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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01CD6D9B.4A91A5B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Yesterday I set out to search for Salt Marsh Coppers in the Big I. area, = but for the third time since the old exit from the TCH 104 has changed, = I drove passed the weird double rotary exit one now has to take on the = west side of the Sutherlands River near where the old exit to Melmerby = Bch. rather than do an illegal U-turn, I quickly changed my loose plan = for the day and drove to Antigonish to work my way around the Cape = George loop.=20 I managed 12 species of butterfly- less than I hoped for, getting, 3-7 = species in 4 squares. I was a little disappointed to find out that an = area what I thought was the Cape George Point square was actually the = Ballantynes Cove square by less than 100m. I was not successful in = finding any Salt Marsh Coppers despite searching 3 saltmarshes.1) = Antigonish Harbour just north of Tony's meats, 2) opposite the Fairmont = Trail, and 3) Big I. near the end of the day. All these saltmarshes had = what I thought was the Silverweed which attracts the SM Copper = butterfly.=20 Guess I will have to head further west where they have been found = recently at Three Brooks in Pictou Co., by Phil Schappert or head back = up to Northport where Jim Taylor discovered a nice bunch earlier in the = week.=20 I did see Cabbage White (common), Pink-edged and Clouded Sulphur ( a = few), Great-spangled Fritillary (common), Red Admiral (1), Painted(1) = and American Lady(1), European Skipper (1) Monarch (3), Black = Swallowtail (3), Eyed Brown(2) and Common Wood Nymph which was by far = was the most common encountered. Many of the butterflies were on = Knapweed which is in good bloom and Joe-Pye Weed. There was a lot of = Joe-Pye weed with no butterflies as well! In a few spots I saw Purple = -fringed Orchid and some of the ditches in the Cape area had Purple = Loosestrife in bloom.=20 A nice large butterfly bush at the Cribbons Wharf was a nice spot to get = photos of 3 kinds of butterfly and hummingbird nectaring on the bush- = one of the Monarchs was here.=20 There were still about 6 Black Guillemot flying to the cliffs at = Cribbons Wharf.=20 A sand quarry on the south Lakeville Rd. had 5 holes, 3 of which had = Bank Swallows flying in and out. Seems late for these to be still = nesting, but there is machinery there and maybe first nesting was not = successful.=20 My walk on the big saltmarsh at Big I., despite lack of coppers, had 20 = Least Sandpipers, 13 Semipalmated Plovers, 12 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 = Short-billed Dowicher and ~ 12 Willets, - one was quite vocal and may = still have a nest or young nearby. An unidentified shorebird flushed = into the sunlight and disappeared before I could ID it- maybe a Pectoral = but I did not get a good enough look. There were also about a dozen = Common Terns which were also quite vocal, but I don't think they nested = there this year.=20 There were 5 hooded Bonaparte's Gulls and a good number of singing = Nelson Sparrows. By the time I finished the walk at the saltmarsh, many = of the shorebirds that I passed by on the mudflat at the east end of the = causeway had moved on with the rising tide so I did not get a good count = there.=20 cheers Ken still looking to find a Salt Marsh Copper! ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01CD6D9B.4A91A5B0 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 8.00.6001.19258"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Yesterday I set out to search for = Salt Marsh=20 Coppers in the Big I. area, but for the third time since the = old exit from=20 the TCH 104 has changed, I drove passed the weird double rotary = exit one=20 now has to take on the west side of the Sutherlands River near where the = old=20 exit to Melmerby Bch. rather than do an illegal U-turn, I quickly = changed my=20 loose plan for the day and drove to Antigonish to work my way around the = Cape=20 George loop. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I managed 12 species of butterfly- less = than I=20 hoped for, getting, 3-7 species in 4 squares. I was a little = disappointed to=20 find out that an area what I thought was the Cape George = Point square=20 was actually the Ballantynes Cove square by less than 100m. = I was=20 not successful in finding any Salt Marsh Coppers despite searching 3=20 saltmarshes.1) Antigonish Harbour just north of Tony's meats, 2) = opposite the=20 Fairmont Trail, and 3) Big I. near the end of the day. = All these=20 saltmarshes had what I thought was the Silverweed which attracts = the SM=20 Copper butterfly. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Guess I will have to head = further west where=20 they have been found recently at Three Brooks in Pictou Co., by Phil = Schappert=20 or head back up to Northport where Jim Taylor discovered a nice = bunch=20 earlier in the week. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I did see <STRONG>Cabbage = White</STRONG> (common),=20 <STRONG>Pink-edged</STRONG> and <STRONG>Clouded Sulphur</STRONG> ( a = few),=20 <STRONG>Great-spangled Fritillary</STRONG> (common), <STRONG>Red=20 Admiral</STRONG> (1),<STRONG> Painted</STRONG>(1) and <STRONG>American=20 Lady</STRONG>(1), <STRONG>European</STRONG> <STRONG>Skipper</STRONG>=20 (1) <STRONG>Monarch</STRONG> (3), <STRONG>Black = Swallowtail</STRONG> (3),=20 <STRONG>Eyed Brown</STRONG>(2) and <STRONG>Common Wood=20 Nymph</STRONG> which was by far was the most common encountered. = Many of=20 the butterflies were on Knapweed which is in good bloom and Joe-Pye = Weed. There=20 was a lot of Joe-Pye weed with no butterflies as well! In a = few=20 spots I saw Purple -fringed Orchid and some of the ditches in the Cape = area had=20 Purple Loosestrife in bloom. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A nice large butterfly bush at the = Cribbons Wharf=20 was a nice spot to get photos of 3 kinds of butterfly and hummingbird = nectaring=20 on the bush- one of the Monarchs was here. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There were still about 6 <STRONG>Black=20 Guillemot</STRONG> flying to the cliffs at Cribbons Wharf. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A sand quarry on the south = Lakeville Rd. had=20 5 holes, 3 of which had <STRONG>Bank Swallows</STRONG> flying in = and out.=20 Seems late for these to be still nesting, but there is machinery there = and maybe=20 first nesting was not successful. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>My walk on the big saltmarsh at Big I., = despite=20 lack of coppers, had 20 <STRONG>Least Sandpipers</STRONG>, 13=20 <STRONG>Semipalmated Plovers</STRONG>, 12 <STRONG>Lesser=20 Yellowlegs</STRONG>, 1 <STRONG>Short-billed Dowicher</STRONG> and = ~ 12=20 <STRONG>Willets</STRONG>, - one was quite vocal and may still have a = nest or=20 young nearby. An unidentified shorebird flushed into the sunlight = and=20 disappeared before I could ID it- maybe a Pectoral but I did not get a = good=20 enough look. There were also about a dozen <STRONG>Common = Terns</STRONG>=20 which were also quite vocal, but I don't think they nested there this = year.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There were 5 hooded <STRONG>Bonaparte's = Gulls</STRONG> and a good number of singing <STRONG>Nelson = Sparrows</STRONG>. By=20 the time I finished the walk at the saltmarsh, many of the shorebirds = that I=20 passed by on the mudflat at the east end of the causeway had moved on = with the=20 rising tide so I did not get a good count there. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>still looking to find a Salt Marsh=20 Copper!</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01CD6D9B.4A91A5B0--
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