Peter Wirtz:
the google system brought your post up in an ac***ulating reference to
my search for the 'ICJ'address put into the following local appeal.
The cyberspace connection may stem from a brief conversation canalside
where I mentioned to a fellow observer the 'calling's' character is
connoted as'joy' in english and then the animal's response could be
construed by some watchers as a ***ual response.
where did your research take you? do you know of and may recommend
ornithologists currently knowledgable of blackbird symbol sharing with
Silbo whistlers?
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:37:13 -0000
From: "datakoll" <datakoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Boat Alarm Research
Manatee Project
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Following 5 years of field research developing an understanding of
the Boat-tail Grackles communicative abilities-see Google Groups
sci.bio.ethology ICJ and sci.geo.earthquakes Birdy Predicts Quake-I'm
planning for this winter's observations of the manatee herd at Fort
Myers' Orange River and the River's Lee County Manatee Park.
Initial observations and contacts with the Orange River manatee are
positive with manatee responding to my presence playfully and with
intelligence.
Last Sunday, I called manatee from FPL's warm water outflow canal's
southern end north to the outflow. We then experienced an
ac***ulation of animal activity: the usual curious buzzard, a
squawking woodpecker, a pole top loudmouthed red shouldered hawk, a
gathering butterfly cloud including several migrating monarchs, and
an egret chomping gator re****ted at 12-14. I did not witness it
directly but saw the 20' rooster tail of river water sent up by the
gator during the chomping:and of course,one egret.
The manatee swimming away north stopped in front of my position on
his way back south, surfaced, pointed snout at me and blew out a long
stream of air and water.
As the manatee on hand were in a low activity level, the squirt gun
behavior appears as significant as the hide and seek game played last
year with a flotilla of 3 young males.
We have mutual recognition.
And we plan to explore possibilities for sound symbol warnings of
boat approach, critical for the species survival.
To fully pursue developing a warning system, our project needs the
seasonal loan of a kayak or preferably a fiberglass canoe for the
Orange River and a hydrophone system: I am an experienced canoeist
and electronics user. Canoe storage is available at the Orange River
marina.
I'll be canal side on Sundays for the next 2 or 3 weeks, stop by to
talk manatee or grackle. The mailing address is The Manatee Project,
PO BOX 60887, Fort Myers, FL 33906, and email Datakoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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