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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_pbVDPmFmWqeucb8ITn13ww) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Bernard, great photos as usual. I have some comments, and am putting them here for everyone rather than on each photo. First, your ants attacking (no?) a large winged ant (yes) -- my guess is that the smaller ones are just an unwinged contingent of non-reproductives of the same species, just excited about the departure of the winged ones. Often what can also be seen is two sizes of winged ones, i.e. small males and much larger females -- but I don't know how general that is across ant species and genera. Your white moth might be a Satin Moth?, Leucoma salicis, in family Lymantriidae? Great shot by Rita of the Dobsonfly, which is a very large stream insect whose larvae are called fish flies or hellgramites or other names? (They are predatory as larvae in streams.) And I agree about your brood of ducks being ring-necked ducks. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: Bernard Burke <blburke@ns.sympatico.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:14:46 -0300 To: nature ns <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] some photos I have nine photos updated on the photo site covering nature and scenery starting from #25 thru #33. One of the photos is a distant pic of what I believe is a female Ring-necked Duck with her family.Some of the five youngsters were looking up at at Eagle passing overhead when I took the pic. I observed her with her brood again yesterday (Sunday) here at Red Bridge Pond Dartmouth but counted only four young this time around. Here is the first new photo, #25: http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/2/42125224/Medium Bernard Burke blburke@ns.sympatico.ca Dartmouth --Boundary_(ID_pbVDPmFmWqeucb8ITn13ww) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>re Bernard Burke's photos</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Bernard, great photos as usual. I have some comments, and am putting them here for everyone rather than on each photo. <BR> <BR> First, your ants attacking (no?) a large winged ant (yes) -- my guess is that the smaller ones are just an unwinged contingent of non-reproductives of the same species, just excited about the departure of the winged ones. Often what can also be seen is two sizes of winged ones, i.e. small males and much larger females -- but I don't know how general that is across ant species and genera.<BR> <BR> Your white moth might be a Satin Moth?, Leucoma salicis, in family Lymantriidae?<BR> <BR> Great shot by Rita of the Dobsonfly, which is a very large stream insect whose larvae are called fish flies or hellgramites or other names? (They are predatory as larvae in streams.)<BR> <BR> And I agree about your brood of ducks being ring-necked ducks.<BR> <BR> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Bernard Burke <blburke@ns.sympatico.ca><BR> <B>Reply-To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Date: </B>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:14:46 -0300<BR> <B>To: </B>nature ns <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><BR> <B>Subject: </B>[NatureNS] some photos<BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">I have nine photos updated on the photo site covering nature and scenery starting from #25 thru #33. One of the photos is a distant pic of what I believe is a female Ring-necked Duck with her family.Some of the five youngsters were looking up at at Eagle passing overhead when I took the pic. I observed her with her brood again yesterday (Sunday) here at Red Bridge Pond Dartmouth but counted only four young this time around.<BR> Here is the first new photo, #25:<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/2/42125224/Medium<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Bernard Burke<BR> blburke@ns.sympatico.ca<BR> Dartmouth<BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_pbVDPmFmWqeucb8ITn13ww)--
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