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What wonderful memories, Paul! =20
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of =
rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca
Sent: April-02-17 12:05 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Estimated Date for Mayflowers in Bloom
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Well folks - I don't like fishing in a snow storm!=20
Been there - done that! so I will talk about Mayflowers!
The best scent I ever experienced was about May 10 a few
years ago - maybe many! I was at Peskawa Lake and needed
to come down Peskawesk Lake to get to the end during the day.
So I left before daylight and got to the Beaverskin - Peskawesk portage
just as sun was breaking the horizon. There was no wind either.
The scent of Mayflowers on the Portage was like I never experienced =
before
or after. Just beautiful. A pair of Horned Owls escorted me over the =
Portage.
Every time something banged on the canoe they hooted! I guess they were
not familiar with canoes being portaged!
Latter at a Loon Count - I saw many Indian Pipe ( Monotropa uniflora ) =
on the Portage.
I don't know if the two have some sort of a relationship or if it was by =
chance.
A wonderful morning! Good memories!
Enjoy the spring
Paul
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On April 2, 2017 at 9:44 AM Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> =
wrote:=20
For May flowers, it pretty well depends on the location of the walk and =
how spring greets us this year. Aiming for mid-April is generally =
reasonable, but perhaps not this year. Keep checking the sunniest and =
warmest locations for them. I used to pick some that were budding and =
bring them inside to bloom. That may be the surest way to have people =
experience their amazing scent on the nature walk if it takes place in =
the next week or so.
Generally we can count on May flowers blooming in April on mainland NS, =
and some years the only way to actually find them in bloom during the =
month of May is to look for them in the most cool and shaded spots, like =
under hemlocks where I grew up in East Dalhousie. Since they are often =
past blooming time by the time May rolls around in NS, I used to lean =
towards using the other common name: trailing arbutus (lovely). When I =
worked in NB, May flowers were more easily found in May because of the =
more northern latitude.
Several years ago, I recall spring weather that had us working in =
T-shirts and testing fire pumps in April, with temperatures feeling like =
a late June day. Last spring was so cold on some days that I began to =
grow concerned for the swallows and least flycatchers who were looking =
for winged insects to fill their bellies. None were to be had. I had =
no need for fly repellant as it was too cold for even the robust black =
fly to zero in on me during early morning surveys. I am hoping this =
spring is more pleasant, but who knows. It's certainly a cold start to =
fishing season.
Donna
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of John and Nhung
Sent: April-01-17 5:33 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Estimated Date for Mayflowers in Bloom
May depend on where in the province folks happen to be.
Down here in the Banana Belt, we haven't heard any peepers yet, but the =
most recent weather gave us a miss. =20
Forgot to report the appearance of a coltsfoot near Yarmouth High about =
a week ago.
-----Original Message-----
From: <mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> =
naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [ <mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> =
mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Burkhard Plache
Sent: March 31, 2017 11:51 PM
To: <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Estimated Date for Mayflowers in Bloom
A friend of mine is planning a walk, next month, hoping to smell =
mayflowers.
Given the current temperatures, would anybody hazard a guess on when we =
can expect first flowers?
Thanks,
Burkhard
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