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Index of Subjects Yesterday, visiting son, Andrew, and I did a longish hike into the Whopper Drop trails, into and then west of the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes (BMBCL) Wilderness Area close (too close) to Bayers Lake Business Park (BLBP). After about an hour of hiking, we finally left the BLBP noise behind and could appreciate the sounds of nature... It sure is a quiet time of year!! Saw but did not hear Northern Flicker, Dark-eyed Junco and Common Yellowthroat, but then a Robin called, and near the south shoreline of Susies lake, we heard a Common Loon (one short call). Just a little way out on the lake, we saw an adult being closely followed by a young bird, about 75% the size of the adult. Two months ago, we saw a pair of adults in this same remote location, so it is gratifying to know that breeding was successful!! The only bird consistently singing both on our way in, and 2 hours later on our way out, was a Red-eyed Vireo. Also noted lots of odes, mostly damsels, and a few darners but they don't make much noise! The only larger butterfly seen was Red Admiral but there were many skippers enroute. No cicadas or crickets were heard. This privately-owned land, mostly a deciduous forest with some quite large Red Oak and Yellow Birch, has been designated by HRM to become part of the BMBCL Regional Park and we wait with increasing impatience for HRM to begin to acquire and assemble the land for the Park; we've been waiting for 6 years now! Cheers, Bob McDonald Halifax ----- Original Message ----- From: "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 10:36 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Sounds of High Summer > Now that we are in the hottest part of the summer, and the mid-point > between solstice and equinox, the songbirds are getting pretty quiet. So > one is glad to notice some new sounds. I've been hearing cicadas for > about a week now in the city (although my brother says they have been > buzzing in Bedford for longer than that). And last Tuesday night, for the > first time this year, I heard crickets chirping in the evening. I've > heard them every night now since. I associate both of these with high > summer. > > On the other hand, one sound which I have not heard at all, and which I > normally would have heard by now on warm evenings in my neighbourhood, is > the peent of a Common Nighthawk. I haven't observed any in the city this > summer. What other sounds are people noticing? > > Cheers, > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5174 - Release Date: 08/03/12 >
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