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--001a11c37c4897fdc805129708ed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 A few interesting things to note. Went snowshoeing along the Habitant River, Canning, NS. The ice is still very thick in most spots, however is open at some inlets, and shallow areas. Lots of signs of spring activity. Most notably the presence of many insects crawling around the snow. I saw approximately 20 in total. They seemed to be hatching out of the water. Stoneflies perhaps? Their wings were very crinkled, like they had just emerged. O took photos of four separate individuals. They're a little blurry, but perhaps with timing, shape, and habitat (eutrophic, slow-moving, warm, shallow-river) they can be identified. ID help would be greatly appreciated. Photos below : http://imgur.com/a/tMtIw There were also quite a few geese overhead. Probably a total of 10 flocks. Two were quite large consisting of over 40 birds. In total I'd estimate 200 geese flew overhead, heading in a westerly direction from Kingsport, honking loudly. First birds of the season that I can say with confidence are spring migrants. Ian http://bit.ly/NS-Spring http://bit.ly/NS-Spring-Obs --001a11c37c4897fdc805129708ed Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">A few interesting things to note.<div><br></div><div>Went = snowshoeing along the Habitant River, Canning, NS. The ice is still very th= ick in most spots, however is open at some inlets, and shallow areas.=C2=A0= </div><div><br></div><div>Lots of signs of spring activity. Most notably th= e presence of many insects crawling around the snow. I saw approximately 20= in total. They seemed to be hatching out of the water. Stoneflies perhaps?= Their wings were very crinkled, like they had just emerged. O took photos = of four separate individuals. They're a little blurry, but perhaps with= timing, shape, and habitat (eutrophic, slow-moving, warm, shallow-river) t= hey can be identified. ID help would be greatly appreciated.=C2=A0</div><di= v><br></div><div>Photos below :</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://= imgur.com/a/tMtIw">http://imgur.com/a/tMtIw</a><br></div><div><br></div><di= v>There were also quite a few geese overhead. Probably a total of 10 flocks= . Two were quite large consisting of over 40 birds. In total I'd estima= te 200 geese flew overhead, heading in a westerly direction from Kingsport,= honking loudly. First birds of the season that I can say with confidence a= re spring migrants.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Ian</div><div><br></div>= <div>http://bit.ly/NS-Spring<br></d= iv><div><a href=3D"http://bit.ly/NS-Spring-Obs">http://bit.ly/NS-Spring-Obs= </a><br></div></div> --001a11c37c4897fdc805129708ed--
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