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---2114655128-753329445-1340646843=:39130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All=0AThis morning a friend and I went for a paddle on a small lake - 20= 0 ha as a guess=0Asurrounded by bog and lily pads.=A0=0AWhere we put the ca= noe in there was a nice bed of Rose Pogonia - it is a lighter pink than=A0= =0ACalopogon but a very attractive flower. =A0Seems to like areas like that= .=0ALast week when we were there we saw a loon swimming around and suspecte= d=0Aits mate was on a nest but we didn't go poking into the coves to find i= t. Today=0Athe loon was still swimming around as the week before but today = when we were=0Acoming back up the lake a second loon swam =A0 out from the = shore followed by=0Aa very small loon. Perhaps less than a week old. They s= wam around and the adult was calling=0Abut a very much higher pitched call = than the first loon.=0AThis lake for years had a pair in the early spring b= ut I never saw any young. Then=0Athe midnight stocker introduced small mout= h bass to the lake and the loons have seemed more successful=0Araising chic= ks. I'll leave it up to you to decide if there is any relationship!=0AAnywa= y a nice paddle=0AEnjoy the summer=0APaul=0A ---2114655128-753329445-1340646843=:39130 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi All</div><div= >This morning a friend and I went for a paddle on a small lake - 200 ha as = a guess</div><div>surrounded by bog and lily pads. </div><div>Where we= put the canoe in there was a nice bed of Rose Pogonia - it is a lighter pi= nk than </div><div>Calopogon but a very attractive flower. Seems= to like areas like that.</div><div>Last week when we were there we saw a l= oon swimming around and suspected</div><div>its mate was on a nest but we d= idn't go poking into the coves to find it. Today</div><div>the loon was sti= ll swimming around as the week before but today when we were</div><div>comi= ng back up the lake a second loon swam out from the shore followed b= y</div><div>a very small loon. Perhaps less than a week old. They swam arou= nd and the adult was calling</div><div>but a very much higher pitched call than the first loon.</div><div>This lake for years had a pair in the = early spring but I never saw any young. Then</div><div>the midnight stocker= introduced small mouth bass to the lake and the loons have seemed more suc= cessful</div><div>raising chicks. I'll leave it up to you to decide if ther= e is any relationship!</div><div>Anyway a nice paddle</div><div>Enjoy the s= ummer</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></body></html> ---2114655128-753329445-1340646843=:39130--
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