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I echo Brian's sentiment - thank-you Patricia!
> From: bbartlett@eastlink.ca
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Frog Pond=2C Jollimore=2C HRM
> Date: Tue=2C 26 Jul 2011 11:50:31 -0300
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> Patricia=2C Thanks so much for your brief personal essay=2C which truly d=
raws us=20
> into your time by Frog Pond. Sometimes it's enjoyable to read a detailed=
=20
> dramatic=2C descriptive account (which of course takes time to write) rat=
her=20
> than just a list of sightings (which has its own kind of value). Good=20
> health to you -- Brian
>=20
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca>
> Sent: Monday=2C July 25=2C 2011 10:29 PM
> To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] Frog Pond=2C Jollimore=2C HRM
>=20
> > On Saturday evening the sun came out=2C unexpectedly=2C after an overca=
st and=20
> > muggy afternoon that threatened rain. I have a bad case of "cabin feve=
r"=2C=20
> > as I have been ill for some time and have not been out enjoying the sum=
mer=20
> > much at all. So I seized the moment and thought that at least I could=
=20
> > walk part way around the Frog Pond (in Fleming Park=2C HRM) to see how =
the=20
> > season was advancing. It's one of my favourite places but I haven't be=
en=20
> > there for a couple of months.
> >
> > At the entrance to the trail a squirrel was eating Indian Pear fruits -=
=20
> > both nutrition and moisture after a warm day. There didn't seem to be=
=20
> > much bird activity=2C although I thought it might soon pick up in the c=
ool=20
> > of the evening. I didn't want to walk far=2C so after the first boardw=
alk I=20
> > decided to find a quiet place along the shore to just sit and watch.=20
> > Green Frogs were making their twanging banjo-string calls. There was a=
n=20
> > immature Great Blue Heron out on the rocks=3B they often show up here i=
n=20
> > mid/late summer. A pair of Ring-necked Ducks was unexpected=3B a few c=
ome=20
> > here in migration=2C but this seemed early. Surely they haven't been h=
ere=20
> > all season? I sat and watched for about half an hour=2C hoping for Chim=
ney=20
> > Swifts or swallows over the water=2C but instead got to watch a pair of=
=20
> > noisy Osprey calling and circling.
> >
> > The cove where I sat has lots of water lilies in bloom=2C and in past y=
ears=20
> > I would often see Beavers here=2C sitting up on the rocks and eating li=
ly=20
> > roots. However there have been no Beavers in the Frog Pond for the las=
t=20
> > two years - I don't know what has happened to them.
> >
> > At about 8 o'clock=2C just as I was thinking I should head home=2C I sa=
w from=20
> > the corner of my eye a large bird fly into a clump of maples about 12-1=
5=20
> > feet away from me=2C and land about 12 feet up. A Barred Owl! It look=
ed me=20
> > over and I tried not to stare=2C so looked away after a moment. I have=
=20
> > often seen Barred Owls=2C but never one so close=2C in daylight. It se=
emed=20
> > unconcerned by my presence=2C but was very interested in the people who=
were=20
> > passing along the trail right below it. It was interesting to watch its=
=20
> > head swivel as it turned to catch the high-pitched voices of children. =
Am=20
> > I imaging things or was it particularly interested in a small dog? Mos=
t=20
> > of the passers-by walked underneath it without seeing the owl - so few=
=20
> > people look up when they are outside.
> >
> > The owl was perched where it could observe a shallow muddy inlet where=
=20
> > some Green Frogs were calling=3B I hoped I would see it try to catch on=
e. A=20
> > couple of times a Robin would fly by and suddenly throw a panic attack=
=20
> > when it saw the owl. I remained sitting for another half hour=2C enjoy=
ing=20
> > the owl's presence=3B when I left it silently watched me go.
> >
> > Patricia L. Chalmers
> > Halifax
> >
> >=20
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I echo Brian's sentiment - thank-you Patricia!<br> =3B<BR><div>>=3B F=
rom: bbartlett@eastlink.ca<br>>=3B To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>>=3B =
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Frog Pond=2C Jollimore=2C HRM<br>>=3B Date: Tue=
=2C 26 Jul 2011 11:50:31 -0300<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Patricia=2C Thanks so m=
uch for your brief personal essay=2C which truly draws us <br>>=3B into y=
our time by Frog Pond. Sometimes it's enjoyable to read a detailed <br>>=
=3B dramatic=2C descriptive account (which of course takes time to write) r=
ather <br>>=3B than just a list of sightings (which has its own kind of =
value). Good <br>>=3B health to you -- Brian<br>>=3B <br>>=3B -------=
-------------------------------------------<br>>=3B From: "P.L. Chalmers"=
<=3Bplchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca>=3B<br>>=3B Sent: Monday=2C July 25=
=2C 2011 10:29 PM<br>>=3B To: "NatureNS" <=3Bnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=
=3B<br>>=3B Subject: [NatureNS] Frog Pond=2C Jollimore=2C HRM<br>>=3B <=
br>>=3B >=3B On Saturday evening the sun came out=2C unexpectedly=2C af=
ter an overcast and <br>>=3B >=3B muggy afternoon that threatened rain.=
I have a bad case of "cabin fever"=2C <br>>=3B >=3B as I have been il=
l for some time and have not been out enjoying the summer <br>>=3B >=3B=
much at all. So I seized the moment and thought that at least I could <br=
>>=3B >=3B walk part way around the Frog Pond (in Fleming Park=2C HRM) =
to see how the <br>>=3B >=3B season was advancing. It's one of my favo=
urite places but I haven't been <br>>=3B >=3B there for a couple of mon=
ths.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B At the entrance to the trail a squir=
r