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the Shinimicas R. there were good numbers (40-50) on tansy a ---2114655128-1901701316-1343998982=:81948 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Very interesting Ken=0AI shall be on the outlook for=A0an=A0Atlantis Fritil= lary.=0Anext time I see some Boneset.=0ATHanks=0APaul=0A=0A=0A_____________= ___________________=0A From: Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca>=0ATo: natur= ens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Friday, August 3, 2012 9:42:52 AM=0ASubject: Re= : [NatureNS] Boneset and butterflying Tidnish-Heather Beach=0A =0A=0A =0A= =A0=0AKen McKenna=0ABox 218 Stellarton NS=0AB0K 1S0=0A902 752-7644=0A=0AHi = Paul and all=0AJim Taylor ( formerly from Dartmouth, living in Trenton =0AO= nt. and vacationing near Heather Beach)=A0hosted me in the Tidnish-Pugwash = =0Aarea on Tues. July 31 for a day of butterflying. Indeed we saw Boneset a= t some =0Apoint in the afternoon with a butterfly on it- an Atlantis =0AFri= tillary. =0A=A0=0AIt was a somewhat slow day for butterflying, but accordin= g =0Ato the Maritime Butterfly=A0atlas director, John Kylmko,=A0on =0Apar= =A0with what others are seeing in the middle of the summer.=0AWhen I left h= ome in Plymouth,=A0it was nice and calm =0Aand all the little coves on the = drive up had glass-like water of high tides. =0AWhen I opened the=A0car doo= r at Jim's I could not believe how windy it was. =0AJim said it had just co= me up and it stayed windy till I arrived home after 9 =0Alast night when it= was perfectly calm again. =0A=A0=0AWe started by visiting a very tiny cran= berry plot in the =0Acorner of a farmer's field ( Northport square). There = were about 8 rather fresh Northern Crescents which I had not seen for a goo= d number of =0Aweeks plus some Silver-bordered (SB)=A0Fritillaries. =0AThe= =A0crescents were new for the Northport square. =0A=A0=0AWe then decided we= would work our way to the West Linden =0ARd. ( Northport square)=A0where J= im had the Salt Marsh =0ACoppers ( formerly Maritime Copper) and when we re= ached his spot along =0Athe Shinimicas R. there were good numbers (40-50) o= n tansy along the road =0Ashoulder. We did not have to go into the marsh at= all. Jim said the numbers were =0Adown considerably from when he first saw= them when there were 100's. It was =0Apretty impressive to me with several= flower heads=A0 having 3 or more on =0Athem. I thanked Jim for showing me = this new species for me. Now can I find some =0Amore in that missing gap on= the maps=A0between Caribou and Cape =0ABreton!=0A=A0=0ABoth of us felt we = would then work the Amherst Shore =0Asquare thinking the marsh area along t= he stream through the provincial park was =0Asimilar to the Shinimicas. Aft= er an hour we concluded it was not. Very little =0Abutterfly life.=A0 For t= he square we added SB Fritillary, Cabbage White, Clouded Sulphur and Common= Wood Nymph=0A=A0=0AWe then moved on to the Tidnish square focusing on the = =0Aarea around a large meadow-bog or drained dam along the Joe Bert Rd. The= wind =0Awas pretty strong here and we did not add much. =A0We later found = a woods =0Aroad to walk in ~ 1.5 km with good numbers of SB Frit and Atlant= is Frit- maybe =0Aan, Aphrodite??. =0AWe added a Painted=A0Lady on the way = =0Aback home at 4. So for=A0Tidnish square we added Cab. White, Clouded =0A= Sulphur, Common Wood Nymph, Silver-bordered Fritillary-15, Atlantis Fritill= ary-6 =0Aand Painted Lady. =0A=A0=0AIt was a fun day and great to spend it = with Jim who has =0Afound an exciting new hobby late in his many decades ob= serving nature. His =0Aexcitement is very contagious=0A=A0=0AWe did observe= a few interesting birds=A0such as=A0a =0Aflying Common Nighthawk while obs= erving the Coppers (45 =0A54.102=A0 63 52.693), 2 Eastern Kingbirds near Am= herst =0AShore, and maybe 8 or so American Kestrel along power lines on =0A= our route.=A0 There were a few Bonaparte's Gulls at Bayhead =0Acoming and g= oing through Colchester Co. =0Acheers=0AKen=0A=A0=0A=A0=0A=A0----- Original= Message ----- =0AFrom: Paul MacDonald =0A>To: Nature NS =0A>Sent: Friday,= August 03, 2012 8:19 AM=0A>Subject: [NatureNS] Boneset=0A>=0A>=0A>Hi All= =0A>Yesterday evening after the rain I went to spend a little=0A>time on th= e river. It was dark and overcast with only a few drops=0A>of rain. I waded= in a pool so I was close to the truck should=0A>a downpour come on - LOL!= =0A>The light made the Boneset on the banks very showy. I know it=0A>is oft= en not a show stopper but the evening light brought it out.=0A>An interesti= ng plant, suprisingly not on any poison, obnoxious list=0A>that I could see= . It was used for a lot of things in the old days=0A>but has passed out of = favor. Who knows what properties will be=0A>discovered it has in the future= ?=0A>Does anyone know if it is a host plant for any butterflies?=0A>Interes= ting birds passed by but in the interests of SAR, I will=0A>refrain from me= ntioning them here.=0A>Enjoy the summer=0A>Paul=0A>=0A> ---2114655128-1901701316-1343998982=:81948 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>Very inter= esting Ken</span></div><div><span>I shall be on the outlook for </span= ><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; ">an </span><b st= yle=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; ">Atlantis Fritillary</b><span = style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; ">.</span></div><div><span st= yle=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; ">next time I see some Boneset.= </span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; ">THa= nks</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; ">= Paul</span></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new rom= an', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style=3D"font-famil= y: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div di= r=3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ken McKenna <kenmcken@east= link.ca><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> nature= ns@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></= b> Friday, August 3, 2012 9:42:52 AM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bol= d;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NatureNS] Boneset and butterflying Tidnish-Hea= ther Beach<br> </font> </div> <br><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-contro= l" content=3D"off"><div id=3D"yiv308006910">=0A=0A =0A =0A<style></style>= =0A=0A<div>=0A<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> </div>=0A<d= iv>Ken McKenna<br>Box 218 Stellarton NS<br>B0K 1S0<br>902 752-7644<br></div= >=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial">Hi Paul and all</font></div>=0A<div><font fac= e=3D"Arial">Jim Taylor ( formerly from Dartmouth, living in Trenton =0AOnt.= and vacationing near Heather Beach) hosted me in the Tidnish-Pugwash = =0Aarea on Tues. July 31 for a day of butterflying. Indeed we saw Boneset a= t some =0Apoint in the afternoon with a butterfly on it- an <b>Atlantis =0A= Fritillary</b>. </font></div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial"></font> </di= v>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial">It was a somewhat slow day for butterflying,= but according =0Ato the Maritime Butterfly atlas director, John Kylmk= o, on =0Apar with what others are seeing in the middle of the sum= mer.</font></div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial">When I left home in Plymouth,= it was nice and calm =0Aand all the little coves on the drive up had = glass-like water of high tides. =0AWhen I opened the car door at Jim's= I could not believe how windy it was. =0AJim said it had just come up and = it stayed windy till I arrived home after 9 =0Alast night when it was perfe= ctly calm again. </font></div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial"></font> </d= iv>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial">We started by visiting a very tiny cranberr= y plot in the =0Acorner of a farmer's field ( Northport square). There were= about 8 rather fresh =0A<b>Northern Crescents</b> which I had not seen for= a good number of =0Aweeks plus some <b>Silver-bordered (SB) Fritillar= ies</b>. =0AThe crescents were new for the Northport square. </font></= div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial"></font> </div>=0A<div><font face=3D"A= rial">We then decided we would work our way to the West Linden =0ARd. ( Nor= thport square) where Jim had the <b>Salt Marsh =0ACoppers</b> ( former= ly Maritime Copper) and when we reached his spot along =0Athe Shinimicas R.= there were good numbers (40-50) on tansy along the road =0Ashoulder. We di= d not have to go into the marsh at all. Jim said the numbers were =0Adown c= onsiderably from when he first saw them when there were 100's. It was =0Apr= etty impressive to me with several flower heads having 3 or more on = =0Athem. I thanked Jim for showing me this new species for me. Now can I fi= nd some =0Amore in that missing gap on the maps between Caribou and Ca= pe =0ABreton!</font></div>=0A<div> </div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial">= Both of us felt we would then work the Amherst Shore =0Asquare thinking the= marsh area along the stream through the provincial park was =0Asimilar to = the Shinimicas. After an hour we concluded it was not. Very little =0Abutte= rfly life. For the square we added <b>SB Fritillary</b>, =0A<b>Cabbag= e White</b>, <b>Clouded Sulphur</b> and =0A<b>Common Wood Nymph</b></font><= /div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial"></font> </div>=0A<div><font face=3D"= Arial">We then moved on to the Tidnish square focusing on the =0Aarea aroun= d a large meadow-bog or drained dam along the Joe Bert Rd. The wind =0Awas = pretty strong here and we did not add much. We later found a woods = =0Aroad to walk in ~ 1.5 km with good numbers of SB Frit and Atlantis Frit-= maybe =0Aan, Aphrodite??. </font></div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial">We add= ed a <b>Painted Lady</b> on the way =0Aback home at 4. So for Tid= nish square we added <b>Cab. White, Clouded =0ASulphur, Common Wood Nymph, = Silver-bordered Fritillary-15, Atlantis Fritillary-6 =0Aand Painted Lady. <= /b></font></div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial"></font> </div>=0A<div><fo= nt face=3D"Arial">It was a fun day and great to spend it with Jim who has = =0Afound an exciting new hobby late in his many decades observing nature. H= is =0Aexcitement is very contagious</font></div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial= "></font> </div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial">We did observe a few inte= resting birds such as a =0Aflying <b>Common Nighthawk</b> while o= bserving the Coppers (45 =0A54.102 63 52.693), 2 <b>Eastern Kingbirds= </b> near Amherst =0AShore, and maybe 8 or so <b>American Kestrel</b> along= power lines on =0Aour route. There were a few <b>Bonaparte's Gulls</= b> at Bayhead =0Acoming and going through Colchester Co. </font></div>=0A<d= iv><font face=3D"Arial">cheers</font></div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial">Ken= </font></div>=0A<div><font face=3D"Arial"></font> </div>=0A<div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div>=0A<div> ----- Original Message ----= - </div>=0A<blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:#000000 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:= 5px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;" dir=3D"ltr">=0A <= div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;= font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; background-color= : rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial initial; background-repe= at: initial initial; "><b>From:</b> =0A <a rel=3D"nofollow" title=3D"paulr= ita2001@yahoo.com" ymailto=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com" target=3D"_bla= nk" href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">Paul =0A MacDonald</a> </div>= =0A <div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: n= ormal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; "><b>To:</= b> <a rel=3D"nofollow" title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" ymailto=3D"mailto:= naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto= .ns.ca">Nature NS</a> </div>=0A <div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-var= iant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; fo= nt-family: arial; "><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 03, 2012 8:19 =0A AM</div>= =0A <div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: n= ormal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; "><b>Subje= ct:</b> [NatureNS] Boneset</div>=0A <div><br></div>=0A <div style=3D"back= ground-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york= ', times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; ">=0A <div>Hi All</= div>=0A <div>Yesterday evening after the rain I went to spend a little</di= v>=0A <div>time on the river. It was dark and overcast with only a few dro= ps</div>=0A <div>of rain. I waded in a pool so I was close to the truck sh= ould</div>=0A <div>a downpour come on - LOL!</div>=0A <div>The light made= the Boneset on the banks very showy. I know it</div>=0A <div>is often not= a show stopper but the evening light brought it out.</div>=0A <div>An int= eresting plant, suprisingly not on any poison, obnoxious list</div>=0A <di= v>that I could see. It was used for a lot of things in the old days</div>= =0A <div>but has passed out of favor. Who knows what properties will be</d= iv>=0A <div>discovered it has in the future?</div>=0A <div>Does anyone kn= ow if it is a host plant for any butterflies?</div>=0A <div>Interesting bi= rds passed by but in the interests of SAR, I will</div>=0A <div>refrain fr= om mentioning them here.</div>=0A <div>Enjoy the summer</div>=0A <div>Pau= l</div>=0A <div><br></div></div></blockquote></div>=0A</div><meta http-equ= iv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"on"><br><br> </div> </div> </div>= </body></html> ---2114655128-1901701316-1343998982=:81948--
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