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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_P0uSZcrDH/7Qp1Hqkz6d9g) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Blake and All, I haven't been on the continuation of the trail east this year but I biked it several times last year and it was then easy negotiable all the way to where the 207 meets the #7 hwy., just past Porters Lake. Then it is only about 200m back on the #7 to Tim Horton ! Henk Kwindt, Cow Bay, NS. ----- Original Message ----- From: Blake Maybank To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 5:05 PM Subject: [NatureNS] More Birding By Bicycle, in HRM Yesterday (Sept. 5) Martine and I hit the biking trails once again. We chose the Atlantic View Trail, the former section of rail-trail that has been upgraded by the Cole Harbour Trails and Rec Association. We started at the trail's western terminus, off the West Lawrencetown Road (this is also the eastern terminus of the Salt Marsh Trail). We cycled the length of the trail, which ends 10 km east at Causeway Road, which leads to the Fisherman's Preserve at Three Fathom Harbour. At this terminus the old rail bed continues to the east, and is called the Blueberry Run, but no work has been done on this stretch, and we gave up on it after less than 1 km -- the trail was too narrow and rough. The Atlantic View Trail is a great birding trail, as it passes through an excellent variety of habitats, including West Marsh, Lawrencetown Lake, Porter's Lake, Rocky Run, the marsh beside the start of the Causeway Road, and plenty of forest. We tallied around 50 bird species during casual birding, nothing very notable, perhaps because the tide was high (very few shorebirds). There were plenty of wildflowers, as well as numerous dragonflies and butterflies which I did not stop to identify. I cannot recommend this trail too highly. Cheers, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --Boundary_(ID_P0uSZcrDH/7Qp1Hqkz6d9g) 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 content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18812"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Blake and All,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I haven't been on the continuation of the trail east this year but I biked it several times last year and it was then easy negotiable all the way to where the 207 meets the #7 hwy., just past Porters Lake. Then it is only about 200m back on the #7 to Tim Horton !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Henk Kwindt, Cow Bay, NS.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=maybank@ns.sympatico.ca href="mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca">Blake Maybank</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 06, 2009 5:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] More Birding By Bicycle, in HRM</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Yesterday (Sept. 5) Martine and I hit the biking trails once again. We chose the Atlantic View Trail, the former section of rail-trail that has been upgraded by the Cole Harbour Trails and Rec Association.<BR><BR>We started at the trail's western terminus, off the West Lawrencetown Road (this is also the eastern terminus of the Salt Marsh Trail). We cycled the length of the trail, which ends 10 km east at Causeway Road, which leads to the Fisherman's Preserve at Three Fathom Harbour.<BR><BR>At this terminus the old rail bed continues to the east, and is called the Blueberry Run, but no work has been done on this stretch, and we gave up on it after less than 1 km -- the trail was too narrow and rough.<BR><BR>The Atlantic View Trail is a great birding trail, as it passes through an excellent variety of habitats, including West Marsh, Lawrencetown Lake, Porter's Lake, Rocky Run, the marsh beside the start of the Causeway Road, and plenty of forest. We tallied around 50 bird species during casual birding, nothing very notable, perhaps because the tide was high (very few shorebirds). There were plenty of wildflowers, as well as numerous dragonflies and butterflies which I did not stop to identify. <BR><BR>I cannot recommend this trail too highly.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Blake<BR><BR><X-SIGSEP> <P></X-SIGSEP>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Blake Maybank<BR>maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>902-852-2077<BR><BR>Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<BR><A href="http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora="autourl">http://nsbs.chebucto.org<BR><BR></A>author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<BR><FONT color=#0000ff><U><A href="http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora="autourl">http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<BR></A></U></FONT>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<BR><A href="http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora="autourl">http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</A> <BR><BR>White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_P0uSZcrDH/7Qp1Hqkz6d9g)--
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