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--Boundary_(ID_31d6Khm9Mi1FCZMRTnCRTQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Bev and Derek et al. - I should add that "my" mourning cloak was =20 studied only as a closed individual, since on disturbance it quickly =20 flew away. Thus all I saw that looked "fresh" was the closed edges =20 of the wings, which looked quite intact, but the outer-edge colour =20 could not be observed. It seems to early to me for any mourning =20 cloaks to be from having developed from an egg this year, unless =20 perhaps it had come from someplace far to the south? Are mourning =20 cloaks ever migratory? Cheers from Jim in Wolfivlle Begin forwarded message: > From: D W Bridgehouse <d.bridgehouse@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: May 15, 2010 2:55:18 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] RE: [NatureNSMourning Cloak & nature notes for =20 > May 12 > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Jim et al =96 interestingly the Mourning Cloak I saw Fri May 14th =20= > was very weathered and looked like one that had hibernated as it =20 > had ragged edges and the dull faded white wing borders vs the =20 > yellowish borders of fresh individuals. Also of note was that this =20= > individual was nectaring on I believe low bush blueberry rather =20 > than usually from I have seen in the past of feeding on sap of or =20 > decay or animal feces . > > I find it interesting that we have hibernators flying with =93summer =20= > =93 brood emergent individuals - perhaps of the temp gradient =20 > from the valley to coast has forced early emergent =93cloaks=94 ? ? > > DB > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=20 > owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of bev wigney > Sent: May-15-10 8:09 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] fiddleheads' nutritional features & nature =20 > notes for May 12 > > Yesterday, a Mourning Cloak butterfly sailing about in the garden =20 > at my new place in Round Hill. It seemed a little late compared =20 > to when I might see one in eastern Ontario, but Jim's note makes me =20= > think this might actually be their normal flight time here (?). > Very interesting about the fiddleheads! > > From: James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Fri, May 14, 2010 9:28:35 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] fiddleheads' nutritional features & nature =20 > notes for May 12 > > MAY 12, 2010 - Resting on the gravel path along the Wolfville =20 > railroad tracks was a fresh-looking adult mourning cloak =20 > butterfly. By the Acadia Arena I was surprised to see a tall small =20= > tree of pin cherry (flowering) perhaps 6 metres tall (most pin =20 > cherry bushes that I see are much smaller in stature at 3 m. or less. --Boundary_(ID_31d6Khm9Mi1FCZMRTnCRTQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Bev and Derek et al. - I should add that "my" mourning cloak was studied = only as a closed individual, since on disturbance it quickly flew away. = Thus all I saw that looked "fresh" was the closed edges of the = wings, which looked quite intact, but the outer-edge colour could not be = observed. It seems to early to me for any mourning cloaks to be = from having developed from an egg this year, unless perhaps it had come = from someplace far to the south? Are mourning cloaks ever = migratory? <div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfivlle<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">D W Bridgehouse <<a = href=3D"mailto:d.bridgehouse@ns.sympatico.ca">d.bridgehouse@ns.sympatico.c= a</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 15, 2010 2:55:18 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] RE: [NatureNSMourning = Cloak & nature notes for May 12</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class=3D"Section1"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Jim et al =96 interestingly the = Mourning Cloak I saw Fri May 14<sup>th</sup><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>was very weathered = and looked like one that had hibernated as it had ragged edges and = the dull faded white wing borders vs the yellowish borders of = fresh individuals. Also of note was that this individual was = nectaring on I believe low bush blueberry rather than usually from = I have seen in the past of feeding on sap of or decay or animal = feces .<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I = find it interesting that we have hibernators flying with =93summer = =93 brood emergent individuals - perhaps of the = temp gradient from the valley to coast has forced early emergent = =93cloaks=94 ? ?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: = rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">DB<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style=3D"border-right-style: = none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: = initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; = border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; = padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: = 0cm; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; = font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca= [<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebuc= to.ns.ca</a>]<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On = Behalf Of<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>bev = wigney<br><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>May-15-10 8:09 = AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>= Subject:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: = [NatureNS] fiddleheads' nutritional features & nature notes for May = 12<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Yesterday, a Mourning = Cloak butterfly sailing about in the garden at my new place in Round = Hill. It seemed a little late compared to when I might see = one in eastern Ontario, but Jim's note makes me think this might = actually be their normal flight time here (?). <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Very interesting about = the fiddleheads!<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"center" = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; text-align: center; "><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; = font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><hr size=3D"1" width=3D"100%" = align=3D"center"></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; = ">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, = sans-serif; "><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>James = W. Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= b>To:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>NatureNS = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br= ><b>Sent:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fri, May = 14, 2010 9:28:35 PM<br><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NatureNS] fiddleheads' = nutritional features & nature notes for May = 12</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">MAY 12, = 2010<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">- Resting = on the gravel path along the Wolfville railroad tracks was a = fresh-looking adult<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>mourning cloak = butterfly</b>. By the Acadia Arena I was surprised to see a<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>tall</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>small tree of<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>pin cherry<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>(flowering) perhaps 6 = metres tall (most pin cherry bushes that I see are much smaller in = stature at 3 m. or = less.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></blockq= uote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_31d6Khm9Mi1FCZMRTnCRTQ)--
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