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Index of Subjects <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <style type="text/css">.mceResizeHandle {position: absolute;border: 1px solid black;background: #FFF;width: 5px;height: 5px;z-index: 10000}.mceResizeHandle:hover {background: #000}img[data-mce-selected] {outline: 1px solid black}img.mceClonedResizable, table.mceClonedResizable {position: absolute;outline: 1px dashed black;opacity: .5;z-index: 10000} </style> </head><body style=""> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi Donna and All</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your post reminds me of a day about 30 - 35 years ago.</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">I forget exactly.  I was going camping for a week or so around Pestowesk.</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">I could drive to the lake at that time - the good old days!</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anyway just before I got to the Farmlands Trail near that wet spot</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">a female woodcock and 3 - 4 chicks were on the side of the road.</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The chicks were small!</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">That would be about May 4 or 5. I went back and told Peter</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">and he came with the cameras . I don't know if he had any luck.</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">It was a good omen nevertheless - the fishing was good!</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you think we will be able to go fishing in Keji come April?</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Or will I need fill the bathtub!</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the spring</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paul</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </div> <blockquote style="position: relative; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 10px; border-left: solid 1px blue;" type="cite"> On March 25, 2020 at 8:31 AM Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> wrote: <br/> <br/> <p>Last evening, I stepped out for a walk and heard the familiar "peeent" coming from the same place in a tiny clearing on old pastureland, where it calls from each spring.  It's back...  </p> <p>It's nice that some things don't change.</p> <p>I smiled.  Spring and nature.  </p> <p>Our woods has lots of muddy and poorly drained areas for foraging, and open spots for courtship.</p> <p>I've always wanted to see the courtship display but never have:</p> <p>  Courtship display</p> <p>I have seen them do this 'dance move' (really a foraging movement).  It is more entertaining than courtship, though I love the idea that the male 'dances' and performs nuptial flights for the female.  That should be a rule!</p> <p>Dancing in the groove</p> <p>The next video was a surprise (never knew it existed), from Kejimkujik:</p> <p>Keji Woodcock dance freeze</p> <p>If ever people complain of the slow speed limit (20 km) on that narrow dirt road, we could show this video.</p> <p>Enjoy!</p> <p>Donna Crossland</p> <div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"> <br/> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"></td> <td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free. www.avast.com</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </blockquote> <div> <br/>  </div> </body></html>
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