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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01CB51DB.414AF430 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re the waterfowl hunting season -- the Canadian Wildlife Service has = added extra days to the goose hunting season in Nova Scotia -- Sept 7 to = 17 in Zone 1 - ; to increase the cull of Canada geese. They are only to = be hunted on farmland, with permission. This could account for the = shotgun blasts you heard, Jim. Lois Jenkins http://annapolismarshwalker.blogspot.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James W. Wolford=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 8:57 PM Subject: [NatureNS] (long) high tides, shorebirds, crane flies, tar = spot fungus, butterfly atlas news, ocean temperatures, cardinals, geese. SEPT. 10, 2010 - A n. cardinal is singing near our back yard.=20 For several days in Wolfville I have been observing the big tan crane = flies that are associated with lawns -- Tipula paludosa. I have also been meaning to write for weeks that in Wolfville this = year there seems to be very little sign of tar spot fungus on the leaves = of Norway maples. Perhaps this is because of the very dry Spring this = year?? ----------------------- Today on Maritime Noon on CBC Radio, the first guest was John Klymko = (Conservation Data Centre in Sackville, N.B.) about how the first year = of the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas project went. John said that 200 = people signed up (super) but that weather was poor for the workshops he = hoped to hold in various locations. Nevertheless, the Atlas is off to a = great start, and he mentioned just a few highlights: a Dorcas copper was = seen somewhere in Cape Breton (only one other record exists in = Maritimes, somewhere in N.B.)(this is a species that is closely = associated with shrubby cinquefoil, which is both a native species and a = garden plant). He also said it was a good year for elfin butterflies, = and he mentioned three different species. He also mentioned Canadian = tiger swallowtails, white admirals, and common ringlets (the latter two = are at or at the end of their second generations for this year). He = didn't mention Clarence Stevens Jr.'s apparent sighting of a buckeye = butterfly at Hartlen Point? just after Hurricane Earl passed through. Next on Maritime Noon was Chris Fogarty about ocean temperatures -- I = think he said that the ocean was relatively very warm at 20+ degrees C. = during Earl's arrival, but that the ocean very quickly cooled to 16+ C. = right after the storm passed. --------------------- About 100+ Canada geese were flying just south of the Canard River = along Hwy. 358 (n. of Pt. Wms.) at 11 a.m. I visited Canard Pond briefly during noon hour and saw a male wood = duck and 3 double-crested cormorants etc. Also at Canard Pond I heard quite a few shotgun blasts nearby (I guess = the waterfowl season began very recently?). ------------------------ Later today I couldn't resist checks of the very high tide (2:50 = p.m.). At The Guzzle at ne. Grand Pre, small flocks of "peeps" were = flying from east to west (see below), and just a few fishers were = catching small striped bass (and releasing them). Then I checked the shore at Jean Merks' home (east end of Evangeline = Beach), and I could see hundreds of peeps roosting on the big rocks just = east of her home (no beach for them today). Then I quickly checked the canteen area (Evangeline Beach) where the = signage and photos are for the shorebird phenomena, and there again were = hundreds of peeps roosting on the rocks and getting disturbed by = photographers (and by myself). Among the small sandpipers were = semipalmated plovers which made up a small percentage of the total, = which I guessed at 2000+ peeps. This guess included numerous flocks = that were flying along the shore from east to west. Probably the peeps = were roosting on the big imported rocks along the main dyke all the way = from the area of the Wolfville sewage ponds (not checked today) to The = Guzzle. Thus there could have been still a quite large number of total = peeps. I only looked at one plowed field, along the main road across = the dykelands, but there were no shorebirds at all at high tide. When = the high tide is very high as it has been for several days now (New Moon = plus Perigee occurred together, and Sherm Williams tells me the Perigee = was a very close one this month, i.e. the distance of Moon to Earth), = many of the shorebirds of all sizes and kinds have to roost away from = the shores, in fields that are either plowed or even ones that are = vegetated with crops etc. Film PHOTOS taken today at the Gaspereau River along Hwy. 101, and in = Wolfville Harbour (3-shot panorama), at high tide. At our feeders there is a "new" juvenile cardinal, presumably a female = from a late brood, which is very drab and had a darkish beak. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01CB51DB.414AF430 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18939"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Re the waterfowl hunting season -- the Canadian Wildlife Service = has added=20 extra days to the goose hunting season in Nova Scotia -- Sept 7 to = 17 in=20 Zone 1 - ; to increase the cull of Canada geese. They are only to = be=20 hunted on farmland, with permission. This could account for the = shotgun=20 blasts you heard, Jim.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lois Jenkins<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://annapolismarshwalker.blogspot.com">http://annapolismarshwa= lker.blogspot.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W.=20 Wolford</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 10, = 2010 8:57=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] (long) high = tides,=20 shorebirds, crane flies, tar spot fungus, butterfly atlas news, ocean=20 temperatures, cardinals, geese.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5=20 face=3DArial><B>SEPT. 10, 2010</B> - A <B>n. cardinal</B> is = <B>singing</B> near=20 our back yard. </FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT: 17px = Arial"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5 = face=3DArial>For=20 several days in Wolfville I have been observing the big tan <B>crane = flies</B>=20 that are associated with lawns -- <B>Tipula paludosa</B>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT: 17px = Arial"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5 = face=3DArial>I=20 have also been meaning to write for weeks that in Wolfville this year = there=20 seems to be very little sign of<B> tar spot fungus</B> on the leaves = of=20 <B>Norway maples</B>. Perhaps this is because of the very dry = Spring=20 this year??</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5=20 face=3DArial>-----------------------</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5=20 face=3DArial>Today on <B>Maritime Noon</B> on CBC Radio, the first = guest was=20 <B>John Klymko</B> (Conservation Data Centre in Sackville, N.B.) about = how the=20 first year of the <B>Maritimes Butterfly Atlas </B>project went. = John=20 said that 200 people signed up (super) but that weather was poor for = the=20 workshops he hoped to hold in various locations. Nevertheless, = the Atlas=20 is off to a great start, and he mentioned just a few highlights: a = <B>Dorcas=20 copper </B>was seen somewhere in <B>Cape Breton</B> (only one other = record=20 exists in Maritimes, somewhere in N.B.)(this is a species that is = closely=20 associated with <B>shrubby cinquefoil</B>, which is both a native = species and=20 a garden plant). He also said it was a good year for <B>elfin=20 butterflies</B>, and he mentioned three different species. He = also=20 mentioned Canadian tiger swallowtails, white admirals, and common = ringlets=20 (the latter two are at or at the end of their second generations for = this=20 year). He didn't mention Clarence Stevens Jr.'s apparent = sighting of a=20 <B>buckeye butterfly</B> at Hartlen Point? just after Hurricane Earl = passed=20 through.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT: 17px = Arial"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5 = face=3DArial>Next=20 on Maritime Noon was Chris Fogarty <B>about ocean temperatures</B> -- = I think=20 he said that the ocean was relatively very warm at 20+ degrees C. = during=20 Earl's arrival, but that the ocean very quickly cooled to 16+ C. right = after=20 the storm passed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5=20 face=3DArial>---------------------</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5=20 face=3DArial>About 100+ <B>Canada geese</B> were flying just south of = the Canard=20 River along Hwy. 358 (n. of Pt. Wms.) at 11 a.m.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT: 17px = Arial"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5 = face=3DArial>I=20 visited Canard Pond briefly during noon hour and saw a male wood duck = and 3=20 <B>double-crested cormorants</B> etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT: 17px = Arial"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5 = face=3DArial>Also=20 at Canard Pond I heard quite a few <B>shotgun blasts</B> nearby (I = guess the=20 waterfowl season began very recently?).</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5=20 face=3DArial>------------------------</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5=20 face=3DArial>Later today I couldn't resist checks of the <B>very high = tide=20 </B>(2:50 p.m.). At <B>The Guzzle</B> at ne. Grand Pre, small = flocks of=20 <B>"peeps"</B> were flying from east to west (see below), and just a = few=20 fishers were catching small <B>striped bass</B> (and releasing=20 them).</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT: 17px = Arial"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5 = face=3DArial>Then=20 I checked the shore at Jean Merks' home (east end of <B>Evangeline = Beach</B>),=20 and I could see<B> hundreds of peeps roosting on the big rocks</B> = just east=20 of her home (no beach for them today).</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT: 17px = Arial"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5 = face=3DArial>Then=20 I quickly checked the <B>canteen area (Evangeline Beach)</B> where the = signage=20 and photos are for the shorebird phenomena, and there again were = hundreds of=20 <B>peeps roosting on the rocks</B> and getting disturbed by = photographers (and=20 by myself). Among the small sandpipers were <B>semipalmated = plovers=20 </B>which made up a small percentage of the total, which I guessed at = <B>2000+=20 peeps</B>. This guess included numerous flocks that were flying = along=20 the shore from east to west. Probably the peeps were roosting on = the big=20 imported rocks along the main dyke all the way from the area of the = Wolfville=20 sewage ponds (not checked today) to The Guzzle. Thus there could = have=20 been still a quite large number of total peeps. I only looked at = one=20 <B>plowed field</B>, along the main road across the dykelands, but = there were=20 no shorebirds at all at high tide. When the high tide is very = high as it=20 has been for several days now (New Moon plus Perigee occurred = together, and=20 Sherm Williams tells me the Perigee was a very close one this month, = i.e. the=20 distance of Moon to Earth), many of the shorebirds of all sizes and = kinds have=20 to roost away from the shores, in fields that are either plowed or = even ones=20 that are vegetated with crops etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT: 17px = Arial"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5 = face=3DArial>Film=20 <B>PHOTOS</B> taken today at the Gaspereau River along Hwy. 101, and = in=20 Wolfville Harbour (3-shot panorama), at high tide.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT: 17px = Arial"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5 = face=3DArial>At=20 our feeders there is a <B>"new" juvenile cardinal,</B> presumably a = female=20 from a late brood, which is very drab and had a darkish = beak.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style=3D"FONT: 17px Arial" size=3D5=20 face=3DArial><BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01CB51DB.414AF430--
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