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" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01CE7CD9.8798AB40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There were bullfrogs calling early morning,,,,also The sora was = calling incessantly from 6 to 8 a.m.but wouldn't show himelf However i = get two sound recordings ( one of which had bullfrogs also ) I saw 3 = kingfishers chasing each other....presumably a family... and heard a = catbird and a peewee calling Andy Dean 86 Baden Powell drive, Kentville, N.S. B4N 5P5 (902) 678-6243 aadean@ns.sympatico.ca ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James W. Wolford=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 5:30 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Miner's Marsh nature notes, July 9/13 I sent this with no subject line to NatureBNS, alias ValleyNature, = just a bit earlier. Apologies. Jim. Begin forwarded message: From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Date: July 9, 2013 5:27:59 PM ADT To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> JULY 9, 2013 - In mid-afternoon I spent an hour walking the trail = around Miner's Marsh in Kentville.=20 Common milkweed is abundant there and now at its peak of blooming = with oodles of pink flowers, but no monarch butterflies were seen. = Other plants in bloom include yellow loosestrife (not related to purple = loosestrife), narrow-leaved cattail, bur-reed, oodles of goutweed (nasty = weed), Canada thistle, hedge bindweed, evening primrose, St. = John's-wort, knapweed, sulphur or rough-fruited cinquefoil, Deptford = pink, Queen-Anne's-lace, etc. etc. =20 I also noted galls/swellings on willow leaves, possibly from = sawflies?=20 Green frogs were calling, but no bull frogs were heard. =20 Red-winged blackbirds abundant as usual, and I saw a male feed a = fully fledged juvenile. A sora rail whinnied close to me at 2:45 p.m., = a bit east from the small bridge where the cross trail meets the main = trail. At one point in my walk, not far in from the big bridge, I = thought I heard the peeping of young ducklings, but I couldn't see them. = Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01CE7CD9.8798AB40 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=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> There were bullfrogs = calling=20 early morning,,,,also The sora was calling incessantly from 6 to 8 = a.m.but=20 wouldn't show himelf However i get two sound recordings ( one = of=20 which had bullfrogs also ) I saw 3 kingfishers chasing each=20 other....presumably a family... and heard a catbird and a peewee=20 calling</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Andy Dean<BR>86 Baden Powell=20 drive,<BR>Kentville, N.S.<BR>B4N 5P5</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>(902) 678-6243<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca">aadean@ns.sympatico.ca</A><BR></FO= NT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W.=20 Wolford</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 09, 2013 = 5:30=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Miner's = Marsh nature=20 notes, July 9/13</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I sent this with no subject line to NatureBNS, alias=20 ValleyNature, just a bit earlier. Apologies. Jim.<BR> <DIV><BR> <DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR = class=3DApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>"James W. = Wolford" <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</A>></FO= NT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>July 9, = 2013 5:27:59 PM=20 ADT</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>Nature BNS = <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.= ca</A>></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica><B>JULY 9, 2013</B> - </FONT><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px" class=3DApple-style-span>In mid-afternoon = I spent an=20 hour walking the trail around<B> Miner's Marsh </B>in=20 Kentville. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"=20 class=3DApple-style-span><B><BR></B></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"=20 class=3DApple-style-span><B>Common milkweed</B> is abundant there = and now at=20 its peak of blooming with oodles of pink flowers, but <B>no monarch=20 butterflies</B> were seen. <B>Other plants in bloom = include</B> yellow=20 loosestrife (not related to purple loosestrife), narrow-leaved = cattail,=20 bur-reed, oodles of goutweed (nasty weed), Canada thistle, hedge = bindweed,=20 evening primrose, St. John's-wort, knapweed, sulphur or = rough-fruited=20 cinquefoil, Deptford pink, Queen-Anne's-lace, etc. etc.=20 </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"=20 class=3DApple-style-span><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica>I also noted <B>galls/swellings on willow = leaves</B>,=20 possibly from<B> sawflies? </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px = Helvetica"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica><B>Green frogs</B> were calling, but no bull frogs = were=20 heard. </FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px = Helvetica"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica><B>Red-winged blackbirds</B> abundant as usual, and = I <B>saw=20 a male feed a fully fledged juvenile.</B> A<B> sora rail = </B>whinnied=20 close to me at 2:45 p.m., a bit east from the small bridge where the = cross=20 trail meets the main trail. At one point in my walk, not far = in from=20 the big bridge, I thought I heard the peeping of <B>young = ducklings</B>, but=20 I couldn't see them. </FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"=20 class=3DApple-style-span><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><B>Cheers from Jim in=20 Wolfville.</B></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01CE7CD9.8798AB40--
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