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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-A6B6E5DF-ED95-4B54-AE63-C6A62A5619AC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I like John=E2=80=99s idea of a separate table for the probable spring arriv= als. It would be a handy record to have. I am always referring to All the Bi= rds of Nova Scotia by Ian McLaren to get a sense of trends.=20 Nancy Sent from my iPad > On Mar 19, 2018, at 11:49 AM, Alix d'Entremont <alixdentremont@hotmail.com= > wrote: >=20 > Thanks for the comments, Eric. We are always open to suggestions and appre= ciate your concerns. Those involved in the creation of the 'Spring First Arr= ivals' initiative are trying to provide useful and engaging content for the b= irding community. I find the language in your e-mail a bit aggressive - we'r= e all on the same team! I do not have a PhD in statistics, but it is my unde= rstanding that the limitations intrinsic to a single "arrival date" for an e= ntire province would render such a record less useful for species whose arri= val or passage through our province is less obvious. Anyone looking to analy= ze movements of those species will likely get better results from a larger d= ataset where parameters can be adjusted to fit their needs. Please enlighten= the cabal if you think otherwise. >=20 > Alix Arthur d'Entremont > BSc Geomatics Engineering >=20 >=20 >=20 > 292 Abbott's Harbour Road=20 > Middle West Pubnico > Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia > Canada B0W 2M0 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Phone: +1 902 762 2082 > Mobile: +1 902 307 0373 > e-mail: alixdentremont@hotmail.com > Bird Photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/alixd/ > Website http://alixdentremont.blogspot.ca/ >=20 >=20 >=20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beh= alf of Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca> > Sent: March 19, 2018 9:07 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Spring first arrivals > =20 > Hello Nancy, >=20 > So lots of species - Common Eiders, loons, the Scoters, most common gulls,= Robins, on and on - are excluded from this Citizen Science project. >=20 > I think that the anonymous cabal (I know who they are; I am just being fac= etious) that has established these criteria and the list should think again= . There are many good field birders in Nova Scotia who know their local patc= hes very well and can make good informed judgements about what has arrived a= nd what has been around all winter.=20 >=20 > With such a constipated list we will certainly miss new and significant in= formation about many species. I don't think that is necessary and it is cert= ainly not desirable.=20 >=20 > Eric >=20 > Eric L. Mills > Lower Rose Bay > Lunenburg Co., NS > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beh= alf of nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> > Sent: March 19, 2018 7:04:16 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Spring first arrivals > =20 > These no doubt are Spring First Arrivals, arriving via the route you menti= oned. So I will use this opportunity to clarify some of the reasoning behind= the species list on the NSBS Spring First Arrivals table. http://www.nsbird= society.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals >=20 > The reason these species are not part of this NSBS dataset: We have exclud= ed species who have significant overwintering populations in some part of NS= (see Conclusion section below table), to reduce any entries that require as= sumptions on our part. For example, did those RB Gulls get blown in from a n= earby wintering population? Or were the Lesser Black-backs (always a tongue t= wister) ones already present in SW NS (probably not)? Even Baltimore Orioles= got nixed due to ambiguity.=20 >=20 > NatureNS will be getting regular updates on Spring First Arrivals as the m= igration season progresses. So please post any sightings.=20 >=20 > Nancy >=20 > Sent from my iPad >=20 > On Mar 18, 2018, at 9:07 PM, Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca> wrote: >=20 >> Two that I believe qualify, with my justification: >>=20 >> Ring-billed Gull - March 18. 10 bright full adults roosting with Herring G= ulls off Privateer Park, Liverpool, Queens Co., were not present earlier. Th= roughout the winter 1-2 Ring-bills, usually first-winter (occasionally adult= s) have been present. >>=20 >> Lesser Black-backed Gull - March 11. An adult graellsii arrived among roo= sting Herring and Greater Black-backed Gulls off Privateer Park, Liverpool, Q= ueens Co., slept for a while, and then headed off seaward. The timing is con= sistent with northward movement from wintering areas in the southeastern US= A (likely toward nesting areas in W Greenland or Iceland, although no doubt b= y easy stages so early in the season). >>=20 >> Eric Mills >>=20 --Apple-Mail-A6B6E5DF-ED95-4B54-AE63-C6A62A5619AC Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">I like John=E2=80=99s idea of a separate ta= ble for the probable spring arrivals. It would be a handy record to have. I a= m always referring to All the Birds of Nova Scotia by Ian McLaren to get a s= ense of trends. <div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSi= gnature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Mar 19, 2018, at 11:49 AM, Alix d= 'Entremont <<a href=3D"mailto:alixdentremont@hotmail.com">alixdentremont@= hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1= "> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-= family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir=3D"ltr"> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Thanks for the comments, Eric. We a= re always open to suggestions and appreciate your concerns. Those involved i= n the creation of the 'Spring First Arrivals' initiative are trying to provi= de useful and engaging content for the birding community. I find the language in you