[NatureNS] gray jays and post-fire obs

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From: Ronald Arsenault <rongarsenault@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 19:11:36 -0400
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I believe there are several possibilities, but the one I would consider
first is the Whitespotted Sawyer *Monochamus scutellatus . See here:
 https://tidcf.nrcan.gc.ca/en/insects/factsheet/900
<https://tidcf.nrcan.gc.ca/en/insects/factsheet/900>*

*Good luck!*

*Ron*



On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca>
wrote:

> Three Gray Jays on Nov 26th were present on a polygons now declared by
> DNR to be =E2=80=9Cpartially harvested=E2=80=9D and the majority to be =
=E2=80=9Cclearcut=E2=80=9D about a
> km north of Lake Paul, Kings Co.  (They are posted on DNR map viewer.)
> Nearly everything is clearcut out that way already, and this after
> recovering from earlier forest fires lit by our forefathers for one reaso=
n
> or another, including accidental.  The stands now support a moss-covered
> floor under a closed canopy in many places and a rich assortment of
> arboreal lichens on young red maple and sugar maple trunks.
>
>
>
> Also, two Gray Jays are still at my mother=E2=80=99s house on Mack Lake, =
East
> Dalhousie.  Last year, a bobcat stole the deer fat I had nailed to a tree
> for them.  That=E2=80=99s okay...
>
>
>
> I am checking the burn sites from last summer near Keji for Three-toed
> woodpeckers.   There are post-burn wood-boring insects at the bases of
> balsam fir trees.  Species anyone?  I=E2=80=99ve seen Blackbacks after su=
ch insects
> on a post-burn site in late fall after a fire in Kouchibouguac, NB.  They
> would fly to each tree base and flake off the bark to expose the large,
> =E2=80=98full meal-sized=E2=80=99 larvae I don=E2=80=99t know what insect=
 drills the bases of the
> burned balsam firs, but it is a =E2=80=9Cpost-fire=E2=80=9D species, no d=
oubt.  Can anyone
> help me out?  I=E2=80=99ll got out this week and see if I can collect som=
e of the
> larvae if they are still present.  The bore holes are quite large.
>
>
>
> Donna Crossland
>
>
>
> *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@
> chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>] *On Behalf Of *Richard
> Stern
> *Sent:* December-03-16 6:54 PM
> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Update to the Blake Maybank Winter Bird List
> (114)
>
>
>
> The northern shovelers at the Port Williams sewage lagoons were there Dec
> 1.
>
> R.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 6:26 PM bdigout <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca> wrote:
>
> I had a Ruffed Grouse at my deer blind today in Oban, Rich. Co.
>
> Billy
>
> On 03 Dec 2016 17:35, Keith Lowe wrote:
>
> We are now up too 114 speies, this includes Dec 1, Dec 2 and as many from
> Dec 3 as what I=E2=80=99m aware of at this point.
>
>
>
> Here are some notable misses so far.
>
>
>
> Wood Duck
>
> Northern Shoveler
>
> Ruffed Grouse
>
> Spruce Grouse
>
> Rough-legged Hawk
>
> Ruddy Turnstone
>
> Glaucous Gull
>
> Great Horned Owl
>
> Peregrine Falcon
>
> Northern Shrike
>
> Gray Jay
>
> Winter Wren
>
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet
>
> Gray Catbird
>
> Northern Mockingbird
>
> Lapland Longspur
>
> Common Yellowthroat
>
> Palm Warbler
>
> Chipping Sparrow
>
> Fox Sparrow
>
> White-crowned Sparrow
>
> Brown-headed Cowbird
>
> Pine Grosbeak
>
> House Finch
>
> Red Crossbill
>
> White-winged Crossbill
>
> Common Redpoll
>
> Pine Siskin
>
>
>
> The next time Peter uploads the spreadsheet, you will be able to see all
> the species we have on the WBL so far at
>
> www.nsbirdsociety.ca /Library / Winter Birds
>
>
>
>
>
> Keith Lowe
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Richard stern Sent from Gmail Mobile On my IPhone
>



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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I b=
elieve there are several possibilities, but the one I would consider first =
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s://tidcf.nrcan.gc.ca/en/insects/factsheet/900">https://tidcf.nrcan.gc.ca/e=
n/insects/factsheet/900</a></em></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D=
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n Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Donna Crossland <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">dcrossland@eastlink.c=
a</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
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