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Index of Subjects =3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A =27Times New Roman=27=3B font-size=3A 1= 6px=3B=22=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 08/15/10=2C =3Cb class=3D=22= name=22=3EGloria Gilbert =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bturtlevoice=40ns=2Esympatico=2E= ca=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D=22mid=3A55814AC1F442= 4D53834DF62DBBC31E06=40santa0017c649d=22 class=3D=22iwcQuote=22 style=3D= =22border-left=3A 1px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 255)=3B padding-left=3A 13px=3B= margin-left=3A 0pt=3B=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E=3Cdiv class=3D=22mimepart= text plain=22=3EJoyce=2C you can get a full update by visiting the webs= ite of the Friends of Port Mouton Bay=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3Ewww=2Efriendsof= portmoutonbay=2Eca=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EIt was not a fish plant=2C but the= expansion of salmon aquaculture that was at issue=2E Expansion has been= blocked=2C and now our work is the ongoing stewardship of the Bay=2C in= cluding the status of the one existing fish farm=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EG= loria=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E----- Original Message ----= - From=3A =26quot=3BJoyce Norris=26quot=3B =26lt=3Bwhuzzy=40ns=2Esympati= co=2Eca=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3ETo=3A =26lt=3Bnaturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca=26g= t=3B=3Cbr /=3ESent=3A Sunday=2C August 15=2C 2010 10=3A45 AM=3Cbr /=3ESu= bject=3A =5BNatureNS=5D Carters Beach=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=26gt= =3BCarter=27s Beach is near Port Mouton=2C about 20 minutes past Liverpo= ol=2E On certain days=2C a few hundred sand dollars wash up or you can w= ade in a bit and pick them up=2EI noticed this year the water isn=27t co= ming up on the beach as far and was surprised to see live many sand doll= ars at the tide line=2E Additionally=2C a few years ago=2C if you waded = out up to your shoulders=2C you could see the live sand dollar colony=2E= This time=2C one only needed to go mid calf to see it=2E I got lots of = pictures and it was an amazing sight to see thousands of them=2E I wonde= r if it is now so accessible=2C how long it might survive=2E The water s= eems to stay cold so not too many wanted to go in up to their necks to s= ee them=2E Even at low tide other years=2C you might see the occasional = live one=2C but nothing like this=2E=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B= Wondering if anyone knew what happened with the proposed fish plant=2E I= remember signing a petition against it as I figured it would needlessly= damage or destroy what appears to be very pristine water and beach=2E A= nyone know=3F=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3BThx=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3BJO= yce=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B----- Original Message ----- From=3A =26quot=3BAnn = Morrison=26quot=3B =26lt=3Bjastatu=40gmail=2Ecom=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B= To=3A =26lt=3Bnaturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3BSen= t=3A Friday=2C August 13=2C 2010 11=3A45 PM=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3BSubject=3A = Re=3A =5BNatureNS=5D Flying ants=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=3Cb= r /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3BOh yeah I remember Flying Ant day in the Sixties=2E= =2E=2E Yuck! A few more in the seventies but nothing like the sixties=2E= =3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3BI know carpenter ants have large winged ants i= n their group that go out in search of a new home=2E=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26= gt=3BA couple of summers ago there was an amazing =27hatching=27 of a fl= ying insect that turned the surface of the Arm a reddish brown=2E (That=27= s different from the =27normal=27 colours of the Arm=2E Ha!)=3Cbr /=3E=26= gt=3B=26gt=3BAnn=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3BSent= from my iPhone=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3BOn 20= 10-08-13=2C at 9=3A32 PM=2C nhungjohn =26lt=3Bnhungjohn=40eastlink=2Eca=26= gt=3B wrote=3A=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B= Sounds like a joke=2C to me=2E=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E= =26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3BI remember irruptions of flying ants on hot Augu= st days in the =2750=27s and =2760=27s=2C and think flying reproductives= are how ant species establish new colonies=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26= gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B----- Original Message ----- From= =3A =26quot=3BElizabeth Doull=26quot=3B =26lt=3Bedoull=40ns=2Esympatico=2E= ca=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3BTo=3A =26lt=3Bnaturens=40che= bucto=2Ens=2Eca=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3BSent=3A Friday=2C= August 13=2C 2010 8=3A54 PM=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3BSubject=3A= =5BNatureNS=5D Flying ants=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26= gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3BRead the = comments in Chronicle Herald in Internet below=2E=A0 It was in response=3C= br /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3Bof flying ants in Halifax=2E=A0 A= ny truth in it=3F=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26= gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26quot=3BFlying ants are not natural speci= es to Nova Scotia=2E They were introduced by=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26= gt=3B=26gt=3Blocal sport ant hunters who determined the native=2C ground= -walking Nova=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3BScotia ants were = too easy to catch in the 1970s=2E They have been known to=3Cbr /=3E=26gt= =3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3Bbreed with the Northern wild ant=2C thus crea= ting a hybrid-type that appears=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B=26gt=3B= unafraid of humans and can act unpredictably=26quot=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B= =26gt=3B=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=26gt=3B=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3C/div=3E=3C/bloc= kquote=3E=3C/div=3E=3Cbr /=3E-- =3Cbr /=3EWhen one tugs at a single thin= g in nature=2C he finds it attached to the rest of the world=2E =3Cbr /=3E= John Muir=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E
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