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Some local traditional names may not get "caught" on the net.
-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Fred Schueler
Sent: May 18, 2020 6:35 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Name of Hants County Pond
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
>
> 159 Town Road
>
> Falmouth NSB0P 1L0
>
> Canada
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>
> (902) 472-2322
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