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Index of Subjects --0-1097601270-1315649812=:84446 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All=0ASorry - Mistake!=0AFlies were=A0perhaps 4 mms in length not cms!= =0AHave a nice day=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFro= m: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>=0ATo: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=0ASent: Friday, September 9, 2011 7:54:02 PM=0ASu= bject: [NatureNS] Flies on the water=0A=0A=0AHi All=0AThis afternoon BB and= I went paddling to see about a Ladies-Tresses bed.=0AAs we were getting in= the canoe, I saw a flock of ducks feeding on the surface=0Aof the lake. Lo= oked like Mallard ducks but might have been a few Blacks also.=0AI thought = flies right away.=0AWhen we got out in the lake, I realized there was plent= y of small flies=0Aon the water - maybe up to 10 - 12 per square meter.=0AT= he flies were just sitting on the surface tension, perhaps 4 cms in length = as a guess.=0AThey were all black and lively - didn't seem dopey. Would fly= off if I tried=0Ato catch them. There were a few much larger ones - perhap= s 1 in 1000 or=0Aeven less.=0ANo fish were feeding on them. I know there ar= e fish in the lake as I caught=0Aa couple but they didn't seem interested i= n the ones on the surface.=0AIn the lee of the Islands there was a big floc= k of them all gathered together=0Aout of the wind. I'm not certain they wer= e the same species.=0AI've seen these flies before but not often.=0AGlad th= ey didn't bite!=0AEnjoy the last of the summer=0APaul --0-1097601270-1315649812=:84446 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi All</sp= an></div><div><span>Sorry - Mistake!</span></div><div><span>Flies were = ;</span>perhaps 4 mms in length not cms!</div><div>Have a nice day</div><di= v>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; fo= nt-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div style=3D"fon= t-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><= font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><hr size=3D"1"><b><span style=3D"font-weight= :bold;">From:</span></b> Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com><br><= b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "naturens@chebucto.ns.c= a" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;"= >Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 9, 2011 7:54:02 PM<br><b><span style=3D= "font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] Flies on the water<br></font><br><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D= "off"><div id=3D"yiv571930299"><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); backgroun= d-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman= ', 'new york', times, serif; "><div>Hi All</div><div>This afternoon BB and = I went paddling to see about a Ladies-Tresses bed.</div><div>As we were get= ting in the canoe, I saw a flock of ducks feeding on the surface</div><div>= of the lake. Looked like Mallard ducks but might have been a few Blacks als= o.</div><div>I thought flies right away.</div><div>When we got out in the l= ake, I realized there was plenty of small flies</div><div>on the water - ma= ybe up to 10 - 12 per square meter.</div><div>The flies were just sitting o= n the surface tension, perhaps 4 cms in length as a guess.</div><div>They w= ere all black and lively - didn't seem dopey. Would fly off if I tried</div= ><div>to catch them. There were a few much larger ones - perhaps 1 in 1000 or</div><div>even less.</div><div>No fish were feeding on them. I know the= re are fish in the lake as I caught</div><div>a=0A couple but they didn't s= eem interested in the ones on the surface.</div><div>In the lee of the Isla= nds there was a big flock of them all gathered together</div><div>out of th= e wind. I'm not certain they were the same species.</div><div>I've seen the= se flies before but not often.</div><div>Glad they didn't bite!</div><div>E= njoy the last of the summer</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>= <meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"on"><br><br></div></= div></div></body></html> --0-1097601270-1315649812=:84446--
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