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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02E4_01CD715C.5A2DE6E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi Paul and all Jim Taylor ( formerly from Dartmouth, living in Trenton Ont. and = vacationing near Heather Beach) hosted me in the Tidnish-Pugwash area on = Tues. July 31 for a day of butterflying. Indeed we saw Boneset at some = point in the afternoon with a butterfly on it- an Atlantis Fritillary.=20 It was a somewhat slow day for butterflying, but according to the = Maritime Butterfly atlas director, John Kylmko, on par with what others = are seeing in the middle of the summer. When I left home in Plymouth, it was nice and calm and all the little = coves on the drive up had glass-like water of high tides. When I opened = the car door at Jim's I could not believe how windy it was. Jim said it = had just come up and it stayed windy till I arrived home after 9 last = night when it was perfectly calm again.=20 We started by visiting a very tiny cranberry plot in the corner of a = farmer's field ( Northport square). There were about 8 rather fresh = Northern Crescents which I had not seen for a good number of weeks plus = some Silver-bordered (SB) Fritillaries. The crescents were new for the = Northport square.=20 We then decided we would work our way to the West Linden Rd. ( Northport = square) where Jim had the Salt Marsh Coppers ( formerly Maritime Copper) = and when we reached his spot along the Shinimicas R. there were good = numbers (40-50) on tansy along the road shoulder. We did not have to go = into the marsh at all. Jim said the numbers were down considerably from = when he first saw them when there were 100's. It was pretty impressive = to me with several flower heads having 3 or more on them. I thanked Jim = for showing me this new species for me. Now can I find some more in that = missing gap on the maps between Caribou and Cape Breton! =20 Both of us felt we would then work the Amherst Shore square thinking the = marsh area along the stream through the provincial park was similar to = the Shinimicas. After an hour we concluded it was not. Very little = butterfly life. For the square we added SB Fritillary, Cabbage White, = Clouded Sulphur and Common Wood Nymph We then moved on to the Tidnish square focusing on the area around a = large meadow-bog or drained dam along the Joe Bert Rd. The wind was = pretty strong here and we did not add much. We later found a woods road = to walk in ~ 1.5 km with good numbers of SB Frit and Atlantis Frit- = maybe an, Aphrodite??.=20 We added a Painted Lady on the way back home at 4. So for Tidnish square = we added Cab. White, Clouded Sulphur, Common Wood Nymph, Silver-bordered = Fritillary-15, Atlantis Fritillary-6 and Painted Lady.=20 It was a fun day and great to spend it with Jim who has found an = exciting new hobby late in his many decades observing nature. His = excitement is very contagious We did observe a few interesting birds such as a flying Common Nighthawk = while observing the Coppers (45 54.102 63 52.693), 2 Eastern Kingbirds = near Amherst Shore, and maybe 8 or so American Kestrel along power lines = on our route. There were a few Bonaparte's Gulls at Bayhead coming and = going through Colchester Co.=20 cheers Ken ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Paul MacDonald=20 To: Nature NS=20 Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 8:19 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Boneset Hi All Yesterday evening after the rain I went to spend a little time on the river. It was dark and overcast with only a few drops of rain. I waded in a pool so I was close to the truck should a downpour come on - LOL! The light made the Boneset on the banks very showy. I know it is often not a show stopper but the evening light brought it out. An interesting plant, suprisingly not on any poison, obnoxious list that I could see. It was used for a lot of things in the old days but has passed out of favor. Who knows what properties will be discovered it has in the future? Does anyone know if it is a host plant for any butterflies? Interesting birds passed by but in the interests of SAR, I will refrain from mentioning them here. Enjoy the summer Paul ------=_NextPart_000_02E4_01CD715C.5A2DE6E0 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>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 = 752-7644<BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Hi Paul and all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Jim Taylor ( formerly from Dartmouth, living in = Trenton=20 Ont. and vacationing near Heather Beach) hosted me in the = Tidnish-Pugwash=20 area on Tues. July 31 for a day of butterflying. Indeed we saw Boneset = at some=20 point in the afternoon with a butterfly on it- an <STRONG>Atlantis=20 Fritillary</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>It was a somewhat slow day for butterflying, but = according=20 to the Maritime Butterfly atlas director, John Kylmko, on=20 par with what others are seeing in the middle of the = summer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>When I left home in Plymouth, it was nice = and calm=20 and all the little coves on the drive up had glass-like water of high = tides.=20 When I opened the car door at Jim's I could not believe how windy = it was.=20 Jim said it had just come up and it stayed windy till I arrived home = after 9=20 last night when it was perfectly calm again. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>We started by visiting a very tiny cranberry = plot in the=20 corner of a farmer's field ( Northport square). There were about 8 = rather fresh=20 <STRONG>Northern Crescents</STRONG> which I had not seen for a good = number of=20 weeks plus some <STRONG>Silver-bordered (SB) Fritillaries</STRONG>. = The crescents were new for the Northport square. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>We then decided we would work our way to the = West Linden=20 Rd. ( Northport square) where Jim had the <STRONG>Salt Marsh=20 Coppers</STRONG> ( formerly Maritime Copper) and when we reached his = spot along=20 the Shinimicas R. there were good numbers (40-50) on tansy a