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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01CE777F.59D2EB30 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 A little overcast today ( July 2) in Pictou Co., but enough sunny = periods to look for a few butterflies. I targeted a few under-surveyed = squares in the Scotsburn area mostly on the Cape-Cape trails and a few = back roads. My main target area was a large bog off the Dufferin Rd. The = bog was a great place to be. White-fringed Orchid (scores) and Calopogon = ( hundreds) were in fine form as well as the Pitcher-plants. The bog was = dense with Bog Coppers probably more than 80 in the area I covered. Near = the bog, just before I got on the trail at the intersection of Hardwood = Hill Rd. and Dufferin Rd.. I was able to observe and photograph my = first ever Little Wood-Satyr. New for the year were Northern Pearly-eye = in 2 squares.=20 In the bog area were the usual bog birds,-Nashville and Palm Warblers, = Lincolns' and Swamp Sparrow and Common Yellowthroat. A distant blackbird = was not Id'd. possibly Rusty, but maybe just a grackle. There were = however, 2 Common Nighthawks hunting overhead. I wished they were lower = as I had forgotten to put on some bug spray! On a smaller bog in the Poplar Hill area, I saw 4 more Bog Coppers.=20 I found 2 very noisy Yellow-bellied Sapsucker nests today and one last = evening- all in live poplar.=20 I had a total of at least 10 species of butterfly. Here is the list with = approx. numbers seen: European Skipper-9 Arctic Skipper-1 Hobomok's Skipper-8 Long-dash Skipper-1 Common Ringlet-3 Canadian Tiger Swallowtail-1 Bog Copper-80+ Northern Pearly-eye-3 Little Wood-Satyr-1 Northern Crescent-15 Great day to be outside! Much to observe!=20 cheers ken ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01CE777F.59D2EB30 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></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A little overcast today ( July = 2) in Pictou=20 Co., but enough sunny periods to look for a few butterflies. I targeted = a few=20 under-surveyed squares in the Scotsburn area mostly on the Cape-Cape = trails and=20 a few back roads. My main target area was a large bog off the Dufferin = Rd. The=20 bog was a great place to be. <STRONG>White-fringed Orchid</STRONG>=20 (scores) and <STRONG>Calopogon </STRONG>( hundreds) were in = fine form=20 as well as the Pitcher-plants. The bog was dense with <STRONG>Bog=20 Coppers</STRONG> probably more than 80 in the area I covered. Near = the bog,=20 just before I got on the trail at the intersection of Hardwood Hill Rd. = and=20 Dufferin Rd.. I was able to observe and photograph my first ever=20 <STRONG>Little Wood-Satyr</STRONG>. New for the year were = <STRONG>Northern=20 Pearly-eye</STRONG> in 2 squares. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>In the bog area were the usual bog = birds,-Nashville=20 and Palm Warblers, Lincolns' and Swamp Sparrow and Common Yellowthroat. = A=20 distant blackbird was not Id'd. possibly Rusty, but maybe just a = grackle. There=20 were however, 2 <STRONG>Common Nighthawks</STRONG> hunting overhead. I = wished=20 they were lower as I had forgotten to put on some bug = spray!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On a smaller bog in the Poplar Hill = area, I saw 4=20 more <STRONG>Bog Coppers</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I found 2 very noisy = <STRONG>Yellow-bellied=20 Sapsucker</STRONG> nests today and one last evening- all in live poplar. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I had a total of at least 10 species of = butterfly.=20 Here is the list with approx. numbers seen:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>European Skipper-9</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Arctic Skipper-1</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hobomok's Skipper-8</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Long-dash Skipper-1</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Common Ringlet-3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Canadian Tiger = Swallowtail-1</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Bog Copper-80+</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Northern Pearly-eye-3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Little Wood-Satyr-1</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Northern Crescent-15</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Great day to be outside! Much to = observe!=20 </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></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01CE777F.59D2EB30--
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