[NatureNS] Name of Hants County Pond

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On 5/18/2020 4:09 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote:
> That is what I call it as I think it is too small to have an "official" name. 

* you can look up official names on the toporama website - 
https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html - "Woolaver" doesn't get any 
hits anywhere in Canada.

fred.
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> I always used it as the starting point for my spring migration 
> count. There was always a marathon that went past there, with a water 
> stop set up in the entrance to the farm field on the Windsor end of the 
> pond. They must have used the same rule for setting their date as that 
> used for the migration count as they were there every year..... -  Pat
> 
> 
> On May 18, 2020, at 1:03 PM, plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca 
> <mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:


>> Thank you Rick. I thought I remembered Jim Wolford calling it that, on 
>> a long-ago field trip, but wanted to be sure I got a local name right.
>> Cheers, Patricia

>>> On May 18, 2020 at 11:31 AM Rick Whitman 
>>> <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Pat,
>>> Yes, a great pond for Ring-necked Ducks, parking at one's own risk 
>>> for sure. It's definitely right across the road from Woolaver's Farm 
>>> so that seems like a good name.
>>> Rick W.
>>>
>>> On Mon, 18 May 2020 at 10:24, plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca 
>>> <mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> < plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca 
>>> <mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     I would like to know the name of a pond where I observed some
>>>     ducks yesterday.  It's on Route 14, between Brooklyn and Sweet's
>>>     Corner.  The pond is on the north side of the road, and there is
>>>     a long curve in the road around it.   The pond always tantalizes,
>>>     because it looks so promising, but if you don't know the road
>>>     it's hard to stop and park on the curve in time.
>>>     I remember in the past it was a place to check on field trips. 
>>>     Could someone please tell me the name of this location?  I seem
>>>     to recall it might be Woolaver's Pond.  I didn't find any
>>>     observations from this location in eBird.
>>>     Thanks,
>>>     Patricia L. Chalmers
>>>     Halifax
>>>
>>
> 
> 
> Patrick Kelly
> 
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> Canada
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> 
> (902) 472-2322
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