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This reminds me. I was atlassing with Julie Palmer early last week
in the Annapolis Royal area. On Monday night, 21 June, we drove up
Hollow Mountain Road towards Delaps Cove, shortly after 10 p.m. (We
were trying to find woodcock and owls.) I was astounded by the
number of fireflies we saw, especially in areas with wet alder
swamps. Not tens of thousands, perhaps, but certainly hundreds and
hundreds. It was magical, and I haven't seen anything like it in years!
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
P.S. I have just discovered the Boston Museum of Science website has
an interesting Firefly Watch programme - lots of info at
https://www.mos.org/fireflywatch/understanding_fireflies
At 09:43 PM 17/06/2010, James R. Hirtle wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>I went out after work last night to two of my squares in hopes of
>upgrading some species and hopefully obtaining some night
>species. My main goal was for owls. I was part way through one
>square before I realized I was in the wrong one. That was the
>Caribou Lake square which already has owls in it and unfortunately
>already has common nighthawk of which I saw my first one. At that
>point I had already located one barred owl. It was not optimal
>conditions either as it was very windy.
>
>In my other square, Whale Lake, I was able to come up with a pair of
>very aggressive and vocal barred owls. The highlight for me though
>was the amount of fireflies about. I must have seen at least 10 000
>to 20 000 of them. Everywhere I stopped they were flashing by the
>hundreds. One spot with thousands of christmas trees had almost
>every tree lit with flashing white reminisent of white christmas
>tree lights. It must be a bumper year for fireflies as I've never
>seen so many in my travels anywhere. You would see them at a few
>select locations, but not at every stop.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>James R. Hirtle
>Bayport
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