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Index of Subjects Great! Hope you had a wonderful time in Europe, Brian. See you the end of August! ( BPI storm alternate is CSI.) Cheers, Joan Brian Bartlett wrote: > Hi, Joan, Please sign me up for the Bon Portage weekend in early > September. It looks like I'll be able to make the trip for the first > time in while. Considering my past luck in having storms keep me off > the island (or on it), I hope I don't become a jinx in making the > winds and waves too high for the crossing. > Brian, still in jet-lag mode after return last night two 2 weeks in > Belgium and Holland... > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Czapalay" > <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:33 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Nature outings in SW nova > > >> Many readers who are not presently members of NatureNS (FNSN) may be >> interested in joining some of our activities next weekend. Here is >> the program: >> >> NATURE NOVA SCOTIA outing and annual general meeting: 30^th , 31^st >> May, and June 1^st , 2008. >> >> Visitors Information Centre, 2517 Highway 3, R.R #1 Barrington , Nova >> Scotia B0W 1E0 902-637-2625 >> >> Friday, May 30^th , 7-9 pm: >> >> Meet and Greet: light refreshments, wine and cheese, tea and coffee. >> Sign–up for field trips and view various displays. >> >> 8 p.m.: Special speaker - Sherman Boates , Manager, Wildlife >> Resources , NS Department of Natural Resources. >> >> 9 pm: Owl Prowl on the Wireless Hill Road. >> >> 10 pm: Astronomy with Larry Bogan at Wireless Hill. >> >> Saturday, May 31^st , 8 am: >> >> Visitors’Centre meeting place for announcements and displays. Day >> trip #1 : Pubnico area (morning) : Look for Roseate Terns with Ted >> D’Eon. Bring your lunch, or try the delicious “Acadian Sampler” at >> the Red Cap in West Pubnico. >> >> (afternoon) A : Free choice : visit to the Pubnico Point Windfarm, >> the Acadian Village, the Acadian Museum, the Robert’s Island Ducks >> Unlimited site, and return via the Lighthouse route. >> >> (afternoon) B : Return at noon time to join the CSI trip or the >> Bacarro trip. Meeting arrangements will be announced. >> >> Day trip #2 : Explore Cape Sable Island (morning): The Hawk and other >> popular locations. Brant feed on the flats in the late winter and >> early spring; Piping Plover traditionally nest on sandy beaches in >> the area; shorebirds stage here in great numbers during migration. >> Visit the IBA site and learn about the Nature Canada special status >> of CSI-IBA. This is the only known site in Canada where American >> Oystercatchers nest. >> >> (afternoon) A special “Botany in a Bog” trip on CSI is planned with >> Ruth and Reg Newell. Look for sea birds off Hawk Beach, see the >> sunken forest, and visit the Natural Resources property on the most >> South Western tip of Nova Scotia. >> >> Day trip #3: Port La Tour peninsula and Baccaro Point. >> >> Botany, birds, and butterflies with Donna Ensor and Joan Czapalay. >> Visit site of an early French fortress, Fort St. Louis. >> >> If time permits a trip to Blanche may be arranged. >> >> Day trip #4 (am) Visit the site of the endangered Thread- leafed >> Sundew with Sherman Boates and Lillian Perry. Swaines’ Bog and four >> other bogs in the area are the only locations in Canada of these >> special carnivorous plants. >> >> Sunday, 1^st June, 2008 >> >> _The Nature __Nova Scotia__ __AGM_: 9 am at Papa’s Steak House. This >> restaurant is just before the CSI Causeway on the right (west) side >> of the road. Breakfast will be free for Nature Nova Scotia members. >> Guests will be accommodated at a special price of approximately $7.00. >> >> Prior to the agm an early morning nature walk will be offered at 7:30 >> am on the Sherose Island Nature Trail behind the arena parking lot >> and/or on the Barrington Passage Trail which runs by the restaurant. >> Directions for both hikes will be posted at the Visitor’s Centre. We >> urge that you carpool. >> >> Afternoon field trips: Bring a lunch or pick one up following the >> agm. Depart from the Visitors’ Centre or Steak House. >> >> Trip 1) Birding CSI with our South West Nova Birders. >> >> Trip 2) Atlas for woodland breeding birds: Clyde River area with Joan >> Czapalay. Explore a variety of habitats. (Bring waterproof foot wear >> and insect repellent.) >> >> Trip 3) Nature and local history trip: Villagedale, Sand Hills, Sebim >> Beach, and early Acadian settlement and fortifications with Lillian >> Perry. >> >> > >
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