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Index of Subjects --047d7bf109e09261a304e100e4de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Ken, Glad to hear that migrating shorebirds are starting to make appearances. Looking forward to seeing them. I just bought "Butterflies through binoculars" to try and improve my identification! Haley On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > Ken McKenna > Box 218 Stellarton NS > B0K 1S0 > 902 752-7644 > > On the first beautiful evening in a long time this year, one is reminder that breeding season for some is over and south migration has begun. I noted 10 Short-billed Dowichers, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs and 1 Greater Yellowlegs at Big I. this evening with the nesting shorebirds still present. No doubt, this is a small number compared to other migration locations on the eastern and south shores but the first movement I have noted. The air was quite hazy tonight maybe related to fires further west. > On my way to Big I., I skirted the French River square (20NR44) on the Lamont Rd. for about an hour of late afternoon butterflying. > I photographed the following: > > Long-dash Skipper-1 > European Skipper-8 > Azure sp-3. > Common Ringlet-1 > Harris's Checkerspot-1 > Viceroy-2 > Great-spangled Fritillary-1 (I think!) > Northern Crescent-4 > > Many of these were along a power-line corridor where a Gray Catbird was periodically doing a nighthawk-like call amid the many sounds it was making. > > cheers > Ken > > -- Bird Studies Canada NS Piping Plover Conservation Program www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/nsplover/ --047d7bf109e09261a304e100e4de Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ken,<br><br>Glad to hear that migrating shorebirds are starting to make = appearances. =A0Looking forward to seeing them. I just bought "Butterf= lies through binoculars" to try and improve my identification!<br><br> Haley<br><br>On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, Ken McKenna <<a href=3D"mailto:= kenmcken@eastlink.ca">kenmcken@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br>> =A0<br>&g= t; Ken McKenna<br>> Box 218 Stellarton NS<br>> B0K 1S0<br>> 902 75= 2-7644<br> > =A0<br>> On the first beautiful evening in a long time this year, o= ne is reminder that breeding season for some is over and south migration ha= s begun. I noted 10 Short-billed Dowichers, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs and 1 Great= er Yellowlegs at Big I. this evening with the nesting shorebirds still pres= ent. No doubt, this is a small number compared to other migration locations= on the eastern and south shores but the first movement I have noted. The a= ir was quite hazy tonight maybe related to fires further west.<br> > On my way to Big I., I skirted the French River square (20NR44) on the= Lamont Rd.=A0 for about an hour of late afternoon butterflying.<br>> I = photographed the following:<br>> =A0<br>> Long-dash Skipper-1<br>>= European Skipper-8<br> > Azure sp-3.<br>> Common Ringlet-1<br>> Harris's Checkerspot-= 1<br>> Viceroy-2<br>> Great-spangled Fritillary-1 (I think!)<br>> = Northern Crescent-4<br>> =A0<br>> Many of these were along a power-li= ne corridor where a Gray Catbird was periodically doing a nighthawk-like ca= ll amid the many sounds it was making.=A0<br> > =A0<br>> cheers<br>> Ken<br>> =A0<br>><br><br>-- <br><span= style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Bird Studies Canada</span= ><br style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-f= amily:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">NS Piping Plover Conservation Program</sp= an><br style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <a style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" href=3D"http://www.bird= scanada.org/volunteer/nsplover/" target=3D"_blank">www.birdscanada.org/volu= nteer/nsplover/</a><br><br><br><br> --047d7bf109e09261a304e100e4de--
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