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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_03CD_01C9B090.A2069790 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: [NatureNS] Signs of springI took the dogs and one of my sons into = Little River Falls today. Though the snow is deep in the woods, it's = well settled down and makes for easy walking, except for the occasional = air pocket in and around deadfalls and low brush. Every once in a while = I suddenly found myself in grainy snow up over my knees. As well as CHICKADEES and both a HAIRY WOODPECKER and a PILEATED = WOODPECKER, we had an excellent look at a fast-moving SNOWSHOE HARE = which crossed our path when were were moving through an evergreen = thicket. This is the first time my son had seen one while walking in the = woods, although he's learned to spot their tracks pretty well. This hare = seemed to be changing colour already, as there was quite a brownish tint = coming through its white coat. They always look like they're flying to = me, almost as if in arrested motion while in the air and all torqued = spring when they touch down and propel themselves onward. The other sure sign of spring was my son and I, comfortable and warm in = the snowy woods in our shirtsleeves. And I notice that the ice I walked so boldly out upon at White Rock last = weekend with my canoe is now much reduced, overrun with water, and no = temptation to me at all.=20 Andrew Steeves Wolfville, NS ------=_NextPart_000_03CD_01C9B090.A2069790 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><TITLE>Re: [NatureNS] Signs of spring</TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=3Dtext/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6001.18203" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I took the dogs and one of my sons into = Little River=20 Falls today. Though the snow is deep in the woods, it's = well settled down=20 and makes for easy walking, except for the occasional air pocket in and = around=20 deadfalls and low brush. Every once in a while I suddenly found myself = in grainy=20 snow up over my knees.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>As well as CHICKADEES and both a HAIRY = WOODPECKER and=20 a PILEATED WOODPECKER, we had an excellent look at a fast-moving = SNOWSHOE=20 HARE which crossed our path when were were moving through an=20 evergreen thicket. This is the first time my son had seen one while = walking=20 in the woods, although he's learned to spot their tracks pretty well.=20 This hare seemed to be changing colour already, as there was quite = a=20 brownish tint coming through its white coat. They always look like = they're=20 flying to me, almost as if in arrested motion while in the air and = all=20 torqued spring when they touch down and propel themselves=20 onward.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>The other sure sign of spring was my son and=20 I, comfortable and warm in the snowy woods in our=20 shirtsleeves.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>And I notice that the ice I walked so boldly = out upon at=20 White Rock last weekend with my canoe is now much reduced, overrun with = water,=20 and no temptation to me at all. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Andrew Steeves</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Wolfville, NS</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_03CD_01C9B090.A2069790--
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