > > > Ian McLaren > --001a11c1853cd6779c052fbe097a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Well, a decline in any invasive is a good thing, but it wo= uld still be interesting to find out why. I'm wondering if better build= ing techniques provide fewer nesting opportunities for them.<div><br></div>= <div>Is there a decline in Europe, or other places where these birds have b= een introduced?</div><div><br></div><div>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gma= il_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature">___________= ______________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish C= ounty, NS.</div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 9 March 2016 at 10:28, Ian McLaren <span = dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:I.A.McLaren@dal.ca" target=3D"_blank">I.A= .McLaren@dal.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" = style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-size:14pt;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-fa= mily:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>All:</p> <p>I was asked by a colleague about trends in Eur. Starling, and was surpri= sed to see that they had steadily=C2=A0declined to about half their late 19= 60s=C2=A0population levels throughout the N. Am.=C2=A0Breeding Bird Survey = area, and similarly locally (NS +=C2=A0PEI). Along with the sharper decline of House Sparrow,=C2=A0does this indicate that our hum= an-dominated=C2=A0<span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-s= erif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji',NotoColorEmoji,&#= 39;Segoe UI Symbol','Android Emoji',EmojiSymbols;font-size:18.6= 667px">landscapes have become inhospitable to these highly tolerant=C2=A0immigrants?=C2=A0 S= eems almost as scary as the declines of many less immediately impacted spec= ies.</span></p> <p><span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,'Apple= Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji',NotoColorEmoji,'Segoe UI Sym= bol','Android Emoji',EmojiSymbols;font-size:18.6667px"><br> </span></p> <p><span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,'Apple= Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji',NotoColorEmoji,'Segoe UI Sym= bol','Android Emoji',EmojiSymbols;font-size:18.6667px">Ian</spa= n></p><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"> <p><span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,'Apple= Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji',NotoColorEmoji,'Segoe UI Sym= bol','Android Emoji',EmojiSymbols;font-size:18.6667px"><br> </span></p> <p><span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,'Apple= Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji',NotoColorEmoji,'Segoe UI Sym= bol','Android Emoji',EmojiSymbols;font-size:18.6667px">Ian McLa= ren</span></p> </font></span></div> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div> --001a11c1853cd6779c052fbe097a--
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