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--Boundary_(ID_c67pwWjCnbxJdPUqnuT4Rw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT AUG. 30/10 - 4 film photos of a male and female courting? pair of cross spiders or garden spiders (Araneus diadematus), on our house's lower back deck. The male is nearly as large as the female, but its abdomen is narrow and unswollen; his swollen pedipalps show his maturity and readiness to mate, if accepted. The female has a swollen abdomen, also a sign that she is full of eggs and possibly ready for mating? This species is extremely common and abundant in residential yards and especially around the outside of houses. Brenda and Bill Thexton checked on the power line that crosses the Gaspereau River just north of Highway 101 (Hortonville) at high tide and counted 28 double-crested cormorants perched on the wire. This contrasts with the very few cormorants I have seen lately (only 2 singles) from Evangeline Beach on my recent shorebird checks. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_c67pwWjCnbxJdPUqnuT4Rw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Verdana"><b>AUG. = 30/10</b> - 4 film photos of a <b>male and female courting? pair of = cross spiders</b> or garden spiders (<i>Araneus diadematus</i>), on our = house's lower back deck. The male is nearly as large as the = female, but its abdomen is narrow and unswollen; his swollen pedipalps = show his maturity and readiness to mate, if accepted. The female = has a swollen abdomen, also a sign that she is full of eggs and possibly = ready for mating? This species is extremely common and abundant in = residential yards and especially around the outside of = houses.</font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 17.0px = Arial"> </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 17px/normal Arial; min-height: 20px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 17.0px Arial">Brenda and Bill = Thexton checked on the power line that crosses the Gaspereau River just = north of Highway 101 (Hortonville) at high tide and counted 28 = <b>double-crested cormorants</b> perched on the wire. This = contrasts with the very few cormorants I have seen lately (only 2 = singles) from Evangeline Beach on my recent shorebird = checks.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 17px/normal Arial; min-height: 20px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 17.0px Arial">Cheers from Jim = in Wolfville</font></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_c67pwWjCnbxJdPUqnuT4Rw)--
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