[NatureNS] Nature Finds & Pics

Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 22:51:56 -0300
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From: Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Today I checked out a power line cut running parallel to the 
Aylesford Lake Road, Kings Co. Last summer I found this cut & several 
like it to be extremely good for birds (edge effect) & other 
creatures, butterflies, dragonflies, etc.

A brief jaunt late this morning found:
- many Juvenal's Cloudywings & Spring Azures
- a number of a Clear-winged Moth feeding mainly on  wild strawberry 
flowers. (Got lousy pics and will try to figure out the identification).
- three species of dragonflies, one of which went unidentified.
- 1 damselfly which fluttered by weakly and promptly disappeared.
- lots of bird song plus a pair of Red-tailed Hawks hollering 
indicating they will likely nest nearby as last summer.

Here is a pic of possibly a Maine Snaketail (Hopefully Derek B. will 
confirm or correct me). This is a small dragonfly.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/524173351/

Here is a pic of an Emerald, possibly Kennedy's but that's quite rare 
here so likely not (Derek ??).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/524120578/

And finally a pic of a creature that many gardeners are dreading, the 
Asiatic Lily Beetle, a sharp looking beetle. This was featured on 
Live at 5 today.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/524120644/

Angus

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