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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01D18B45.3592EA40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all 1) We have a real treat lined up for our next Pictou County Naturalist's = Club Tues April 5 6:30 pm at the community room of New Glasgow Library, = 182 Dalhousie St. with two presentations by local members Steve Vines = and Kathy Dodds. Steve is Trails Consultant with the NS Dept of = Communities, Culture and Heritage and has done many great photographic = presentations to our group in the past and this year will feature = California natural spaces: =20 "California, it's more than Hollywood and movie stars. Between the big = cities, the real California is a land of natural wonders that inspired = the writings of John Muir and the creation of the National Park System. = Steve will share photos and stories from some of the iconic natural = spaces of the State".=20 This will be Kathy's first presentation to our group:=20 Kathy will introduce you to a place she visits often and finds rather = magical, in Kentville Nova Scotia, The Miner's Marsh. Opened in 2010 and = visited by 100's of people daily, Kathy will share a photo journey = around the marsh of some of the wildlife, flora and fauna." These should be great presentations highlighting very different natural = locales so come on out and bring a friend. Everyone welcome 2) May 3- Pictou Co. Naturalist's Club: Maritime Butterfly Atlas: what = six years of surveying have shown us with John Klymko John's presentation will detail the results of Maritimes Butterfly = Atlas, which had its last field season in 2015. He will discuss how the project = has improved the understanding of butterfly conservation in Nova Scotia and = the Maritimes, how the project will allow for the monitoring of changes in butterfly distribution in the future, and what's in store for the = project in the next few years. John is a zoologist who specializes in insects. In = addition to running the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas John has also conducted surveys for = dragonflies, pollinators, and other insects of conservation interest throughout the Maritimes.=20 John grew up in southern Ontario where he attended the University of = Guelph to do his MSc in fly taxonomy. In 2009 he moved to the Maritimes to work = as the zoologist at the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, a not for profit whose mission is to assemble and provide objective and = understandable data and support decision-making, research, and education in Atlantic Canada. 3) Reserve the date May 14 - Nova Scotia Migration Bird Count and Global = Big Day=20 a special day of counting our birds- feeder watchers and field observers = for Pictou Co contact Ken McKenna kenmcken@eastlink.ca and for = provincial information http://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/index.php/volunteer/ns-migration-count Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01D18B45.3592EA40 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 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>1) We have a real treat lined up for = our next=20 Pictou County Naturalist's Club Tues April 5 6:30 pm at the = community room=20 of New Glasgow Library, 182 Dalhousie St. with two presentations by = local=20 members Steve Vines and Kathy Dodds. Steve is Trails Consultant with the = NS Dept=20 of Communities, Culture and Heritage and has done many great = photographic=20 presentations to our group in the past and this year will feature = California=20 natural spaces:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </FONT><FONT size=3D2 = face=3DArial></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"California, it=92s = more=20 than Hollywood and movie stars. Between the big cities, the = real=20 California is a land of natural wonders that inspired the writings of = John Muir=20 and the creation of the National Park System. Steve will share photos = and=20 stories from some of the iconic natural spaces of the State".=20 </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=3D2 = face=3DArial>This=20 will be Kathy's first presentation to our group: = </FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT=20 size=3D3></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=3D3>Kathy = </FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 14pt"><FONT=20 size=3D3>will introduce you to a place she visits often and finds rather = magical,=20 in Kentville Nova Scotia, The Miner's Marsh. Opened in 2010 and visited = by 100's=20 of people daily, Kathy will share a photo journey around the marsh of = some of=20 the wildlife, flora and fauna."</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 14pt"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>These = should be great=20 presentations highlighting very different natural locales so come on out = and=20 bring a friend. Everyone welcome</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=3D2><FONT = face=3DArial>2) May 3-=20 Pictou Co. Naturalist's Club: <STRONG>Maritime Butterfly Atlas: = what six=20 years of surveying have shown us </STRONG>with <STRONG>John=20 Klymko</STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT><FONT = size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman">John's presentation will detail the results of = Maritimes=20 Butterfly Atlas,<BR>which had its last field season in 2015. He will = discuss how=20 the project has<BR>improved the understanding of butterfly conservation = in Nova=20 Scotia and the<BR>Maritimes, how the project will allow for the = monitoring of=20 changes in<BR>butterfly distribution in the future, and what's in store = for the=20 project in<BR>the next few years. John is a zoologist who specializes in = insects. In addition to running the<BR>Maritimes Butterfly Atlas John = has also=20 conducted surveys for dragonflies,<BR>pollinators, and other insects of=20 conservation interest throughout the<BR>Maritimes. <BR><BR>John grew up = in=20 southern Ontario where he attended the University of Guelph<BR>to do his = MSc in=20 fly taxonomy. In 2009 he moved to the Maritimes to work as<BR>the = zoologist at=20 the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, a not for<BR>profit whose = mission=20 is to assemble and provide objective and understandable<BR>data and = support=20 decision-making, research, and education in=20 Atlantic<BR>Canada.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New = Roman">3) Reserve the=20 date May 14 - Nova Scotia Migration Bird Count and Global Big = Day=20 </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New = Roman">a special day=20 of counting our birds- feeder watchers and field observers = </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New = Roman">for Pictou Co=20 contact Ken McKenna <A=20 href=3D"mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca">kenmcken@eastlink.ca</A> and for = provincial=20 information</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><A=20 href=3D"http://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/index.php/volunteer/ns-migration-coun= t">http://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/index.php/volunteer/ns-migration-count</A>= </FONT><BR></FONT><BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <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></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01D18B45.3592EA40--
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