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Index of Subjects Yesterday I spent some time in Palmeter Woods (West Kentville). There were very few birds and nothing of interest. (Actually warblers, vireos, thrushes, etc. leave Kings Co. woods early. I am quite envious of the coastal reports that list so many birds in a few hours of birding!). Near the parking lot I had the opportunity to (or at least try to) photograph some smaller creatures. There were (I believe) five species of Bumble Bee types, a few Honey Bees, small numbers of Hover Flies, a few Least Skippers (which extends their known flight period), a few wasps and various flies. The temp. was about 22C so it was interesting to see the small numbers of Hover Flies compared to what I found a few days ago when the temp. was only 12C. One of the Bees had an orange band across the abdomen. This is not one of the (14) Bombus species found in NS and I don't know which genera it belongs to. I could not get a good photo yesterday (continually moving) but I found one that I photographed on August 17 which is here: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=261608676&size=m Sorry for the quality. Can anyone offer a lead? Angus
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