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Hi all!
This is my first NatureNS post though I have been following other posts for=
a while! I saw some pretty interesting things this weekend which I wanted =
to share.
Thing #1: sporophytes of a thallose liverwort! While visiting a waterfall=
in Wentworth on Sunday I was lucky enough to come across these. For anyone=
who doesn't know=2C a sporophyte is the spore producing structure of some =
plant species. On a moss or a liverwort=2C it looks kind of like a capsule=
ontop a stem. If you are familiar with haircap moss=2C it is the structure=
with the haircap that is the sporophyte. With liverworts=2C sporophytes ar=
e not persistent=2C they may only be around for a few days or weeks so I ha=
ve rarely seen them. Their sporophyte capsules also 'explode' releasing the=
spores into the air. It looks pretty cool! I have a few macro shots of the=
m in my dropbox. I am not sure what species this is. You can see them on th=
e internet here:=20
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6651688/P4220105.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6651688/P4220110.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6651688/P4220116.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6651688/P4220121.JPG
Thing #2: Flock of eagles=2C possibly breeding?
In my parents backyard on a saltmarsh estuary overlooking the Cobequid Bay=
=2C they have been watching a flock of bald eagles for about 3 days now (5-=
30 individuals overhead at a time). The adults appear to be pairing up and=
they told me they have seen them tumbling through the sky. Stopping by on =
the weekend I saw about 15 eagles overhead. The eagles are of different age=
s=2C there are some immature and some=20
adults. None of us have ever seen anything like this before.=20
Thanks!
Katie Porter=20
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Hi all!<br><br>This is my first NatureNS post though I have been following =
other posts for a while! I saw some pretty interesting things this weekend =
which I wanted to share.<br><br> =3BThing #1:<b> sporophytes of a thall=
ose liverwort</b>! =3B While visiting a waterfall in Wentworth on Sunda=
y I was lucky enough to come across these. For anyone who doesn't know=2C a=
sporophyte is the spore producing structure of some plant species. On a mo=
ss or a liverwort=2C it =3B looks kind of like a capsule ontop a stem. =
If you are familiar with haircap moss=2C it is the structure with the hairc=
ap that is the sporophyte. With liverworts=2C sporophytes are not persisten=
t=2C they may only be around for a few days or weeks so I have rarely seen =
them. Their sporophyte capsules also 'explode' releasing the spores into th=
e air. It looks pretty cool! I have a few macro shots of them in my dropbox=
. I am not sure what species this is. You can see them on the internet here=
: <br><br>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6651688/P4220105.JPG<br>http://dl.dropbox=
.com/u/6651688/P4220110.JPG<br>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6651688/P4220116.JPG=
<br>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6651688/P4220121.JPG<br><br><br>Thing #2:<b> Fl=
ock of eagles=2C possibly breeding?</b><br>In my parents backyard on a salt=
marsh estuary overlooking the Cobequid Bay=2C they have been watching a flo=
ck of bald eagles for about 3 days now (5-30 individuals overhead at a time=
). =3B The adults appear to be pairing up and they told me they have se=
en them tumbling through the sky. Stopping by on the weekend I saw about 15=
eagles overhead. The eagles are of different ages=2C there are some immatu=
re and some=20
adults. None of us have ever seen anything like this before. <br><br>Thanks=
!<br><br>Katie Porter <br><br><br><br> =3B<br><br>
 =3B<br>
<br> =3B<br> =3B<br><br><br><br> <br><hr>30 days of priz=
es to be won with Hotmail. <a href=3D"http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D97=
29703">Enter here</a> <br /><hr />30 days of prizes: Hotmail mak=
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