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And pishing (Gerund) is fun to do! > > From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> > Date: 2008/07/08 Tue AM 11:36:31 EDT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Margaretsville - Hummingbirds, Butterflies, etc. > > Pish is usually a verb. I pish, you pish, he pishes... LOL > > Here is a good defintion. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pish > > > On Jul 8, 2008, at 6:32 AM, Gayle MacLean wrote: > > > Sorry all, I guess I'm not up on alot of the terms but I give up. What > > is a "pish"? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Gayle MacLean > > > > Dartmouth > > > > --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Jeff hiltz <4x4play@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Jeff hiltz <4x4play@gmail.com> > >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Margaretsville - Hummingbirds, Butterflies, > >> etc. > >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > >> Received: Monday, July 7, 2008, 11:32 PM > >> > >> I'm a very new birder and have been running the backwoods of the > >> North Mountain from N. Kingston to port George for the last couple > >> months spending almost every evening looking for new "lifers" and > >> trying to get a few photos. > >> I've also noticed that the Ovenbirds were very elusive in the early > >> months of Spring, I would hear them but could never see one and now > >> they seem to be one of the first birds to come out to see what's > >> making noises. As for the Hummingbirds, I've never seen so many in my > >> life but then again before I became a "birder" I wasn't really > >> looking. Is it common for Hummingbirds to come to a pish? I can't > >> count the # of times that I've been sitting in the Jeep doing a > >> little pishing while swatting black flies and have them appear > >> within' 5 feet of my face, my girlfriend has observed them above my > >> head while I pish...lol > >> The Pileated Woodpecker that you mentioned, by chance is the Sugar > >> Maple located right on the main shore road coming into > >> Margaret(s)ville from Kingston way? I had thought I saw one fly out > >> of a hole in a SM along that main stetch but didn't have the time to > >> wait around very long for him to come back. > >> > >> Another observation this year, I've been taking the kids to Port > >> George for many many years and have never seen a Starfish there until > >> this year and they seem to be everywheres when the tide is out. > >> > >> Cheers! > >> Jeff > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:40 PM, P.L. Chalmers > >> <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > >>> Hi there, > >>> > >>> I'm back home after five days visiting friends in > >>> Margaretsville, where I spent the mornings atlassing and doing point > >>> counts in that and several adjoining squares. The afternoons were > >>> given over to weeding my friends' gardens. Lovely to be outdoors so > >>> much in fine weather - with the Fundy breezes blowing, the heat was > >>> never oppressive even on warm days. > >>> > >>> Breeding activity among songbirds was at fever pitch, and > >>> some species are so busy feeding young that they are completely > >>> oblivious of humans. On the other hand the Ovenbirds in the woods, > >>> normally elusive, were so agitated by my presence that they > >>> interrupted their food-gathering to come out in plain view and scold > >>> me. I particularly enjoyed watching a male Pileated Woodpecker > >>> attending a nest in a big old sugar maple, and seeing Bobolinks > >>> singing and displaying over the uncut meadows. > >>> > >>> While exploring the back roads along the North Mountain, I > >>> was struck by the abundance of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. They > >>> were very easy to see, usually perched on telephone wires along the > >>> road, apparently basking in the sun, perhaps one every kilometre or > >>> so. This was in an area where there were no homes, so no feeders or > >>> gardens to concentrate their numbers. I easily saw a dozen or more > >>> every morning, without even trying. I have observed this abundance > >>> in the area for the last several years. This seems remarkable to > >>> me. When I was a child, before hummingbird feeders were a > >>> commonplace, it was quite unusual and exciting to see a hummingbird, > >>> even though we always had a flower-filled garden which might have > >>> been expected to attract them. > >>> > >>> I was also pleased to see a large number of butterflies last > >>> week. I wasn't focussing on them and regretted that I didn't have > >>> my field guide, as I am a little rusty with ID's, but there were > >>> lots of fritillaries of several sorts along these dirt roads, as > >>> well as White Admirals, Canadian Tiger Swallowtails, Northern Pearl > >>> Crescents, Ringlets, and various skippers and azures. Not many > >>> sulphurs. > >>> > >>> There was an interesting article in last Saturday's Globe > >>> and Mail about changes to butterfly population and distribution. [ > >>> "LEPIDOPTERA: CANADA DAY COUNT:Ethereal, exotic and exceptionally > >>> fragile" by Matthew Hart ] which gave a dismal outlook for the long > >>> term. This year, at least, some species seem do be doing well in > >>> the western end of the Valley. Do others find that is it a > >>> particularly good year for seeing butterflies? > >>> > >>> During my visit on the farm I averaged two ticks per day - > >>> still a matter of comment there, where ten years ago we never > >>> encountered any. I saved a couple to send in to the Museum. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> Patricia L. Chalmers > >>> Halifax > > > > <iotg_search.jpg>Yahoo! Canada Toolbar : Search from anywhere on the > > web and bookmark your favourite sites. 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