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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0046_01CE70E1.228B7380 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Last week (June 20 &21) after doing early morning bird surveys on some = properties along the St Mary's River (Guys) for the NS Nature Trust, I = spent a few hours looking for butterflies in the area. Common species = were Can. Tiger Swallowtail, Clouded Sulphur, Hobomoks and Arctic = Skippers, Northern Spring Azure, and a few Northern Crescent, Common = Ringlet and Silver-bordered Fritillary. I was able to photograph a = Pepper and Salt Skipper on the Bill Ned L. Rd. off the Waternish Rd.on = the 20th in 2 places. On the 21th, I again documented Pepper and Salt Skipper this time at = Smithfield. Later on a trail through mixed woods with pine and a stream = in the Battery L. square near Sunny Brae , I discovered and photographed = Roadside Skipper. This is my first encounter with this species. Nice to = see both it and Pepper and Salt the same day to note the differences.=20 =20 On June 19 in the Maple L area of Pictou Co., Charlie Kendell and I had = Northern Cloudywing and Dreamy Duskywing in addition to some of the more = common species On PEI early yesterday morning (23rd), I only had a short walk on the = TransCanada Trail near Cardigan Head, but had Long Dash Skipper, = Viceroy, Clouded Sulphur and Northern Crescent. There were Tiger = Swallowtails which did not pose for a photo.=20 So there are finally a few butterflies, but they are not overly = abundant.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_0046_01CE70E1.228B7380 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23501"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Last week (June 20 &21) after doing = early=20 morning bird surveys on some properties along the St Mary's River (Guys) = for the=20 NS Nature Trust, I spent a few hours looking for butterflies in the = area. Common=20 species were <STRONG>Can. Tiger Swallowtail</STRONG>, <STRONG>Clouded=20 Sulphur</STRONG>, <STRONG>Hobomoks</STRONG> and=20 <STRONG>Arctic</STRONG> <STRONG>Skippers</STRONG>, <STRONG>Northern = Spring=20 Azure</STRONG>, and a few <STRONG>Northern</STRONG> <STRONG>Crescent, = Common=20 Ringlet </STRONG>and <STRONG>Silver-bordered = Fritillary</STRONG>. I=20 was able to photograph a <STRONG>Pepper and Salt Skipper</STRONG> on the = Bill=20 Ned L. Rd. off the Waternish Rd.on the 20th in 2 places.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On the 21th, I again documented = <STRONG>Pepper and=20 Salt Skipper</STRONG> this time at Smithfield. Later on a = trail=20 through mixed woods with pine and a stream in the Battery L. square=20 near Sunny Brae , I discovered and photographed = <STRONG>Roadside=20 Skipper</STRONG>. This is my first encounter with this species. Nice to = see both=20 it and Pepper and Salt the same day to note the differences. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On June 19 in the Maple L area of = Pictou Co.,=20 Charlie Kendell and I had <STRONG>Northern Cloudywing</STRONG> = and<STRONG>=20 Dreamy Duskywing</STRONG> in addition to some of the more common=20 species</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On PEI early yesterday morning = (23rd), I only=20 had a short walk on the TransCanada Trail near Cardigan Head, but had=20 <STRONG>Long Dash Skipper</STRONG>, <STRONG>Viceroy</STRONG>, = <STRONG>Clouded=20 Sulphur</STRONG> and <STRONG>Northern Crescent</STRONG>. There were=20 <STRONG>Tiger Swallowtails</STRONG> which did not pose for a photo. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>So there are finally a few butterflies, = but they=20 are not overly abundant. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0046_01CE70E1.228B7380--
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