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---285128509-502467320-1377001489=:91484 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all=0AYesterday was a beautiful evening and as I am feeling up=0Ato goin= g out I went to the river to cast a few flies.=0AA bed of Turtlehead=A0_Che= lone glabra_ was in bloom in the ditch=0Ajust opposite where I parked. The = side of the ditch has water oozing out=0Aof the hillside so it stays moist = all summer.=A0 The bed was maybe 50 m long and =0Aquite wide in spots. I've= never seen a bed of Turtlehead before - just single plants.=0AThe pool the= water forms is a good spot for tree frogs. They call there in season.=0AIn= the Turtleheads are a few bunches of Hardhack _Spiraea tomentosa_.=0AA=A0b= ee was feeding on their flowers. It was quite showy with a red abdomen=0Abu= t I could not see the thorax so it was either=A0 _Bombus ternarius_ or _B. = rufocinctus_.=A0 =0AWhen I went down to the water, small beds of Pickerelwe= ed _Pontederia cordata_ were=0Ain bloom up and down the river. I was standi= ng beside such a bed and after a while a =0Asmall group of Bumble bees _Bom= bus impatiens_ came to feed on the blue blooms.=0AThere would be 8 - 10 bee= s in the group and as the good they were easy to id.=0AAfter 5 minutes or s= o they left for another bed.=0AThe fish were quite in good cheer so it was = a delightful evening.=0AOn the way home a woodcock fluttered across in fron= t of the car. A friend from the UK=0Acalls is "rooding" - not a term I've h= eard in NS and I'm not sure of the spelling - let=0Awith his accent and all= . He might say "Use a GP fly when the woodcock are rooding!"=0AEnjoy the la= te summer=0APaul ---285128509-502467320-1377001489=:91484 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ar= ial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div id=3D"yiv2121717435"><div><= div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif= ; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id=3D"yiv212= 1717435yui_3_7_2_49_1376999031857_35">Hi all</div><div>Yesterday was a beau= tiful evening and as I am feeling up</div><div>to going out I went to the r= iver to cast a few flies.</div><div>A bed of Turtlehead _Chelone glabr= a_ was in bloom in the ditch</div><div>just opposite where I parked. The si= de of the ditch has water oozing out</div><div>of the hillside so it stays = moist all summer. The bed was maybe 50 m long and </div><div>quite wi= de in spots. I've never seen a bed of Turtlehead before - just single plant= s.</div><div>The pool the water forms is a good spot for tree frogs. They c= all there in season.</div><div>In the Turtleheads are a few bunches of Hardhack _Spiraea tomentosa_.</div><div>A bee was feeding on their fl= owers. It was quite showy with a red abdomen</div><div id=3D"yiv2121717435y= ui_3_7_2_49_1376999031857_64">but I could not see the thorax so it was eith= er _Bombus ternarius_ or _B. rufocinctus_. </div><div>When I we= nt down to the water, small beds of Pickerelweed _Pontederia cordata_ were<= /div><div>in bloom up and down the river. I was standing beside such a bed = and after a while a </div><div>small group of Bumble bees _Bombus impatiens= _ came to feed on the blue blooms.</div><div>There would be 8 - 10 bees in = the group and as the good they were easy to id.</div><div>After 5 minutes o= r so they left for another bed.</div><div>The fish were quite in good cheer= so it was a delightful evening.</div><div>On the way home a woodcock flutt= ered across in front of the car. A friend from the UK</div><div>calls is "r= ooding" - not a term I've heard in NS and I'm not sure of the spelling - let</div><div>with his accent and all. He might say "Use a GP fly when t= he woodcock are rooding!"</div><div>Enjoy the late summer</div><div>Paul</d= iv><div id=3D"yiv2121717435yui_3_7_2_49_1376999031857_70"><br id=3D"yiv2121= 717435yui_3_7_2_49_1376999031857_69"> </div></div></div></div></div></= body></html> ---285128509-502467320-1377001489=:91484--
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