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<DIV style --Apple-Mail-48-325228158 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, Further to Bob's note, I think the date of the next of those Sable Island evenings Bob mentioned is Tuesday, 27 March 2012, if you want to pencil it in on your calendar. As the date approaches, details show up here: http://www.greenhorsesociety.com/ . Cheers, Andy Horn Halifax On 19-Dec-11, at 7:56 PM, Bob McDonald wrote: > Hello Angela and others, > > Well, if you really want to visit Sable Is, it is (or at least was) > possible to do so. Most folks hire a small plane, usually a 4- > seater I believe, and after having been given permission to land, > fly over and land on the beach runway. You return the same day and > have 3-4 hours on the Island, often accompanied by Zoe Lucas, if she > is available. We have 2 friends who chose to visit by this method. > The cost is about $1,000 pp for the day, somewhat less expensive > than a March Break tropical holiday. > My wife and I had an opportunity to visit by a rather different > route. We booked a cruise on the Clipper Adventurer in October 2009 > called the "Fall Colours Cruise" and the first stop on the cruise > was Sable Island. I believe that this is the only expedition cruise > vessel which has ever been allowed to visit Sable. We spent the > first hour of our visit with Zoe and then were allowed to wander > around for the remaining 3-4 hours. It was a very memorable event > and not surprisingly the highlight of the 10-day cruise!! Although > we saw no rarities, we did have a Peregrine Falcon over our heads a > couple of times and many Ipswich Sparrows, the Sable Island race of > Savannah Sparrow, were still present. > We have visited many countries and seen many sights but we'll always > remember our morning spent on Sable. Do go if you ever get the > chance! > > I believe that Zoe Lucas does return to Halifax a couple of times a > year and she is often interviewed on CBC or asked to speak by some > local group. Each year, usually in March, St Mary's Univ sponsors > an evening focussing on Sable Island. Researchers and others > present their research results or discuss the natural or cultural > history. Quite often, Zoe is one of the presenters, and, for that > reason alone, I encourage everyone to attend. It's always a special > evening! > > Cheers, > Bob McDonald > Halifax > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: AngelaJoudrey > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 5:29 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Christmas Present - A Trip to Sable Island > > Thank you for posting this. Your sense of wonder and respect for > the Island was clearly evident. > > ( I would give up going away to a tropical destination March Break > to spend a day on Sable. ) > > Angela in Windsor > > On 12/19/11, Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Early last November I was lucky enough to make a brief visit to >> Sable Island, the destination highest on my list of places to >> visit. My trip was courtesy of a Christmas present. >> >> I am in the process of writing about the trip on my blog, and have >> prepared a YouTube video of my adventure, which is linked on the >> second part of my account. The story starts here. >> >> All the best, >> >> Blake >> >> -- >> Blake Maybank >> White's Lake, Nova Scotia >> >> My Blog: CSI: Life >> >> Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club >> >> Author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia >> >> Birding the Americas - Trip Report & Trip Planning Repository >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- > "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same > level of thinking that created them." > Albert Einstein > > "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to > the rest of the world." > John Muir > > > --Apple-Mail-48-325228158 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = all,<div><br></div><div>Further to Bob's note, I think the date of the = next of those Sable Island evenings Bob mentioned is Tuesday, 27 March = 2012, if you want to pencil it in on your = calendar.</div><div><br></div><div>As the date approaches, details show = up here: <a = href=3D"http://www.greenhorsesociety.com/">http://www.greenhorsesociety.co= m/</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andy = Horn</div><div>Halifax</div><div><br><div><div>On 19-Dec-11, at 7:56 PM, = Bob McDonald wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div>Hello Angela and = others,</div><div> </div><div>Well, if you really want to visit = Sable Is, it is (or at least was) possible to do so. Most folks = hire a small plane, usually a 4-seater I believe, and after having been = given permission to land, fly over and land on the beach runway. = You return the same day and have 3-4 hours on the Island, often = accompanied by Zoe Lucas, if she is available. We have 2 friends = who chose to visit by this method. The cost is about $1,000 pp for = the day, somewhat less expensive than a March Break tropical = holiday.</div><div>My wife and I had an opportunity to visit by a rather = different route. We booked a cruise on the Clipper Adventurer in = October 2009 called the "Fall Colours Cruise" and the first stop on the = cruise was Sable Island. I believe that this is the only = expedition cruise vessel which has ever been allowed to visit = Sable. We spent the first hour of our visit with Zoe and then were = allowed to wander around for the remaining 3-4 hours. It was a = very memorable event and not surprisingly the highlight of the = 10-day cruise!! Although we saw no rarities, we did have a = Peregrine Falcon over our heads a couple of times and many Ipswich = Sparrows, the Sable Island race of Savannah Sparrow, were still = present.</div><div>We have visited many countries and seen