[NatureNS] Not many leps either

From: Bob McDonald <bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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Hi Fred,

This is not really a problem since the Butterfly Atlas is a 5-year project 
not just 2.  Presumably, and hopefully, things will even out over the 5-year 
run.

Bob McDonald
Halifax

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frederick W. Schueler" <bckcdb@istar.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Not many leps either


> On 8/18/2011 10:37 AM, Angus MacLean wrote:
>> Yes, leps have been extremely scarce this year. I can count on my
>> fingers the number of species I have found this summer which is
>> ridiculous. Considering this is the second year of the Butterfly
>> atlassing, that's very depressing.
>
> * and inappropriate weather for the Butterflies will cause the Atlas to be 
> unrepresentative of the 2010's, and be a poor comparison when it's 
> repeated in the future. It's a real problem when a whole year is 
> inappropriateness of a year for sampling particular kinds of organisms. In 
> working with freshwater mussels, we depend on low water to get us within 
> reach of our subjects, for example, and a drought year is much more 
> productive than one in which Corn grows well.
>
> I wonder if the butterfly Atlas could agitate with its funders for a third 
> year to complete the work that could have been done in two sunny bright 
> years.
>
> fred schueler
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