[NatureNS] Blomidon Park fairy shrimp pond life etc.

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Hi Jim,
Thanks for the descriptive recolections of your day. I remember the lovely =
day 2 years ago when my family walked with you to the pond. Kids loved seei=
ng the fairy shrimp.
Marina

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lf of Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 5:58:30 PM
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Cc: John Brazner
Subject: [NatureNS] Blomidon Park fairy shrimp pond life etc.

MAY 21, 2018 - Pat (Hawes) & I drove up to Blomidon Prov. Park, in order to=
 check out the fairy-shrimp pond along the Jodrey Trail.  Gorgeous sunny & =
warm day & breezy.  Thus lots of flying insects for the migrating warblers,=
 but no biting flies noted yet.

On our way we glassed the bald eagle nest at Blomidon.  The nest looked emp=
ty to me but deserves a later check for any young ones.  And an adult eagle=
 was perched atop the broken tree-trunk that used to be the nest-site.

In mid-afternoon we saw a single soaring, teetering turkey vulture along th=
e Stewart Mountain Road.

We stopped briefly at the check-in building at the upper park entrance.  Th=
e fellow there mentioned that some Dept. of Natural Resources personnel che=
cked out the trail and pond last week, and apparently they saw some fairy s=
hrimp.  (I wondered if maybe that was John Brazner et al.?)

In the park we parked at the northeast corner of the big open field adjacen=
t to the north part of the campground, then walked the Jodrey Trail northwa=
rd.  Flowers noted were purple/red trilliums, fly-honeysuckle, and hobblebu=
sh.  We needed some birders to help us with the lots of bird songs: ovenbir=
ds, black-throated green warblers, black-throated blue warblers?, etc.

FAIRY SHRIMP POND =97 First I used my dip-net in a shaded edge of the pond,=
 where we saw several tadpoles (wood frog??), several caddis-fly larvae in =
their built cases of plant bits, several mosquito larvae and pupae, and a f=
ew tiny larvae of damselflies.

But then I moved along the trail to a brightly sunlit edge of the pond, and=
 what a difference we then saw via the dip-net!

The enamel pan was instantly full of tiny water fleas (cousins of Daphnia),=
 and lots of other life, including the ones listed above, plus the followin=
g:

- 1 fairy shrimp, about 2/3 grown; I=92m sure there were more, but we did n=
ot do any more netting;
- a few spring peepers (N.S.=92s treefrog species) were calling often;
- besides the tadpoles, no salamander larvae noted yet;
- several large larvae of phantom midges;
- 1 small water boatman;
- 1 small red bloodworm (midge larva);
- 1 small red water mite (cousins of ticks but aquatic);
- 1 small snail;
- unseen were microscopic green algae (food for fairy shrimp etc.).

Then we drove to the Look Off and had coffee and oat cakes up there (but we=
 decided to wait for later on the ice cream, which everyone else was having=
.

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.

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<b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Blomidon Park fairy shrimp pond life etc.</font>
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<div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>MAY 21, 2018</b> - Pat (Hawes) &amp; I drove u=
p <b>to Blomidon Prov. Park</b>, in order to check out the fairy-shrimp pon=
d along the Jodrey Trail.&nbsp; Gorgeous sunny &amp; warm day &amp; breezy.=
&nbsp; Thus lots of flying insects for the migrating warblers,
 but no biting flies noted yet.</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">On our way we glassed the <b>bald eagle nest</b> =
at Blomidon.&nbsp; The nest looked empty to me but deserves a later check f=
or any young ones.&nbsp; And an adult eagle was perched atop the broken tre=
e-trunk that used to be the nest-site.</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">In mid-afternoon we saw a single soaring, teeteri=
ng <b>turkey vulture</b> along the Stewart Mountain Road.</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">We stopped briefly at the check-in building at th=
e upper park entrance.&nbsp; The fellow there mentioned that some Dept. of =
Natural Resources personnel checked out the trail and pond last week, and a=
pparently they saw some fairy shrimp.&nbsp;
 (I wondered if maybe that was John Brazner et al.?)</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">In the park we parked at the northeast corner of =
the big open field adjacent to the north part of the campground, then walke=
d the Jodrey Trail northward.&nbsp; Flowers noted were purple/red trilliums=
, fly-honeysuckle, and hobblebush.&nbsp; We
 needed some birders to help us with the lots of bird songs: ovenbirds, bla=
ck-throated green warblers, black-throated blue warblers?, etc.</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>FAIRY SHRIMP POND</b> =97 First I used my dip-=
net in a shaded edge of the pond, where we saw several tadpoles (wood frog?=
?), several caddis-fly larvae in their built cases of plant bits, several m=
osquito larvae and pupae, and a few
 tiny larvae of damselflies. &nbsp; &nbsp;</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">But then I moved along the trail to a brightly su=
nlit edge of the pond, and what a difference we then saw via the dip-net!</=
div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">The enamel pan was instantly full of tiny water f=
leas (cousins of Daphnia), and lots of other life, including the ones liste=
d above, plus the following:</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">- 1 fairy shrimp, about 2/3 grown; I=92m sure the=
re were more, but we did not do any
<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"></span>more nettin=
g;</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">- a few spring peepers (N.S.=92s treefrog species=
) were calling often;</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">- besides the tadpoles, no salamander larvae note=
d yet;</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">- several large larvae of phantom midges;</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">- 1 small water boatman;</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">- 1 small red bloodworm (midge larva);</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">- 1 small red water mite (cousins of ticks but aq=
uatic);</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">- 1 small snail;</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">- unseen were microscopic green algae (food for f=
airy shrimp etc.).</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px"><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">Then we drove to the Look Off and had coffee and =
oat cakes up there (but we decided to wait for later on the ice cream, whic=
h everyone else was having.</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px"><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"margin:0px">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</div>
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