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Index of Subjects --90e6ba6148b8cd356904c844f654 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, Liz and I were in Hubbards on Saturday, so we cycled the part of that trail that goes from Hubbards to East River. Hardly saw any birds - a few Chickadees, Y-RWAs, Flickers, and a calling C.Loon, but it certainly has potential, and I would think that early morning in early June it should be excellent. Richard On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> wrote: > 26 August 2012 > > Yesterday Martine and I cycled a new rail-trail (for us), the eastern-most > section of the Chester Connector. This runs from East River at the base of > the Aspotogan Peninsula, then loops north (and under) Hwy 103, goes around > Labrador Lake, passes under 103 again, and returns to near Hwy #3 just > south of Goat Lake. This looked like the "wildest" and most interesting > part of this little-publicised rail-trail, which is why we chose it. > > The trail at either end has been properly finished, but the rest is quite > a bit short of the quality of, say, the BLT Trail, the St. Margaret's Bay > Trail, or the Salt Marsh Trail. Still, slow and steady got us through. > > Most breeding birds had departed, and the forests were quite quiet, with > only three chickadee flocks, only one of which was "carrying" migrant > warblers. But the scenery made it worthwhile, as well as the solitude. We > encountered no-one else on the trail. > > The only sighting of note was of two Solitary Sandpipers along the edge of > the un-named creek that flows into the north end of Goat Lake. For James > Hirtle's Lunenburg County notes this was roughly 600 metres north of Hwy > 103 on the rail-trail, north of Goat Lake. > > Cheers, > > Blake > > -- > Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> > White's Lake, Nova Scotia > My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com> > > > > > -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --90e6ba6148b8cd356904c844f654 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<div><br></div><div>Liz and I were in Hubbards on Saturday, so we cycled= the part of that trail that goes from Hubbards to East River. Hardly saw a= ny birds - a few Chickadees, Y-RWAs, Flickers, and a calling C.Loon, but it= certainly has potential, and I would think that early morning in early Jun= e it should be excellent.</div> <div><br></div><div>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 2= 7, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Blake Maybank <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:b= maybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">bmaybank@gmail.com</a>></span> wrot= e:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"tahoma,sans-s= erif">26 August 2012<br><br>Yesterday Martine and I cycled a new rail-trail= (for us), the eastern-most section of the Chester Connector.=A0 This runs = from East River at the base of the Aspotogan Peninsula, then loops north (a= nd under) Hwy 103, goes around Labrador Lake, passes under 103 again, and r= eturns to near Hwy #3 just south of Goat Lake.=A0 This looked like the &quo= t;wildest" and most interesting part of this little-publicised rail-tr= ail, which is why we chose it.<br> <br>The trail at either end has been properly finished, but the rest is qui= te a bit short of the quality of, say, the BLT Trail, the St. Margaret'= s Bay Trail, or the Salt Marsh Trail.=A0 Still, slow and steady got us thro= ugh.=A0 <br> <br>Most breeding birds had departed, and the forests were quite quiet, wit= h only three chickadee flocks, only one of which was "carrying" m= igrant warblers.=A0 But the scenery made it worthwhile, as well as the soli= tude.=A0 We encountered no-one else on the trail.<br> <br>The only sighting of note was of two Solitary Sandpipers along the edge= of the un-named creek that flows into the north end of Goat Lake.=A0 For J= ames Hirtle's Lunenburg County notes this was roughly 600 metres north = of Hwy 103 on the rail-trail, north of Goat Lake.<br> <br>Cheers,<br><br>Blake<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br = clear=3D"all"></font></span></font></font><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font colo= r=3D"#888888"><br>-- <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.= com" target=3D"_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br> </font><font size=3D"4">My Blog:=A0 <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com" tar= get=3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:= 16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;m= in-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-hei= ght:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16= px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></= span><br> <br></font><br> <br><div></div><div></div><div></div><br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <b= r>#################<br>Richard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a h= ref=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.= com</a><br> ###################<br> </div> --90e6ba6148b8cd356904c844f654--
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