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Index of Subjects I used to do that route=2E The first I went I took a girlfriend with me=2E= It was a little unnerving to be that far back=2C just two girls =2C tha= t late at night=2E I got used to it over the 4-5 years that I did it=2E=3C= br =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EEven th= en there logging was logging but were also times ( two ) the owls would = come right to the car to check out the cd calls=2E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D= =22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EI know what you mean about = the river=2E There are a few spots where it almost drowns out anything e= lse=2E Like a large=2Chungry=2C cranky bear =2E That was always my fear!= =3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EAnge= la in Windsor=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cdiv style=3D=22font-fa= mily=3A =27Times New Roman=27=3B font-size=3A 16px=3B=22=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3C= br /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 04/04/10=2C =3Cb class=3D=22name=22=3ERichard Stern = =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bsternrichard=40gmail=2Ecom=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3C= blockquote cite=3D=22mid=3Ak2i3484d1c81004040541ua73b8a3l57c855cceb9df28= 1=40mail=2Egmail=2Ecom=22 class=3D=22iwcQuote=22 style=3D=22border-left=3A= 1px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 255)=3B padding-left=3A 13px=3B margin-left=3A = 0pt=3B=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E=3Cdiv class=3D=22mimepart text html=22=3E= Hi=2C=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3ELast night Liz and I ran our Owl Survey route=2C= along the Mines Road - starting west of Falmouth and heading up the log= ging roads along the headwaters of the Avon River=2E The bad news - no o= wls!=A0 There is evidence of continued=2C fresh and extensive logging=2C= so perhaps that=27s why=2E Also=2C where we heard a Barred owl last yea= r=2C the river was in full spate=2C and very noisy=2E I heard 2 single =26= quot=3Bpeeps=26quot=3B that sounded Saw-whettish=2C but they didn=27t co= ntinue=2C so I didn=27t count them=2E=3Cbr /=3E =3Cbr /=3EThe good news - it was the warmest owl survey I have ever done= =2E +13C at sunset=2C and still +7C by 22=3A30=A0 -and there were lots o= f other things to see=2E The stars were brilliant=2C and even as extreme= ly amateur observers=2C and with the help of an Iphone app=2E called Poc= ket Universe we were able to identify the Orion nebula=2C the Pleiades a= nd all the main constellations=2C as well as (courtesy of Sherman)=2C Me= rcury=2C Venus=2C Mars and Saturn=2E Spring Peepers and Wood Frogs were = in places very noisy=2E By using the flashlight=2C we were able to get r= eally close looks at myriads of Wood frogs scurrying about on the water = and at the edge=2E There were also large numbers of insects in flight=2C= that looked like mini-versions of June Bugs=2E=3Cbr /=3E =3Cbr /=3EThe worse news - at the end we decided to continue along the l= ogging road system (Butler Rd=2E etc=2E) to get back to the main road to= Kentville=2E After about 10km=2E of slow driving on heavily rutted road= s=2C we discovered the road was completely washed out=2C with a large ho= le and a river rushing through it=2E So we had to turn round and retrace= our steps completely=2E The best news - we eventually got home safely w= ithout getting stuck or falling into any holes=2E=3Cbr /=3E =3Cbr /=3EI might try again later in the month=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3ERic= hard=3Cbr clear=3D=22all=22 /=3E=3Cbr /=3E-- =3Cbr /=3E=23=23=23=23=23=23= =23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=3Cbr /=3ERichard Stern=2C =3Cbr /=3E31= 7 Middle Dyke Rd=2E=3Cbr /=3EPort Williams=2C NS=2C Canada=3Cbr /=3EB0P = 1T0=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3Esternrichard=40gmail=2Ecom =26lt=3Bsternrichard=40= gmail=2Ecom=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E =23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=23=3Cbr /=3E =3C/div=3E=3C/blockquote=3E=3C/div=3E=3Cbr /=3E-- =3Cbr /=3EWhen one tug= s at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it attached to the rest of the= world=2E =3Cbr /=3EJohn Muir=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E
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