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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01CE7675.F5A7F740 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 all We were spared rain for much of yesterday ( June 30) where I was in = Pictou Co. I spent the morning on Big I. Near noon, there was an adult = Caspian Tern on the sand-bar at the big saltmarsh at the west end of the = causeway. It was with a group of Ring-billed Gulls. There were no signs = of south migrating shorebirds yet. All observations of shorebirds were = local nesters. A number of singing Nelson's Sparrows were heard even in = the wind.=20 When the sun came out in the afternoon, I looked for butterflies in 3 = squares Dalhousie Mtn in Mt Thom area (20NR04), Greenhill , near Central = West River (20NR14) and the Elmfield square near Scotsburn (20NR05). = Most butterflies were able to be documented by photographs even in the = wind. I saw about 12 species with the following approx. numbers. I have = a couple of unid'd skippers I am undecided about at the moment.=20 Common Ringlet- ~ 12 Northern Crescent~6 European Skipper~ 4 Hobomok's Skipper~ 6 Long-dash Skipper 1=20 Harris Checkerspot 1 American Lady 1 Northern Spring? Azure 4 Silvery Blue 4 Northern Cloudywing 1 White Admiral 3 Canadian Tiger Swallowtail 3 Sulphur species - 3 no documentation I discovered a group of Bank Swallows flying around a sand quarry. Not = sure if there are nests there or not as there were no trespassing signs. = The quarry has an appearance of being active with lots of machinery = around although there was no one there today.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01CE7675.F5A7F740 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 8.00.6001.23501"> <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>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We were spared rain for much of = yesterday ( June=20 30) where I was in Pictou Co. I spent the morning on Big I. = Near=20 noon, there was an adult Caspian Tern on the sand-bar at the big = saltmarsh at=20 the west end of the causeway. It was with a group of Ring-billed Gulls. = There=20 were no signs of south migrating shorebirds yet. All observations of = shorebirds=20 were local nesters. A number of singing Nelson's Sparrows were = heard even=20 in the wind. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>When the sun came out in the afternoon, = I looked=20 for butterflies in 3 squares Dalhousie Mtn in Mt Thom area (20NR04), = Greenhill ,=20 near Central West River (20NR14) and the Elmfield square near = Scotsburn=20 (20NR05). Most butterflies were able to be documented by photographs = even in the=20 wind. I saw about 12 species with the following approx. numbers. I have = a couple=20 of unid'd skippers I am undecided about at the moment. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Common Ringlet- ~ 12</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Northern Crescent~6</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>European Skipper~ 4</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hobomok's Skipper~ 6</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Long-dash Skipper 1 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Harris Checkerspot 1</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>American Lady 1</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Northern Spring? Azure = 4</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Silvery Blue 4</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Northern Cloudywing 1</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>White Admiral 3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Canadian Tiger Swallowtail = 3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Sulphur species - 3 no=20 documentation</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I discovered a group of Bank Swallows = flying around=20 a sand quarry. Not sure if there are nests there or not as there were no = trespassing signs. The quarry has an appearance of being active with = lots of=20 machinery around although there was no one there today. </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> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01CE7675.F5A7F740--
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