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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_wEposWuaNq7qSZyfUP9wEw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Spring has come and birds and plants are becoming much more obvious. The = Pictou Co. Naturalists has two interesting programs in May and there is = also a notice for the annual Nova Scotia Spring Migration Bird Count. = All these programs provide a means of citizens helping to monitor = changes in nature.=20 On Tues. May 5,=20 Measuring Atlantic Canada's Bird Populations - Becky Stewart , = Co-ordinator for the current Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas will = illustrate the status and abundance of some species which are in = alarming decline and others which are increasing as the early results of = the current atlas are discussed at the May 5 meeting of the Pictou Co. = Naturalists at the New Glasgow Library Program Room at 7 p.m. Birds are = great indicators of our ecosystem health. Learn how you can contribute = to the current atlas with your observations as all are welcome. Here is = a link to the atlas website- http://www.mba-aom.ca/ On Sat. May 9 Our 20th annual Nova Scotia Migration Count(NSMC), will be held this = year on May 9, as always on the second Saturday of May. The Nova Scotia = Migration Count Website is http://www.hanstoom.com/NSMC.html and = provides everything you'll need to participate in this year's count, = including county and individual checklists. I will send out more details = later this week. Participate in the annual Nova Scotia Migration Bird = Count as either a field or feeder watcher. On Mon. May 25 An additional May meeting will be held MONDAY May 25 at 7 p.m. in the = program room of the New Glasgow library. Please note the change from the = usual day of the week. Guest speaker will be Melanie Priesnitz who will = speak on NOVA SCOTIA PLANTWATCH- Find out how to become citizen = scientists and help us watch for signs of spring Melanie Priesnitz is the Conservation Horticulturist at the Harriet = Irving Botanical Gardens in Wolfville Nova Scoria. She has been working = at the Gardens since the construction phase where she helped to plant = over 17,000 plants that are native to the Acadian Forest Region. Melanie = is Melanie is active in the community both through her role at the = Gardens and as a volunteer in her spare time. Melanie is the Nova Scotia = Coordinator for the national environmental monitoring program Plantwatch = and is an active member of the Town of Wolfville's Communities in Bloom = committee. Her latest personal conquest was graduating from an intensive = certificate program on Applied Plant Conservation at the Denver = Botanical Gardens in Colorado. Melanie enjoys sharing her knowledge of = native plants and conservation with local schools, garden clubs and = naturalist groups. The talk will explain what the Plantwatch program is = all about and how folks can get involved. She will talk a little bit = about climate change and how our flora is being affected and she will = demonstrate some of the plant species which will be watched in detail. = http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/plantwatch/ cheers Ken --Boundary_(ID_wEposWuaNq7qSZyfUP9wEw) 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 6.00.6000.16825" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><BR>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Spring has come and birds and plants = are becoming=20 much more obvious. The Pictou Co. Naturalists has two interesting = programs in=20 May and there is also a notice for the annual Nova Scotia Spring = Migration=20 Bird Count. All these programs provide a means of citizens helping = to=20 monitor changes in nature. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT size=3D4>On Tues. May=20 5,</FONT> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <STRONG>Measuring Atlantic = Canada's Bird=20 Populations</STRONG> - Becky Stewart , Co-ordinator for the current=20 <STRONG>Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas</STRONG> will illustrate the status = and=20 abundance of some species which are in alarming decline and others which = are=20 increasing as the early results of the current atlas are discussed = at the=20 May 5 meeting of the Pictou Co. Naturalists at the New Glasgow Library = Program=20 Room at 7 p.m. Birds are great indicators of our ecosystem=20 health. Learn how you can contribute to the current = atlas with=20 your observations as all are welcome. Here is a link to the atlas = website- =20 <A = href=3D"http://www.mba-aom.ca/">http://www.mba-aom.ca/</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>On Sat. May = 9</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: = 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT=20 size=3D2>Our 20th annual Nova Scotia Migration Count(NSMC), will be = held this=20 year on May 9, as always on the second Saturday of May.</FONT><FONT = size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Nova Scotia Migration = Count Website=20 is </FONT><A href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/NSMC.html"><FONT = color=3D#800080=20 size=3D2>http://www.hanstoom.com/NSMC.html</FONT></A><FONT size=3D2> and = provides=20 everything you=92ll need to participate in this year=92s count, = including county and=20 individual checklists. I will send out more details later this week. = Participate=20 in the annual Nova Scotia Migration Bird Count as either a field or = feeder=20 watcher.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>On Mon. May 25</FONT></DIV> <DIV>An additional May meeting will be held MONDAY May 25 at 7 p.m. in = the=20 program room of the New Glasgow library. Please note the change from the = usual=20 day of the week. Guest speaker will be Melanie Priesnitz who will = speak on=20 <STRONG>NOVA SCOTIA</STRONG> <STRONG>PLANTWATCH- </STRONG>Find out = how to=20 become citizen scientists and help us watch for signs of spring</DIV> <DIV> <P class=3DEC_MsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT=20 color=3D#000000>Melanie Priesnitz is the Conservation Horticulturist at = the=20 Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens in Wolfville Nova Scoria. She has been = working=20 at the Gardens since the construction phase where she helped to plant = over=20 17,000 plants that are native to the Acadian Forest Region. Melanie is = Melanie=20 is active in the community both through her role at the Gardens and as a = volunteer in her spare time. Melanie is the Nova Scotia Coordinator for = the=20 national environmental monitoring program Plantwatch and is an active = member of=20 the Town of Wolfville=92s Communities in Bloom committee. Her latest = personal=20 conquest was graduating from an intensive certificate program on Applied = Plant=20 Conservation at the Denver Botanical Gardens in Colorado. Melanie enjoys = sharing=20 her knowledge of native plants and conservation with local schools, = garden clubs=20 and naturalist groups. The talk will explain what the Plantwatch = program=20 is all about and how folks can get involved. She will talk a little bit = about=20 climate change and how our flora is being affected and she will = demonstrate some=20 of the plant species which will be watched in detail. <A=20 href=3D"http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/plantwatch/">http://www.naturew= atch.ca/english/plantwatch/</A></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DEC_MsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000 = size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">cheers</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DEC_MsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000 = size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">Ken</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_wEposWuaNq7qSZyfUP9wEw)--
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