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--Apple-Mail-5-765325651 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Last Thursday Lisa Eye told me she had been hearing cicadas for about a week north of Port Williams. Also she was lucky to see one on a telephone pole and watch it call -- it must have just emerged from underground and then shed its nymphal skin before climbing up the pole. Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Doug Linzey <doug@fundymud.com> > Date: August 4, 2012 1:18:51 AM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Sounds of High Summer > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Patricia. Chalmers writes: >> 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. > > This is interesting. I'm always surprised that cicadas start up as > late as they do. None here on the North Mountain yet. But I did see > a cricket (first I've seen this year) yesterday. A persistent bird > sound here nowadays is the Black-throated Green Warbler, which > nests in our woods. The Ovenbirds have stopped calling. > > Doug Linzey > Arlington, NS --Apple-Mail-5-765325651 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Last Thursday Lisa Eye told me she had been hearing cicadas for about a = week north of Port Williams. Also she was lucky to see one on a = telephone pole and watch it call -- it must have just emerged from = underground and then shed its nymphal skin before climbing up the = pole. Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Doug Linzey <<a = href=3D"mailto:doug@fundymud.com">doug@fundymud.com</a>></font></div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">August 4, 2012 1:18:51 AM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Sounds of High = Summer</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Patricia. Chalmers = writes:</div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>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).<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>And last Tuesday night, for the first time this year, I heard = crickets chirping in the evening.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I've heard them every = night now since. I associate both of these with high summer.</div> = </blockquote><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">This is interesting. I'm always surprised that = cicadas start up as late as they do. None here on the North Mountain = yet. But I did see a cricket (first I've seen this year) yesterday. A = persistent bird sound here nowadays is the Black-throated Green Warbler, = which nests in our woods. The Ovenbirds have stopped calling.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Doug = Linzey</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arlington, NS</div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-5-765325651--
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