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haven't --001a1141166a67331c053d03abc7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was at the Cape St. Mary's nesting site on the Avalon Pen. in August. The Biologist there pointed out that the Gannets have expanded very significantly both N & S from the big stack that everyone would be familiar with, if they've been there. I told the Biologist that I had photos from 1985 and he asked me for copies. (I just took digital photos of the film photos, in good light. With a bit of sharpening, they were equal to the originals.) It's not as if they don't have older records, but they collect all old data like these photos. Ed Hayden is a top Nfld birder. On eBird I see he reports 30,000 Gannets, 30,000 Common Murres & 20,000 Black-legged Kittiwakes on July 10, 2015 and references the Interpretation Centre for the numbers. The Gannet figure is the all-time maximum for that site. When I was there on Aug. 19, the Gannet colony was still going full blast (excuse my scientific terms ;^)) but the Murres and Kittiwakes were very much winding down. There were barely enuf of these two to catch a few late juv. photos at the nests. There were huge numbers of large Gannet juvies, looking very good. I just realized I should link my Nfld Birds portfolio, as it's on line here= : https://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Newfoundland-Birds/ Rick Whitman On 21 September 2016 at 08:44, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> wrote: > It=E2=80=99s nice to hear of the possibly recovering Cod off our coastlin= e. Hope > they achieve great sizes. > > > > I=E2=80=99ve just returned from Forillon in the Gaspe, where folks settle= d and > once thrived on the cod fishery. There were large numbers of Northern > Gannets diving and feeding daily. Spectacular to watch. I enquired abou= t > the Gannet colony on Bonaventure and apparently it was an excellent year, > reproductively. The Kittiwake colony also had a good year and is expandi= ng > on the cliffs at Forillon. The theory is that the large cod are still > missing in the food chain and so there are lots of smaller prey items for > these birds. > > > > Bald eagles have become a common resident along the cliffs of Forillon, a > species that was rare in 1992 when I worked there. It=E2=80=99s interes= ting to > observe the changes in species abundances over time, and at least see som= e > species recovering/expanding. Some good news among the darkness. > > > > Donna > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@ > chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *Hubcove@aol.com > *Sent:* September-19-16 8:06 AM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* [NatureNS] Fish > > > > Fishing at the mouth of St Magarets Bay a couple of days ago it was > encouraging to find an abundance of Cod. Lots of small ones but plenty in > the 5 to 7lb range. Also Pollock in the 18 to 20 inch range which is > something we haven't seen in a while. No Mammals except for a couple of > seals but a very large Bluefin jumped a couple of times. One other > observation is that there seems to be few Northern Gannets this year. > > Peter Stow > > Hubbards > --001a1141166a67331c053d03abc7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I was at the Cape St. Mary's nesting site on the Avalo= n Pen. in August. The Biologist there pointed out that the Gannets have exp= anded very significantly both N & S from the big stack that everyone wo= uld be familiar with, if they've been there. I told the Biologist that = I had photos from 1985 and he asked me for copies. (I just took digital pho= tos of the film photos, in good light. With a bit of sharpening, they were = equal to the originals.) It's not as if they don't have older recor= ds, but they collect all old data like these photos.<div><br></div><div>Ed = Hayden is a top Nfld birder. On eBird I see he reports 30,000 Gannets, 30,0= 00 Common Murres & 20,000 Black-legged Kittiwakes on July 10, 2015 and = references the Interpretation Centre for the numbers. The Gannet figure is = the all-time maximum for that site. When I was there on Aug. 19, the Gannet= colony was still going full blast (excuse my scientific terms ;^)) but the= Murres and Kittiwakes were very much winding down. There were barely enuf = of these two to catch a few late juv. photos at the nests. There were huge = numbers of large Gannet juvies, looking very good.</div><div><br></div><div= >I just realized I should link my Nfld Birds portfolio, as it's on line= here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/= Nature/Newfoundland-Birds/">https://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Newfound= land-Birds/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rick Whitman</div></div><div c= lass=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 21 September 2016 at= 08:44, Donna Crossland <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dcrossland@= eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">dcrossland@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:= <br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-lef= t:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink= =3D"purple"><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;fon= t-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">It=E2=80= =99s nice to hear of the possibly recovering Cod off our coastline.=C2=A0 H= ope they achieve great sizes.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal= "><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","san= s-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"Mso= Normal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",&qu= ot;sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I=E2=80=99ve just returned from Forillon= in the Gaspe, where folks settled and once thrived on the cod fishery.=C2= =A0 There were large numbers of Northern Gannets diving and feeding daily.= =C2=A0 Spectacular to watch.=C2=A0 I enquired about the Gannet colony on Bo= naventure and apparently it was an excellent year, reproductively.=C2=A0 Th= e Kittiwake colony also had a good year and is expanding on the cliffs at F= orillon.=C2=A0 The theory is that the large cod are still missing in the fo= od chain and so there are lots of smaller prey items for these birds.=C2=A0= =C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-= size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1= f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D= "font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";co= lor:#1f497d">Bald eagles have become a common resident along the cliffs of = Forillon, a species that was rare in 1992 when I worked there.=C2=A0 =C2=A0= It=E2=80=99s interesting to observe the changes in species abundances over = time, and at least see some species recovering/expanding.=C2=A0 Some good n= ews among the darkness.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><spa= n style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-seri= f";color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal= "><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","san= s-serif";color:#1f497d">Donna<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoN= ormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",&quo= t;sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><div><div = style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0= cm"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0p= t;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><s= pan lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma"= ,"sans-serif""> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mail= to:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@<wbr>che= bucto.ns.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href=3D"mailto:Hubcove@aol.com" tar= get=3D"_blank">Hubcove@aol.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> September-19-16 8:06 AM<= br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">= naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Fish<u></u><u></u= ></span></p></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><div= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:"Arial","= sans-serif";color:black">Fishing at the mouth of St Magarets Bay a cou= ple of days ago it was encouraging to find an abundance of Cod. Lots of sma= ll ones but plenty in the 5 to 7lb range. Also Pollock in the 18 to 20 inch= range which is something we haven't seen in a while. No Mammals except= for a couple of seals but a very large Bluefin jumped a couple of times. O= ne other observation is that there seems to be few Northern Gannets this ye= ar.</span><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",&qu= ot;sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p cla= ss=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:"Arial","sans-se= rif";color:black">Peter Stow</span><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;fon= t-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></= u></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Hubbards=C2=A0=C2=A0</= span><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa= ns-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></bl= ockquote></div><br></div> --001a1141166a67331c053d03abc7--
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