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<a href="../index.htm The Deermouse Peromyscus maniculatus. This population as studied by Mark Pulsifer in 1981. It has possibly been isolated from the mainland populations by 7,500 years, and differs from its mainland counterpaerts in its size (significantly larger than mainland) populations, and behaviour.. more aggressive that those on the mainland. There is a Curatorial Report on our 4 day expedition in 1997 at https://ojs.library.dal.ca/NSM/article/view/3905 with some details. Andrew A Hebda NSM Collections (Zoology) ________________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of Ronald Arsenault [rongarsenault@gmail.com] Sent: November-21-16 6:57 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Isle Haute CBC interview Bill Casey Richard, What is the unique small mammal? On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com<mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com>> wrote: I went there and camped one weekend in July 3 years ago. Not the best time for birding, but interesting nevertheless. We only saw a few common birds such as Redstarts, B-C chickadees etc. but also Peregrines and Bald eagles that we suspected were nesting. We didn't see or hear any signs of Leach's storm petrels, but that doesn't mean they weren't there. There are people in the biology dept. at Acadia who have done studies there, and they would have the greatest knowledge. Dan Conlan, who is with one of the museums in Halifax (and might be on this list - I don't know) knows as much as anyone, if not more, and might have more to add. However, it's a neat place with a lot of native and other history, interesting geology, and certainly at least one unique small mammal and probably some unique plant life. on the principle that the more land that can be conserved the better, I would support its conservation. Richard On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Ken McKenna <kenmcken54@eastlink.ca<mailto:kenmcken54@eastlink.ca>> wrote: Hi all Just listening to Bill Casey interview on CBC and my ears perked up at a couple of things he said. First it is home to 300 species of birds. Surely this is a political exaggeration. He also stated that the Leach's Storm-Petrel is endangered or something to that effect. In fact, Birdlife International has it in the category of least concern. Regardless it would be nice to have the isle preserved. I know some people in this forum have been there so maybe a comment or two about it might be interesting. Cheers Ken Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad -- ################# Dr.R.B.Stern, P.O. Box 300, Port Williams, N.S., Canada, B0P 1T0 Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com<mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com> ################### -- Ronald G. Arsenault Halifax, Nova Scotia
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