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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_T+u0pmjq9ygx9QXGFF4kAg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT My morning stroll at Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park turned up nine warblers species; Nashville, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Palm, Black-and-White, Ovenbird and Common Yellowthroat. In my experience the numbers and diversity of warblers now present is comparable to Point Pelee National Park for this time of year, May 6, which puts our warbler waves two to three weeks early. It certainly challenges the widely held belief that birds departing Mexico, the Caribbean and South American couldn't possibly know how good the weather is here, or maybe its a case of the warbler waves meeting no weather resistance on the way north, "clear sailing" as it were, except of course for our friends in Alberta who are shovelling snow. While I was walking the road I heard the two part whistle of a Broad-winged Hawk overhead. Later over the bog I saw two Osprey and a Broad-wing Hawk soaring together, not a sight I see every day. On the return walk I encountered a Morning Cloak Butterfly, a rather pale version, but quite the surprise nonetheless. Caution, the park is infested with black flies. Hans _________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: http://hanstoom.com _________________________________ --Boundary_(ID_T+u0pmjq9ygx9QXGFF4kAg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII 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 8.00.6001.18904"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My morning stroll at Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park turned up nine warblers species; <STRONG>Nashville, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Palm, Black-and-White, Ovenbird </STRONG>and <STRONG>Common Yellowthroat</STRONG>. In my experience the numbers and diversity of warblers now present is comparable to Point Pelee National Park for this time of year, May 6, which puts our warbler waves two to three weeks early. It certainly challenges the widely held belief that birds departing Mexico, the Caribbean and South American couldn't possibly know how good the weather is here, or maybe its a case of the warbler waves meeting no weather resistance on the way north, "clear sailing" as it were, except of course for our friends in Alberta who are shovelling snow.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>While I was walking the road I heard the two part whistle of a <STRONG>Broad-winged Hawk</STRONG> overhead. Later over the bog I saw two <STRONG>Osprey</STRONG> and a <STRONG>Broad-wing Hawk</STRONG> soaring together, not a sight I see every day. On the return walk I encountered a <STRONG>Morning Cloak </STRONG>Butterfly, a rather pale version, but quite the surprise nonetheless.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Caution, the park is infested with black flies.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hans</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>_________________________________<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_T+u0pmjq9ygx9QXGFF4kAg)--
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