[NatureNS] re frog/salamander lifespans -- was Big Indian Lake -- Life Plant,

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This goes back to a posting from Blake Maybank back on June 22-24/13, =20=

with nice photos (scan to bottom for links to them).  John Gilhen =20
contributed this on the amphibians and how long they can live.  Jim =20
in Wolfville.

> Hi Jim;
> Yes one Pickerel Frog and one Green Frog. Our smallerLithodes sp. =20
> [was Rana] possibly live for 5 to 7 years depending if you count =20
> tadpole stage. I don=92t think Wood Frogs, for example, live to spawn =20=

> more than twice. However, we have Green Frogs alive here in the =20
> nature lab (in N.S. Museum of Nat. Hist.) for 5 years. They were =20
> adult size when I brought them in.

> I don=92t think our frogs live as long as salamanders, like the =20
> Yellow-spotted Salamander. I have one here that a guy in =20
> Bridgewater raised from a larva and kept for 20 years. I don=92t =20
> think any of our amphibians live that long in the wild.

> John

> From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca]
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 4:54 PM
> To: NatureNS; Cory Sheffield; Ruth Newell; Gilhen, John A; Fred Scott
> Cc: Blake Maybank
> Subject: [PROBABLE-SPAM] re Big Indian Lake -- Life Plant, Life =20
> Frog, and insect ID help needed
>
> Blake, very nice photos etc. -- regarding the amphibians, I believe =20=

> you are right on for the pickerel frog, and I am forwarding this to =20=

> John Gilhen for his comments on your question regarding longevity =20
> of green frogs -- I think they and bull frogs can live several =20
> years, as you are suggesting for your back-yard frog.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com>
> Date: June 24, 2013 9:42:10 AM ADT
> To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Big India Lake -- Life Plant, Life Frog, =20
> and insect ID help needed
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hi Blake:
>
> =46rom the photos it seems your Panasonic is quite good at closeups.
>
> Angus
>
> From: bmaybank@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 08:11:06 -0300
> Subject: [NatureNS] Big India Lake -- Life Plant, Life Frog, and =20
> insect ID help needed
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> 22 June 2013 - Big Indian Lake Trail, HRM
>
> We hiked the Old St. Margaret's Bay Road trail as far as the =20
> Prospect River crossing (at the outlet of Little Indian Lake).  The =20=

> trail requires a diversion around an extensive bog, and the bridge =20
> is gone across the Prospect River.  We also went on a side trail as =20=

> far as the dam at the outlet of Big Indian Lake.
>
> It was sunny, but there were very few butterflies in evidence - one =20=

> swallowtail, a few azures, and an elusive skipper.  No photos, alas.
>
> But a flowering Rosa rugosa had attracted many interesting insects, =20=

> of which I managed to photograph two.  Can anyone assist with =20
> identification?
>
> First up, a mating pair of beetles.
>
> http://flic.kr/p/eUoErh
>
> And now an odd fly.
>
> http://flic.kr/p/eUoEiA
>
> I managed a photo of a dragonfly, but have failed to put a name to =20
> it.  Can anyone help?
>
> http://flic.kr/p/eUcfda
>
> We later found a patch of white violets, and I took some photos.  =20
> They were Lance-leaved Violets, a life plant for me.  The Flora of =20
> NS says it is fairly common, but I have evidently failed to see =20
> them before.  Here are two photos:
>
> http://flic.kr/p/eUoMxj
> http://flic.kr/p/eUp5My
>
> Martine spotted a frog, and from the photo I think it to be a =20
> Pickerel Frog, which I have not seen before.  A photo is here:
>
> http://flic.kr/p/eUoFqA
>
> My last photo is from our garden, of the largest Green Frog I have =20
> ever seen.  It is a male, with a loud call.  How long lived are =20
> Green Frogs?  My sense is that this fellow has been present in our =20
> yard for at least 4 years (he gets bigger each year).  Here is his =20
> portrait:
>
> http://flic.kr/p/eUoFwo
>
> Keep on naturalising. . .
>
> Blake
>
>
> --=20
> Blake Maybank
> White's Lake, Nova Scotia
>
>
> My Blog:  CSI: Life
> Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club
> Author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia
>
>
>
>
>


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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>This goes back to a =
posting from Blake Maybank back on June 22-24/13, with nice photos (scan =
to bottom for links to them). &nbsp;John Gilhen contributed this on the =
amphibians and how long they can live. &nbsp;Jim in =
Wolfville.</div><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: =
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: =
normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: =
none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: =
0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: =
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; =
margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: =
'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: =
Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Hi Jim;</span><span =
style=3D"color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; =
margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: =
'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: =
Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Yes one Pickerel Frog =
and one Green Frog. Our smaller<i>Lithodes<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></i>sp. [was Rana] possibly =
live for 5 to 7 years depending if you count tadpole stage. I don=92t =
think Wood Frogs, for example, live to spawn more than twice. However, =
we have Green Frogs alive here in the nature lab (in N.S. Museum of Nat. =
Hist.) for 5 years. They were adult size when I brought them =
in.</span></p></div></div></span></blockquote><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: =
separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: =
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: =
normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: =
0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: =
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; =
margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: =
'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"color: black; =
"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, =
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I don=92t think our frogs live as =
long as salamanders, like the Yellow-spotted Salamander. I have one here =
that a guy in Bridgewater raised from a larva and kept for 20 years. I =
don=92t think any of our amphibians live that long in the =
wild.</span></p></div></div></span></blockquote><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: =
separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: =
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: =
normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: =
0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: =
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; =
margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: =
'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"color: black; =
"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
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serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, =
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); =
">John</span></p></div></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div><blockquot=
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"><div><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; =
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'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; ">From:</span></b><span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; =
">&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; ">James W. Wolford [<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" style=3D"color: blue; =
text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>]<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br><b>Sent:</b><span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Monday, June 24, 2013 4:54 =
PM<br><b>To:</b><span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>NatureNS; Cory Sheffield; =
Ruth Newell; Gilhen, John A; Fred Scott<br><b>Cc:</b><span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Blake =
Maybank<br><b>Subject:</b><span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[PROBABLE-SPAM] re Big =
Indian Lake -- Life Plant, Life Frog, and insect ID help =
needed</span><span style=3D"color: black; =
"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><di=
v style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><span style=3D"color: black; =
">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><span style=3D"color: black; ">Blake, very nice photos etc. -- =
regarding the amphibians, I believe you are right on for the pickerel =
frog, and I am forwarding this to John Gilhen for his comments on your =
question regarding longevity of green frogs -- I think they and bull =
frogs can live several years, as you are suggesting for your back-yard =
frog.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><span style=3D"color: black; =
">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><di=
v><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: =
0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New =
Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"color: black; ">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><=
div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: =
0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New =
Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"color: black; =
">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div=
 style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><span style=3D"color: black; ">Begin forwarded =
message:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><di=
v style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><span style=3D"color: black; "><br><b><span style=3D"font-size: =
9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; ">From:<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: =
black; ">Angus MacLean &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:cold_mac@hotmail.com" =
style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; =
">cold_mac@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</span></span></div></div></div></div><div><=
div><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; =
margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: =
'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; =
font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; ">Date:<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: =
black; ">June 24, 2013 9:42:10 AM ADT</span><span style=3D"color: black; =
"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div=
 style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, =
sans-serif; color: black; ">To:<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: =
black; ">naturens &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" =
style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; =
">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>&gt;</span><span style=3D"color: black; =
"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div=
 style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, =
sans-serif; color: black; ">Subject:<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>RE: [NatureNS] Big India =
Lake -- Life Plant, Life Frog, and insect ID help needed</span></b><span =
style=3D"color: black; =
"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div=
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margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, =
sans-serif; color: black; ">Reply-To:<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: =
black; "><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" style=3D"color: =
blue; text-decoration: underline; =
">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></span><span style=3D"color: black; =
"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div=
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margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><span style=3D"color: black; =
">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><di=
v><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: =
0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New =
Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: =
black; ">Hi Blake:<br>&nbsp;<br>=46rom the photos it seems your =
Panasonic is quite good at =
closeups.<br>&nbsp;<br>Angus<br>&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"color: =
black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div><div =
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12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><span =
style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><hr size=3D"2" =
width=3D"100%" align=3D"center"></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; =
margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', =
serif; "><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; =
">From:<span class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a =
href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" style=3D"color: blue; =
text-decoration: underline; ">bmaybank@gmail.com</a><br>Date: Mon, 24 =
Jun 2013 08:11:06 -0300<br>Subject: [NatureNS] Big India Lake -- Life =
Plant, Life Frog, and insect ID help needed<br>To:<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" style=3D"color: blue; =
text-decoration: underline; =
">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><br></span><b><u><span =
style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: =
black; ">22 June 2013 - Big Indian Lake Trail, HRM</span></u></b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: =
black; "><br><br>We hiked the Old St. Margaret's Bay Road trail as far =
as the Prospect River crossing (at the outlet of Little Indian =
Lake).&nbsp; The trail requires a diversion around an extensive bog, and =
the bridge is gone across the Prospect River.&nbsp; We also went on a =
side trail as far as the dam at the outlet of Big Indian =
Lake.&nbsp;<span class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br><br>It =
was sunny, but there were very few butterflies in evidence - one =
swallowtail, a few azures, and an elusive skipper.&nbsp; No photos, =
alas.<br><br>But a flowering<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><i>Rosa rugosa</i><span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>had attracted many =
interesting insects, of which I managed to photograph two.&nbsp; Can =
anyone assist with identification?<br><br>First up, a mating pair of =
beetles.<br><br><a href=3D"http://flic.kr/p/eUoErh" target=3D"_blank" =
style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; =
">http://flic.kr/p/eUoErh</a><br><br>And now an odd fly.<br><br><a =
href=3D"http://flic.kr/p/eUoEiA" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: blue; =
text-decoration: underline; ">http://flic.kr/p/eUoEiA</a><br><br>I =
managed a photo of a dragonfly, but have failed to put a name to =
it.&nbsp; Can anyone help?<br><br><a href=3D"http://flic.kr/p/eUcfda" =
target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; =
">http://flic.kr/p/eUcfda</a><br><br>We later found a patch of white =
violets, and I took some photos.&nbsp; They were<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: =
rgb(102, 0, 204); ">Lance-leaved Violets</span></b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: =
black; ">, a life plant for me.&nbsp; The<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><i>Flora of NS</i><span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>says it is fairly common, =
but I have evidently failed to see them before.&nbsp; Here are two =
photos:<br><br><a href=3D"http://flic.kr/p/eUoMxj" target=3D"_blank" =
style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; =
">http://flic.kr/p/eUoMxj</a><br><a href=3D"http://flic.kr/p/eUp5My" =
target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; =
">http://flic.kr/p/eUp5My</a><br><br>Martine spotted a frog, and from =
the photo I think it to be a<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: =
rgb(102, 102, 0); ">Pickerel Frog</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: =
13.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; ">, which I have =
not seen before.&nbsp; A photo is here:<br><br><a =
href=3D"http://flic.kr/p/eUoFqA" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: blue; =
text-decoration: underline; ">http://flic.kr/p/eUoFqA</a><br><br>My last =
photo is from our garden, of the largest<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><b><span =
style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: =
rgb(0, 102, 0); ">Green Frog</span></b><span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; =
font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; =
">&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: =
Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; ">I have ever seen.&nbsp; It is a =
male, with a loud call.&nbsp; How long lived are Green Frogs?&nbsp; My =
sense is that this fellow has been present in our yard for at least 4 =
years (he gets bigger each year).&nbsp; Here is his portrait:<br><br><a =
href=3D"http://flic.kr/p/eUoFwo" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: blue; =
text-decoration: underline; ">http://flic.kr/p/eUoFwo</a><br><br>Keep on =
naturalising. . .<br><br>Blake<br><br clear=3D"all"></span><span =
style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><br>--<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br></span><span =
style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: =
black; "><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" =
style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Blake =
Maybank</a><br>White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br></span><span =
style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; =
"><br></span><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, =
sans-serif; color: black; "><br>My Blog:&nbsp;<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a =
href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com/" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: =
blue; text-decoration: underline; "><b>CSI: =
Life</b></a><br>Organiser,<span =
class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a =
href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:=
 blue; text-decoration: underline; "><b>Maritimes Nature Travel =
Club</b></a><br>Author, "<a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" =
target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; =
"><b>Birding Sites of Nova Scotia</b></a></span><span =
style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; =
"><br><br><br><br><br></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div=
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