[NatureNS] Rare Butterfly

Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 11:21:41 -0300
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Hi All;

It pays to keep a camera handy.   I was out with some visiting 
birders last Friday (May 14), and in the early afternoon we hiked 
into the Pockwock Watershed along the road leading off Exit #3 on Hwy 
101.  About 500 metres along the road we encountered a small elfin 
butterfly which I managed to photograph, and I sent the photos to 
both Derek Bridgehouse and Jim Edsall, who both ID'd the bug for me 
-- it was a Bog Elfin, perhaps just the fourth locality record for 
Nova Scotia.   A photo of the butterfly is here:

http://tinyurl.com/36fqr9z

It was fortunate that the butterfly was along the edge of the gravel 
road rather than in the surrounding treed bog.   Perhaps it was 
because the forest is rather dry right now.

We also discovered a dragonfly just recently emerged, and Derek ID'd 
it as an American Emerald from my photos, which are here:

http://tinyurl.com/34ofjy6

Love the sun, love the leps, love the odes.

And keep your camera handy.

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

White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada  
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Hi All;<br><br>
It pays to keep a camera handy.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was out with some visiting
birders last Friday (May 14), and in the early afternoon we hiked into
the Pockwock Watershed along the road leading off Exit #3 on Hwy
101.&nbsp; About 500 metres along the road we encountered a small elfin
butterfly which I managed to photograph, and I sent the photos to both
Derek Bridgehouse and Jim Edsall, who both ID'd the bug for me -- it was
a Bog Elfin, perhaps just the fourth locality record for Nova
Scotia.&nbsp;&nbsp; A photo of the butterfly is here:<br><br>
<b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/36fqr9z" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/36fqr9z</a></b> <br><br>
It was fortunate that the butterfly was along the edge of the gravel road
rather than in the surrounding treed bog.&nbsp;&nbsp; Perhaps it was
because the forest is rather dry right now.<br><br>
We also discovered a dragonfly just recently emerged, and Derek ID'd it
as an American Emerald from my photos, which are here:<br><br>
<b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/34ofjy6" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/34ofjy6</a></b> <br><br>
Love the sun, love the leps, love the odes.<br><br>
And keep your camera handy.<br><br>
Cheers,<br><br>
Blake<br><br>
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Blake Maybank<br>
maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br>
902-852-2077<br><br>
Editor, &quot;Nova Scotia Birds&quot;<br>
<a href="http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br>
</a>author, &quot;Birding Sites of Nova Scotia&quot;<br>
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<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 </body>
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