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off".<BR>DW<BR><BR&g This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CE8724.21AFE0F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Back in the summer of 1976, we surveyed Indian Harbour Lake as part of a N.S, Department of Fisheries sea ranching project. A multipanelled gillnet yielded a lot of white perch (most of which ended up buried aside from a couple which I ate). Another interesting item was the presence of dead soft shell clam shells (Mya arenaria) on the bottom. May the pickerel never make it there. And I share your sentiments re. speedboats. A good reminder that rights abused become wrongs. From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Rick Ballard Sent: July-22-13 8:16 PM To: NatureNS Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Loon Flotilla The lake is connected to the ocean and has regular yearly runs of Gaspereaux. I used to catch nothing but trout in the lake, but in the last ten years or so the White Perch have taken over. Sometimes I can catch a nice perch on every cast of a fly. Normally there is only a resident pair, with some years having two pair, one at each end of the lake. Occasionally, like this weekend, I see larger groups of loons. The pairs appear to have good success hatching on this lake, most years I see one or two chicks. Now, if only the speedboats would go away. On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote: You can depend there is a very good source of food in this lake Rick. I don't know the lake so my guess would be Gaspereaux or Alewife parr if open to the salt water or White Suckers if not. Sure a nice sight! Paul From: Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 7:27:57 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Loon Flotilla After reading the Chronicle Herald article "Loon population in peril <http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1143580-loon-population-in-peril> ", I thought I would post this photo of a Loon Flotilla <http://www.flickr.com/photos/ideaphore/9344700921/> , taken this weekend at Indian Harbour Lake, Guysborough Co. The photo shows a group of 6 mature loons. Also seen the same day, probably not in the group photo, were the resident pair with their half grown chick. So possibly there were 9 loons on the lake at once. The lake generally has a single resident pair, and is about 5km long by less than 1km wide. -- Rick Ballard Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada -- Rick Ballard Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CE8724.21AFE0F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META = HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 14 = (filtered medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Helvetica; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Helvetica; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;} span.EmailStyle20 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>Back in the summer of 1976, we surveyed Indian Harbour Lake as part = of a N.S, Department of Fisheries sea ranching project. A = multipanelled gillnet yielded a lot of white perch (most of which ended = up buried aside from a couple which I ate). Another interesting = item was the presence of dead soft shell clam shells <i>(Mya = arenaria)</i> on the bottom. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>May the pickerel never make it there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>And I share your sentiments re. speedboats. A good reminder = that rights abused become wrongs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span = lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>= </b><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = <b>On Behalf Of &l