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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_6wyO1HP4Qs2qy/QNioxJdg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT A small but enthusiastic group of the *Young Naturalists Club* of Nova Scotia and their parents met at the NS Museum at 9:30am today for the first of four "birding/nature" field trips sponsored by the national _Parks and People_ program grant. New binoculars, purchased at a discounted price from Carsand- Mosher, were issued to the partcipants, car pooling was arranged, and we headed straight to Hartlan Point. Although the old Osprey nest was abandoned, we had excellent looks at a hovering Osprey. Our first stop was the road towards the shore opposite the parking lot, where we saw close-ups of American Goldfinch (perching, flying in a Hip-Hip- Hooray! motion, and calling "Po-ta-to chip! Po-ta-to chip!"), Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat Warbler, Song Sparrow, and A. Crow. Three garter snakes were seen slithering away. Alas, there were no shore birds as yet along the beach, but several rafts of C. Eider off shore, and many gulls over Devil's Island. D-C cormorants flew by in 3s and 4s, and there were Starlings and N.Grackles.We went to Cow Bay for lunch, and I was surprised at the large homes on both sides of the (no longer bull) moose, built where once we went birding.We had a good walk around the first coastal basin/pond and saw Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, and another Common Yellow-throat. A Merlin flew quickly by. We looked at several types of grasses and rushes. A female Am.Black Duck was at the edge of the water.We smelled PineappleWeed and noted Deadly Nightshade ( children enjoy such names!) The surprise plant ( for me) was the large patch of *Ladies' Mantle* in the unmowed area at the edge of the Golf Course parking lot. It was a wonderful day to spend out of doors with a great group. Thanks to Karen McKendry for organizing this group. Cheers, Joan --Boundary_(ID_6wyO1HP4Qs2qy/QNioxJdg) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> A small but enthusiastic group of the <b>Young Naturalists Club</b> of Nova Scotia and their parents met at the NS Museum at 9:30am today for the first of four "birding/nature" field trips sponsored by the national <u>Parks and People</u> program grant. New binoculars, purchased at a discounted price from Carsand- Mosher, were issued to the partcipants, car pooling was arranged, and we headed straight to Hartlan Point. Although the old Osprey nest was abandoned, we had excellent looks at a hovering Osprey. Our first stop was the road towards the shore opposite the parking lot, where we saw close-ups of American Goldfinch (perching, flying in a Hip-Hip- Hooray! motion, and calling "Po-ta-to chip! Po-ta-to chip!"), Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat Warbler, Song Sparrow, and A. Crow. Three garter snakes were seen slithering away. Alas, there were no shore birds as yet along the beach, but several rafts of C. Eider off shore, and many gulls over Devil's Island. D-C cormorants flew by in 3s and 4s, and there were Starlings and N.Grackles.We went to Cow Bay for lunch, and I was surprised at the large homes on both sides of the (no longer bull) moose, built where once we went birding.We had a good walk around the first coastal basin/pond and saw Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, and another Common Yellow-throat. A Merlin flew quickly by. We looked at several types of grasses and rushes. A female Am.Black Duck was at the edge of the water.We smelled PineappleWeed and noted Deadly Nightshade ( children enjoy such names!) The surprise plant ( for me) was the large patch of <b>Ladies' Mantle</b> in the unmowed area at the edge of the Golf Course parking lot. It was a wonderful day to spend out of doors with a great group. Thanks to Karen McKendry for organizing this group. Cheers, Joan<br> </body> </html> --Boundary_(ID_6wyO1HP4Qs2qy/QNioxJdg)--
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