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class=3Dgmail_quote> --047d7b10ca559d5a7204f81cfb59 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 1.8 km is correct David. The river turns from NE to NNE. The slope on the south bank becomes significantly more steep and closer to the river. X: -64.43035544903267 Y: 45.03788701252743 should get you there. On 28 April 2014 11:41, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: > Hi All, > The only sharp hook north of any magnitude is more like 3.8 km up from > the bridge. Is that figure of 1.8 correct of is it a typo ? > Yt, DW > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.com> > *To:* naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Sent:* Monday, April 28, 2014 10:23 AM > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Gaspereau River Trail Passerines > > That would be great Rick My GPS went flat but it was past the point where > the trail runs along the dry stone wall then through the open glade of > Hemlocks if that helps. Some day I might learn to grab my binos and camera > before I take off on a walkabout! > > > On 27 April 2014 21:46, Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com>wrote: > >> In a very backward spring like this one, I believe we are more likely to >> see some exceptional numbers of migrants. We definitely saw this with >> Robins a few weeks ago when the actual migrants arrived all at once. One >> could argue that we also saw it with Tree Swallows as they concentrated >> themselves around open water in specific locations to survive on midges, >> presumably. >> >> If our virtually-absent Pine Siskens and/or both Crossbill species were >> to return to the Maritimes, you could easily see the numbers you describe. >> I don't know about the Hemlocks but I did feel we had lots of conifer cones >> around this winter. It didn't matter. The cone specialists were elsewhere. >> >> I'll probably try to visit that area this week. >> >> Rick Whitman. >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot < >> desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> %110 certain. I'm very familiar with our local amphibian species and >>> the racket they can make this time of year and I'm comfortable they weren't >>> frogs, unless we have frogs I'm not aware of that live 80' high in the >>> canopy of old growth Hemlocks and look and sound like AMGO's and other >>> passerines in full breeding plumage and song. ;-) >>> >>> The top canopy was full of active birds, And I mean full, never seen >>> the likes. I just couldn't identify most of them because of the poor >>> light - just the ones one the periphery. >>> >>> >>> On 27 April 2014 18:02, Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Are you sure they weren't frogs? They can make a terrific racket, and >>>> if the sound was distorted by the rushing water it could certainly sound >>>> like a high pitched pervasive chorus. >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot < >>>> desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> We took a hike along the trail this morning. It's still quite wet but >>>>> as always, stunning. About 1.8k west of the White Rock bridge I noticed a >>>>> high pitched, pervasive chorus above me that seemed to come from everywhere >>>>> and nowhere. The river takes a sharp north hook here and the opposite bank >>>>> climbs sharply - about 75 degrees - to the escarpment 50 metres above. For >>>>> about 80 metres along that side this bank is heavily wooded with mature >>>>> conifers - mostly Hemlocks, with some Pines etc. Numerous trees were >>>>> thickly covered in cones, and the high heavy canopy was flooded with small >>>>> very active birds. The visual conditions were poor - I was in the gloom of >>>>> the floodplain and they were in the high canopy across the river against >>>>> the bright sky - but I was able to identify American Goldfinch, Northern >>>>> Chickadee, and Juncos. But it was the volume and density of the noise that >>>>> struck me, even over the running water. By visual count I'd say 500 birds >>>>> in the 80mx50m area, but I believe based on the racket there were >>>>> thousands. It was stunning. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jamie Simpson >>>>> Hantsport, NS >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ################# >>>> Richard Stern, >>>> Port Williams, NS, Canada >>>> sternrichard@gmail.com >>>> ################### >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jamie Simpson >>> Hantsport, NS >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Rick Whitman >> > > > > -- > Jamie Simpson > Hantsport, NS > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4570 / Virus Database: 3920/7401 - Release Date: 04/26/14 > > -- Jamie Simpson Hantsport, NS --047d7b10ca559d5a7204f81cfb59 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">1.8 km is correct David. =C2=A0The river turns from NE to = NNE. The slope on the south bank becomes significantly more steep and close= r to the river.=C2=A0X: -64.43035544903267 Y: 45.03788701252743 should get = you there.</div> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 28 April 2= 014 11:41, David & Alison Webster <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mail= to:dwebster@glinx.com" target=3D"_blank">dwebster@glinx.com</a>></span> = wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u> <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <div>Hi All,=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =20 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 </div> <div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 The only sharp hook north of any magnitude is more = like=20 3.8 km up from the bridge. Is that figure of 1.8 correct of is it a typo ?<= /div> <div>Yt, DW</div> <blockquote sty