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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006A_01C8ADDB.1B9AC4F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've had my eyes peeled for them the last few weeks when I've been on = the water, and yesterday I finally saw my first spring turtle. I saw it = while I was on the BNS canoe trip to Cloud Lake Wilderness Area = yesterday. It was a good sized EASTERN PAINTED TURTLE sunning itself on = a log mid-afternoon. He stayed put as we coasted past. Finally in the = sun, it wasn't moving unless it absolutely had to. The rest of the boats = had passed this point already, but my lollygagging paid off. It was a nice trip. Cool in the morning until the sun came out after = lunch. We more or less did a clockwise wander round the lake, with a = nice break for lunch and a quick wander over the portage trail to shake = out our legs. If I remember right, there were thirteen of us in five = canoes and two kayaks. Gary (my bowman) and I plunked our 12- and = 14-year-old sons in a canoe of their own and they kept up with the pack = just fine. They've spent a lot of their lives in the bows of canoes, but = this was the first time they'd had command of their own craft all day. = Makes me grin. Featured entertainers were a pair of LOONS, many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, = SONG SPARROWS, a pair (m&f) of COMMON MERGANSERS, a YELLOW-BELLIED = SAPSUCKER, and many of the usual suspects. Patrick Kelly could give you = a better birding report than I can, as he spent most of the trip = reclined amidship in his canoe Atlasing while his two female shipmates = conveyed him gently down the stream and all that good stuff. Good work = if you can get it. On the ground, MAYFLOWERS and PICTURE PLANTS were of particular interest = to the group, though I get a kick out of ROCK TRIPE, personally, and = Gary was taken with some nice stands of red pine and some classic-shaped = black spruce trees. I spend a lot of time in the woods alone, but it's nice to share a day = abroad with others once in a while. Andrew Steeves Wolfville, NS ------=_NextPart_000_006A_01C8ADDB.1B9AC4F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3314" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif"><FONT size=3D2>I've had my eyes = peeled for=20 them the last few weeks when I've been on the water, and yesterday I = finally=20 saw my first spring turtle. I saw it while I was on = the BNS=20 canoe trip to Cloud Lake Wilderness Area yesterday. It was a = </FONT></FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif"><FONT size=3D2>good sized EASTERN PAINTED = TURTLE=20 sunning itself on a log mid-afternoon. He stayed put as we coasted past. = Finally=20 in the sun, it wasn't moving unless it absolutely had to. The = rest of=20 the boats had passed this point already, but my lollygagging paid=20 off.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>It was a nice trip. = Cool in the=20 morning until the sun came out after lunch. We more or less did a = clockwise=20 wander round the lake, with a nice break for lunch and a quick wander = over the=20 portage trail to shake out our legs. If I remember right, there=20 were thirteen of us in five canoes and two kayaks. = </FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Gary (my bowman) and I plunked = our 12-=20 and 14-year-old sons in a canoe of their own and they kept up with = the=20 pack just fine. They've spent a lot of their lives in the bows of = canoes, but=20 this was the first time they'd had command of their own craft all day. = Makes me=20 grin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" = size=3D2>Featured entertainers were a=20 pair of LOONS, many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, SONG SPARROWS, a pair = (m&f)=20 of COMMON MERGANSERS, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, and many of the = usual=20 suspects. Patrick Kelly could give you a better birding report than I = can, as he=20 spent most of the trip reclined amidship in his canoe Atlasing while his = two=20 female shipmates conveyed him gently down the stream and all that good = stuff.=20 Good work if you can get it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>On the ground, = MAYFLOWERS and=20 PICTURE PLANTS were of particular interest to the group, though = I get a=20 kick out of ROCK TRIPE, personally, and Gary was taken with = some nice=20 stands of red pine and some classic-shaped black spruce = trees.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>I spend a lot of time = in the woods=20 alone, but it's nice to share a day abroad with others once in a=20 while.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Andrew = Steeves</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Wolfville,=20 NS</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_006A_01C8ADDB.1B9AC4F0--
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