[NatureNS] Lewis Lake PP and a Few Nature Notes

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Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:25:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
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Hi Hans
Good Pictures
The fish looks like a white sucker to me. They are
spawning all around this part of NS just now. 
Saw many yesterday
Enjoy the spring
Paul


--- Hans Toom <Htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:

> Seven of us spent four hours this morning walking
> the loop at Lewis Lake PP.  There were 13 warbler
> species evident this morning, all the regulars minus
> Canada Warbler.  The highlight for me was a
> Broad-winged Hawk.  I have encountered adults and
> young together in the trees here chattering as only
> these hawks can do.  I've posted one photo of the
> hawk.
> 
> Along the trail side a pair of Downy Woodpeckers had
> recently excavated or renovated a nest site. Fresh
> wood shavings were on the ground beneath the cavity.
>  Nearby are Northern Flicker and Hairy Woodpecker
> nests. The adult Hairy Woodpeckers were busily
> feeding their young. These young are chipping now
> much like their parents so I expect they will fledge
> soon.  The Northern Flicker parent was still tight
> to its nest.
> 
> I've also posted photos of a baby Garter Snake(we
> think?), and a mysterious spawning fish thought by
> some to be suckers, others thought whitefish.  The
> body silhouette from above is much like a shark's.
> 
> Hans
> 
> http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlights14.html
>
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> Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
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