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11 August 2013

I was part of a group that hiked a trail near Moses Mountain in the
beautiful Avon Valley in Western Hants County yesterday.  Despite walking
more than 12 km through beautiful deciduous and mixed wood forests, we
encountered very few birds. While I suspect that most of the migrant
breeding birds had departed, why were we unable to detect a single
chickadee, nuthatch, or Blue Jay? We heard a couple of vireos and a pewee,
and one flicker.  The one highlight was a soaring Turkey Vulture, a new
species for my Hants County list.

Plenty of Goldenrod, knapweed, and other often flowers lined the trail
along most of our hike, but we did not encounter a single butterfly. And
there were very few bees in evidence as well, which was also discouraging.

On such a beautiful day it is hard to account for the paucity of birds and
butterflies and other wildlife.

-- 
Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com>
144 Bayview Drive,
White's Lake, Nova Scotia
B3T 1Z1 CANADA
(902) 852-2077

My Blog:  *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com>

Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>
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Author, "*Birding Sites of Nova Scotia* <http://tinyurl.com/birdingns>



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