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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A3_01CF620D.7B7B5190 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=20 Ross Hall and I did a little exploring in the back country near Kemptown = yesterday and we delighted to see our first NS butterflies of the year = (and final year of the Maritime Butterfly Atlas)- MOURNING CLOAK (MC). = Our first look resulted in a bit of an unsuccessful chase for a photo. = Our look at a second (MC) a few km further on was not successful either = as I had the wrong setting on my camera and was too far away. However = that butterfly settled on a tree further back the trail and was spotted = by Ross. This time I was able to get an atlas photo- hopefully the first = of many for the year. I have not checked yet to see if this species = (Mourning Cloak) was seen in the square before or not and am not even = sure if last year's results have been posted yet on the Maritime = Butterfly Atlas website. They were not last time I checked, but I = suspect John (Kylmko) will soon have the results up so we know what to = concentrate on for the upcoming atlas season.=20 We observed a nice male Northern Harrier over a blueberry field and = nearby a late NORTHERN SHRIKE seen both perching in a lone tree in a = hayfield and hunting over the field.=20 Ken ------=_NextPart_000_00A3_01CF620D.7B7B5190 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 8.00.6001.23580"> <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>Ross Hall and I did a little exploring = in the back=20 country near Kemptown yesterday and we delighted to see our first NS = butterflies=20 of the year (and final year of the Maritime Butterfly Atlas)-=20 <STRONG>MOURNING CLOAK</STRONG> (MC). Our first look resulted in a = bit=20 of an unsuccessful chase for a photo. Our look at a second=20 (MC) a few km further on was not successful either as I had the = wrong=20 setting on my camera and was too far away. However that butterfly = settled on a=20 tree further back the trail and was spotted by Ross. This time I = was able=20 to get an atlas photo- hopefully the first of many for the year.=20 I have not checked yet to see if this species (Mourning = Cloak) was seen in the square before or not and am not even sure if = last=20 year's results have been posted yet on the Maritime Butterfly Atlas=20 website. They were not last time I checked, but I suspect John = (Kylmko) will soon have the results up so we know what to concentrate on = for the=20 upcoming atlas season. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We observed a nice male Northern = Harrier over a=20 blueberry field and nearby a late <STRONG>NORTHERN SHRIKE</STRONG> seen = both=20 perching in a lone tree in a hayfield and hunting over the field. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00A3_01CF620D.7B7B5190--
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