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Lauff</A> --001485f629725ab62b048aa7b734 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 There was a group of fishermen near our launch site who said they spent one of their days there at Two Island Lake; they said the going was quite tough, but did not mention whether they followed a trail or not. I had just assumed that they motored (whimps!) across the Flowage and hiked across the barrens. Funny that you should mention one of the dwarf birches; three species were all targeted (and found) on the 1996 trip, but despite looking for more this time, we didn't find a single one. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 5 July 2010 14:51, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: > Hi Randy & All, July 5, 2010 > Not that I intend to go there but I wonder if the network of roads that > are associated with the Cheticamp Flowage have been extended by ATV > trails as far as Two Island Lake (I hope not). > > Traffic there used to be quite light because the shortest way in was a > tough 8 hr hike up the Clyburn (In that context I notice that the NS Atlas > (5th ed) has the Indian Rising label one nose south of where it is). And the > trout were accordingly abundant and underfed. > > This lake is also notable in that it has a large stand (arm-pit high) > of Betula glandulosa SE of the lake. > > There was always a brisk NW wind at Two Island Lake from late evening > until near dawn. Having not camped elsewhere on the barrens I wonder-- is > this typical of the Park barrens in general or is it unique to this lake and > powered e.g. by flow of cool night air down the nearby Clyburn ? > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> > *To:* MBBA <MBBA@yahoogroups.com> ; NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Sent:* Monday, July 05, 2010 10:59 AM > *Subject:* [NatureNS] Golden Eagle and other sightings, northern Cape > Breton > > All, > > Tony Miller and I had a very productive atlassing trip in the Cheticamp > Flowage and points north into the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. > > Firstly, the north arm of the flowage ( > http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Antigonish,+Antigonish+County,+Nova+Scotia,+Canada&ll=46.66063,-60.63612&spn=0.062559,0.110378&z=13) > is an incredibly productive birding spot during breeding season, I can't > think of many comparisons in this province. However, unless you walk around > the flowage, which would very much restrict your birding, you have to have > decent canoeing skills to contend with the vagaries of this large water > body. Depending on the level of the flowage (human controlled), you can > canoe up the stream feeding the flowage to a greater or lesser extent; this > time, we got over a kilometre farther than we did in 1996...what a bonus > when you've got several days' worth of gear! > > I have canoed across this flowage on three other occasions, and have always > been impressed with the birds. Rusty Blackbirds were not uncommon and we got > FY in two squares. Wilson's Snipe have always been easy to see here, but we > did not get confirmations of breeding. Several species of duck were present, > and we found a few ABDU and GWTE. A real pleasure was to find two broods of > Common Goldeneye...the chicks were likely less than a week old. > > Sadly, unlike in 1996, we could not entice a response from either Boreal > Owl or Northern Hawk Owl. However, the NHOW playback is an effective tool > for enticing mobbing behaviour of small birds...redstarts were particularly > attracted. > > We had several Bicknell's Thrushes, including a male singing later in the > morning than expected. I used playback to entice both birds to come out. As > I played the BOOW recording after dark though, BITH would respond - > agitated? > > We had three sightings of Golden Eagle - all immatures, possibly all the > same bird. One was about 2 km N of the north tip of the flowage (as mapped), > and both Tony and I confirmed this ID; it ultimately flew off to the east. > About 1 km south, another showed up, and I couldn't say that it was a > different bird; finally, along the N arm of the Flowage itself, another > showed up. Ageing is difficult for these birds, but I'm relatively confident > they weren't young-of-the-year birds. Sadly then, I think I can only assign > the sightings as X. > > Similarly, a juvenile Goshawk only got an X, but a second one south of the > flowage was an adult and got an H. > > Although we walked through kilometres of bog and barren, we only heard one > Greater Yellowlegs (H), though we did see one at the Flowage (X). > > Finally, Fox Sparrows were almost everywhere; and it was sure nice to see > so many Wilson's Warblers - a species I almost only ever see on migration. > > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > ------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2972 - Release Date: 06/30/10 > 03:36:00 > > --001485f629725ab62b048aa7b734 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There was a group of fishermen near our launch site who said they spent one= of their days there at Two Island Lake; they said the going was quite toug= h, but did not mention whether they followed a trail or not. I had just ass= umed that they motored (whimps!) across the Flowage and hiked across the ba= rrens.<div> <br></div><div>Funny that you should mention one of the dwarf birches; thre= e species were all targeted (and found) on the 1996 trip, but despite looki= ng for more this time, we didn't find a single one.</div><div><br> </div> <div>Randy<br clear=3D"all">_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<b= r>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 5 July 2010 14:51, David & Alison= Webster <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebst= er@glinx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty= le=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <div><font size=3D"2">Hi Randy & All,=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=20 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 July 5, 2010</font></div> <div&