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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Well Donna folks altered our fresh wate=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">so many ways its hard to know where the=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">In the early days there was a large pis=
catorial predator in<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">our streams. However they tasted very g=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">a hot frying pan - so we know how that =
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Yellow perch multiplied beyond their fo=
od capacity and became<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">as AA MacKenzie said "stunted runts=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">where SM Bass habitat the yellow perch =
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">size and are now back to a respectable =
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">A complicated business! Hard to say wha=
t the future holds<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">specially with the sun acting as it is =
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">The best we can do is to enjoy the spri=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">See you soon<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span>
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<br/>> On April 19, 2017 at 7:28 AM Donna Crossland <dcrossland@=
eastlink.ca> wrote:
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<br/>> Oh goodness! I meant the GEESE are tasty, not than the chain =
pickerel! No,
<br/>> no, no! Perhaps the pickerel are tasty, too, but you'll n=
ot likely ever hear
<br/>> me say anything positive with regards to that species. I am d=
ismayed by the
<br/>> introduction of chain pickerel to our lakes. The small mouthe=
d bass and
<br/>> chain pickerel are altering our fresh water ecosystems in pro=
found ways. I
<br/>> am told we can expect nearly "silent springs" as they=
voraciously consume
<br/>> our frogs and toads on the lake edges. They are about to spre=
ad to the last
<br/>> wild places remaining. It's sad, very sad. We shall mourn=
the trout and
<br/>> remnant salmon populations.
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<br/>> Donna Crossland
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<br/>> -----Original Message-----
<br/>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@ch=
ebucto.ns.ca]
<br/>> On Behalf Of Hebda, Andrew J
<br/>> Sent: April-18-17 10:15 PM
<br/>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
<br/>> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] widowed goose and tasty tidbits
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<br/>> The taste and angling value of the pickerel is high... Howeve=
r its
<br/>> introduction into watershed has been disasterous.
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<br/>> Back in 1949 Dan Livingstone sampled lakes and rivers in Nova=
Scotia, coming
<br/>> up with the first comprehensive list of freshwater fish for t=
he province.
<br/>> John Gilhen and I were joined by him 50 years later and we re=
-sampled many
<br/>> of the same bodies of water. Where the chain pickerel had bee=
n introduced,
<br/>> or spread to, the diversity of fish went from 7-11 species to=
2-3..
<br/>> independent of water chemistry, geology or any other measurab=
le factor=20
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<br/>> A Hebda
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<br/>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.=
ns.ca] on
<br/>> behalf of John and Nhung [nhungjohn@eastlink.ca]
<br/>> Sent: April-18-17 9:58 PM
<br/>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
<br/>> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] widowed goose and tasty tidbits
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<br/>> I wish more Nova Scotians appreciated pickerel. The Vietnames=
e gang down
<br/>> Yarmouth way turns this ugly-looking critter into various dis=
hes, all
<br/>> infinitely more interesting than haddock!
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<br/>> -----Original Message-----
<br/>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@ch=
ebucto.ns.ca]
<br/>> On Behalf Of Donna Crossland
<br/>> Sent: April 18, 2017 8:50 PM
<br/>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
<br/>> Subject: [NatureNS] widowed goose and tasty tidbits
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<br/>> That's a hilarious (well sort of) tale of the widowed urb=
an goose. She
<br/>> likely few back to Toronto?
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<br/>> I'm with Lance and the Cape Bretoners. This expanding spe=
cies is quite
<br/>> delicious baked in orange juice, wild rice and cranberries, e=
tc. Now if
<br/>> only I could acquire a taste for glossy buckthorn salad.
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<br/>> Donna
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<br/>> -----Original Message-----
<br/>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@ch=
ebucto.ns.ca]
<br/>> On Behalf Of Fred Schueler
<br/>> Sent: April-18-17 12:43 PM
<br/>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
<br/>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Miner's Marsh KIngfisher
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<br/>> On 4/18/2017 11:11 AM, Laviolette, Lance wrote:
<br/>> > =E2=80=9CTruck loads from TO=E2=80=9D reminds me of a s=
tory...
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<br/>> * ...on our 2002 James Bay Expedition - http://pinicola.ca/g2=
003b.htm - we
<br/>> found a very tame single Canada Goose at a boatlunch ramp way=
north in
<br/>> Quebec - and the sad story we told was that she'd mated w=
ith a northern
<br/>> Quebec male during the winter, had followed him north, and he=
'd been taken
<br/>> out by the spring Goose hunt, leaving her an urban widow in t=
he wilderness.
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<br/>> fred.
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<br/>> > ...Paul. About 40 years ago
<br/>> > there was an effort made to =E2=80=98reintroduce=E2=80=
=99 Canada Geese in Cape Breton=20
<br/>> > near CBHNP. They trucked in a bunch of TO geese and let=
them loose on=20
<br/>> > a lake. Now these geese were quite use to humans having=
been rounded=20
<br/>> > up in the friendly confines of the TO shoreline. It was=
n=E2=80=99t long before=20
<br/>> > the local residents of that area of CB realized that. T=
here was good=20
<br/>> > eating in those parts while the geese lasted=E2=80=A6
<br/>> >
<br/>> >
<br/>> >
<br/>> > Cheers,
<br/>> >
<br/>> >
<br/>> >
<br/>> > Lance
<br/>> >
<br/>> >
<br/>> >
<br/>> > *Lance Laviolette*
<br/>> >
<br/>> > Glen Robertson, Ontario
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<br/>> >
<br/>> >
<br/>> > *From:*naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
<br/>> > [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of=20
<br/>> > *rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca
<br/>> > *Sent:* Monday, April 17, 2017 8:26 AM
<br/>> > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
<br/>> > *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: [NatureNS] Miner's Marsh K=
Ingfisher
<br/>> >
<br/>> >
<br/>> >
<br/>> > Isn't it fun about the Canada Geese Doug?
<br/>> >
<br/>> > One group wanted to introduce Wild Turkeys and
<br/>> >
<br/>> > all the Naturalists got against it - made plenty of noi=
se
<br/>> >
<br/>> > so WT went away.
<br/>> >
<br/>> > Another group wanted non migratory Canada Geese so
<br/>> >
<br/>> > they learned from the WT fiasco and just brought a coup=
le of
<br/>> >
<br/>> > truck loads from TO and let them go - no fuss - no muss=
!
<br/>> >
<br/>> > Now they are in every puddle around and the Naturalists
<br/>> >
<br/>> > love them! Things work in wonderful ways!
<br/>> >
<br/>> > Enjoy the spring
<br/>> >
<br/>> > Paul
<br/>> >
<br/>> >
<br/>> >> On April 16, 2017 at 11:17 PM Doug Linzey <dou=
g@fundymud.com
<br/>> > <mailto:doug@fundymud.com>> wrote:
<br/>> >>
<br/>> >>
<br/>> >> This afternoon at Miner's Marsh, a kingfisher =
and an impressive=20
<br/>> >> number of Tree Swallows. We watched a pair of Cana=
da Geese mating=20
<br/>> >> (I'd never witnessed the preceding head-bobbin=
g routine before). And=20
<br/>> >> a lone Pied-billed Grebe was calling somewhat plai=
ntively, clearly in=20
<br/>> >> search of a mate.
<br/>> >>
<br/>> >> Doug Linzey
<br/>> >
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