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--Boundary_(ID_c0rXZtMuYtJN05HwIoPAPQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: June 13, 2011 3:27:56 PM ADT > To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Mike Dadswell > <mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca>, John Gilhen <GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca> > Subject: Miner's Marsh: iBoF salmon, bank swallows, ducklings, bur- > reed > > JUNE 13, 2011 - In Kentville I walked in the light rain and heavy > cool mist along the new Miner's Marsh Trail along the Cornwallis > River/Elderkin Brook and associated dykes and signage of nature > interpretation from several groups like Friends of Cornwallis > River, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Atlantic Salmon Federation, et al. > > One sign called attention to the Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic > salmon, which is highly endangered, having declined from 40,000 > fish in 1989 to less than 100 at present! The sign incorrectly > called the iBoF salmon a distinct species (genetic stock, yes), and > also said this variety of salmon overwinters in the lower Bay of > Fundy or Gulf of Maine. Also when the smolts (2-4 years old) leave > fresh water and go to sea, they return after just a year of > feeding to find their river of birth and spawn. > > Except for one dog-walker, I had the trails to myself in early > afternoon. At least 10 noisy chattering bank swallows were > coursing back and forth over the open-water areas, presumably > catching emerging flies/midges of some sort, and perhaps still > migrating north? > > I saw a drake mallard loafing, and separately a mother mallard with > 5-6 ducklings that were about 10 days old? Singing and scolding > birds included red-winged blackbirds and yellow warblers, and one > sign mentioned looking for marsh wrens (?). Finding the latter > would be nice, but unlikely except perhaps in winter in the cattails? > > Among lots of blooming plants were bur-reed in the water, plus blue > vetch, blue flag, buttercups, etc. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > > Jim (James W.) Wolford > 91 Wickwire Ave. > Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada > B4P 1W3 > > phone 902-542-9204 > e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > > "In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau > > "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." -- Ralph Waldo > Emerson > > --Boundary_(ID_c0rXZtMuYtJN05HwIoPAPQ) 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; "> <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 13, 2011 3:27:56 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = Mike Dadswell <<a = href=3D"mailto:mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca">mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca</a>>,= John Gilhen <<a = href=3D"mailto:GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca">GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca</a>></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>Miner's Marsh: iBoF salmon, bank swallows, ducklings, = bur-reed</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica"><b>JUNE 13, 2011</b> - In = Kentville </font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size:= 20px; ">I walked in the light rain and heavy cool mist along the new = <b>Miner's Marsh Trail </b>along the Cornwallis River/Elderkin Brook and = associated dykes and signage of nature interpretation from several = groups like Friends of Cornwallis River, Ducks Unlimited Canada, = Atlantic Salmon Federation, et al. </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 24px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">One sign = called attention to the <b>Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon</b>, which = is highly endangered, having declined from 40,000 fish in 1989 to less = than 100 at present! The sign incorrectly called the iBoF salmon a = distinct species (genetic stock, yes), and also said this variety of = salmon overwinters in the lower Bay of Fundy or Gulf of Maine. = Also when the smolts (2-4 years old) leave fresh water and go to = sea, they return after just a year of feeding to find their river of = birth and spawn.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 20.0px Helvetica">Except for one dog-walker, I had the trails to myself = in early afternoon. At least 10 noisy chattering <b>bank = swallows</b> were coursing back and forth over the open-water areas, = presumably catching <b>emerging flies/midges</b> of some sort, and = perhaps still migrating north?</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">I saw a drake mallard = loafing, and separately a mother<b> mallard</b> with 5-6 = <b>ducklings</b> that were about 10 days old? Singing and scolding = birds included <b>red-winged blackbirds</b> and <b>yellow warblers</b>, = and one sign mentioned looking for <b>marsh wrens</b> (?). Finding = the latter would be nice, but unlikely except perhaps in winter in the = cattails?</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 20.0px Helvetica">Among lots of <b>blooming</b> plants were = <b>bur-reed</b> in the water, plus blue vetch, blue flag, buttercups, = etc.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jim = (James W.) Wolford</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">91 = Wickwire Ave.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Wolfville, Nova Scotia, = Canada</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">B4P 1W3</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">phone = 902-542-9204</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">e-mail <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"In = wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David = Thoreau</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." -- = Ralph Waldo Emerson</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px = Helvetica"> </font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" = style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_c0rXZtMuYtJN05HwIoPAPQ)--
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