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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_9K5PcJjQEQH8O4wX9FnbMg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I hiked the coastal barren yesterday between Duncan's Cove and Ketch Harbour and return, mostly inland away from the foggy cliffs. I wore my hiking boots, always a bad move out here, and arrived back at the car with soaking feet and pant legs. Many of the nesting birds have already fledged and left, including the Lincoln's Sparrows. How quickly it all happens, after our birds arrive from the south they begin a frantic race against time to prepare strong migration ready offspring poised to head south in the late summer and fall. The highlight of my hike was the first Grass Pink Orchid of the season, about a week or two early according to my information. I only saw the one on the three hour hike. Laura and I found what we believe is a common ancient moss at Chebucto Head. It's the first photo in this set so any help in identifying it is appreciated. Patricia Chalmers alerted us all to the Golden Heather at Chebucto Head. We found and photographed it on Thursday evening, a magnificent plant, as are all flowering heaths and heathers. During my trek yesterday I found more of this plant although never in large bunches. Blue Flag Iris is in bloom everywhere but the best display of all is in our backyard bog. Our property extends back 650 feet from the road into the middle of this bog. You can get in serious trouble if you walk out too far. But there were at least 50 of the iris in one group and lots of Dragon's Mouth Orchids. Hans http://www.pbase.com/snahmoot/image/114322571 _________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: http://hanstoom.com _________________________________ --Boundary_(ID_9K5PcJjQEQH8O4wX9FnbMg) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16850" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hiked the coastal barren yesterday between Duncan's Cove and Ketch Harbour and return, mostly inland away from the foggy cliffs. I wore my hiking boots, always a bad move out here, and arrived back at the car with soaking feet and pant legs. Many of the nesting birds have already fledged and left, including the <STRONG>Lincoln's Sparrows.</STRONG> How quickly it all happens, after our birds arrive from the south they begin a frantic race against time to prepare strong migration ready offspring poised to head south in the late summer and fall.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The highlight of my hike was the first <STRONG>Grass Pink Orchid</STRONG> of the season, about a week or two early according to my information. I only saw the one on the three hour hike.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Laura and I found what we believe is a common ancient moss at Chebucto Head. It's the first photo in this set so any help in identifying it is appreciated. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patricia Chalmers alerted us all to the <STRONG>Golden Heather</STRONG> at Chebucto Head. We found and photographed it on Thursday evening, a magnificent plant, as are all flowering heaths and heathers. During my trek yesterday I found more of this plant although never in large bunches.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Blue Flag Iris</STRONG> is in bloom everywhere but the best display of all is in our backyard bog. Our property extends back 650 feet from the road into the middle of this bog. You can get in serious trouble if you walk out too far. But there were at least 50 of the iris in one group and lots of <STRONG>Dragon's Mouth Orchids.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hans</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.pbase.com/snahmoot/image/114322571">http://www.pbase.com/snahmoot/image/114322571</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>_________________________________<BR>Hans Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR>Website: <A href="http://hanstoom.com">http://hanstoom.com</A> <BR>_________________________________</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_9K5PcJjQEQH8O4wX9FnbMg)--
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