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Dr. Lewis may have felt that way in his younger days, but when I knew =
him he was beyond his years with a bicycle. I used to enjoy his articles =
in the Shelburne Coastguard. He introduced me to a number of birds I =
never heard tell of before.
Roland.
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From: Wayne P. Neily=20
To: NatureNS List=20
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 6:40 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] St. Margaret's Bay Trail sightings
Hello Blake,
=20
Harrison Lewis always said that the bicycle was the ideal vehicle =
for birding, so you've got a good precedent to follow. He did take his =
binoculars, though. Might not be that ideal in a hurricane ...
Cheers,
Wayne Neily=20
Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia=20
"In nature's infinite book of secrecy=20
A little I can read." - William Shakespeare, 1607.=20
=20
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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:04:14 -0300
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
From: maybank@ns.sympatico.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] St. Margaret's Bay Trail sightings
22 August 2009
The St. Margaret's Bay Trail is a recent discovery for us -- it is 36 =
km long, stretching from the western end of the BLT trail, east to the =
start of the Aspotogan Rail-Trail. We cycled the stretch between =
French Village Station and Boutlier's Point, finishing with a nice lunch =
at the Bike and Bean Cafe.
It was my first bike ride of the summer, and in my haste to ensure I =
had all the proper biking gear I forgot my binoculars. Fortunately most =
of the birds were in curious flocks accompanying chickadees, and it =
seems (in my experience) that when you "pish" to lure in birds, and you =
are astride a bicycle, that the birds approach more closely, as you =
present a different shape than if standing. Most birds were so close I =
didn't need binoculars.
There was a good variety of warblers on offer, including an Ovenbird, =
5 Black-throated Blues, 2 Bay-breasteds, 2 Blackpolls, 6 "Baypolls" (my =
binoculars were needed if I wished to determine the species), a =
Blackburnian, and many other more routine warblers. The only real =
surprise was a sighting of two Warbling Vireos in one busy flock. =20
I am increasingly enjoying birding by bicycle, and am curious is =
anyone else partakes of this pleasure. There is plenty of opportunity =
for bike birding in HRM, as the network of bike trails (mostly rails to =
trails) is extended yearly.
Cheers,
Blake
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Blake Maybank
maybank@ns.sympatico.ca
902-852-2077
Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"
http://nsbs.chebucto.org
author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"
http://tinyurl.com/birdingns
Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:
http://tinyurl.com/mr627d=20
White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Dr. Lewis may have felt that way in his younger =
days, but=20
when I knew him he was beyond his years with a bicycle. I used to enjoy =
his=20
articles in the Shelburne Coastguard. He introduced me to a number of =
birds I=20
never heard tell of before.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Roland.</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dneilyornis@hotmail.com =
href=3D"mailto:neilyornis@hotmail.com">Wayne P.=20
Neily</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 23, 2009 =
6:40=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [NatureNS] St. =
Margaret's=20
Bay Trail sightings</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hello Blake,<BR> <BR> Harrison Lewis =
always=20
said that the bicycle was the ideal vehicle for birding, so you've got =
a good=20
precedent to follow. He did take his binoculars, though. Might =
not be=20
that ideal in a hurricane ...<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>
<DIV>Wayne Neily <BR>Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia <BR><BR>"In =
nature's=20
infinite book of secrecy <BR>A little I can read." - William =
Shakespeare,=20
1607. <BR><BR> </DIV><BR>
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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:04:14 -0300<BR>To: =
naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>From:=20
maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>Subject: [NatureNS] St. Margaret's Bay =
Trail=20
sightings<BR><BR>22 August 2009<BR><BR>The St. Margaret's Bay Trail is =
a=20
recent discovery for us -- it is 36 km long, stretching from the =
western end=20
of the BLT trail, east to the start of the Aspotogan =
Rail-Trail. =20
We cycled the stretch between French Village Station and Boutlier's =
Point,=20
finishing with a nice lunch at the Bike and Bean Cafe.<BR><BR>It was =
my first=20
bike ride of the summer, and in my haste to ensure I had all the =
proper biking=20
gear I forgot my binoculars. Fortunately most of the birds were =
in=20
curious flocks accompanying chickadees, and it seems (in my =
experience) that=20
when you "pish" to lure in birds, and you are astride a bicycle, that =
the=20
birds approach more closely, as you present a different shape than if=20
standing. Most birds were so close I didn't need=20
binoculars.<BR><BR>There was a good variety of warblers on offer, =
including an=20
Ovenbird, 5 Black-throated Blues, 2 Bay-breasteds, 2 Blackpolls, 6 =
"Baypolls"=20
(my binoculars were needed if I wished to determine the species), a=20
Blackburnian, and many other more routine warblers. The only =
real=20
surprise was a sighting of two Warbling Vireos in one busy =
flock. =20
<BR><BR>I am increasingly enjoying birding by bicycle, and am curious =
is=20
anyone else partakes of this pleasure. There is plenty of =
opportunity=20
for bike birding in HRM, as the network of bike trails (mostly rails =
to=20
trails) is extended=20
=
yearly.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Blake<BR><BR>------------------------------=
-----------------------------------------------<BR>Blake=20
Maybank<BR>maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>902-852-2077<BR><BR>Editor, =
"Nova Scotia=20
Birds"<BR><A=20
=
href=3D"http://nsbs.chebucto.org/">http://nsbs.chebucto.org<BR><BR></A>au=
thor,=20
"Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<BR><FONT color=3D#0000ff><U><A=20
=
href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/birdingns">http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<BR></A=
></U></FONT>Downloadable=20
Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/mr627d">http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</A> =
<BR><BR>White's=20
Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><BR>
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