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Index of Subjects --089e013c6a4e6f387004e48f806c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I was there from 7:45 to 8:20 this morning, and just wandered from the Nursing Home Parking lot to the small bridge and back. It was full of Flickers, E.Wood-pewees, Chickadees, Robins, Red-eyed Vireos, and 6 species of Warbler, with quite a few Parulas in particular. I'm afraid I didn't pay any attention to any insects. Richard On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com> wrote: > Due to the temp. (34C in the shade; EC on their Kentville site give the > humidity as 39% which is a laugher as it was difficult to breathe today), I > decided a walk in Palmeter Woods should be considerable better than > anywhere else. > > At the outset of the trail, there were ~ 8 Least Skippers, 1 Copper, (yet > to check my photo), some day-flying moths, a few paper wasps. Once entering > the wooded area I heard 1 woodpecker drumming (I'm guessing Downy) & > another bird that gave three shrill calls in a row which I did not > recognize. I noted one fly (Tashinid) until I reached the end of the wooded > area (~40-45 mins brisk walk). There is a glade just before that point > where there were a number of Tall Fringed Orchids on which a single bee > (Bombus vagans) was nectaring. Shortly thereafter I found a Pelecinid Wasp > on the ground but which quickly flew up to a branch & then disappeared. > > At the large pond at Seven Bridges, I could not find a single odonate. > This is usually an excellent place to find both dragonflies & damselflies. > There was however a nest of Yellowjackets; I did not tarry!! > > Will there be a bird migration this fall or will they just trickle > through? Time will tell. > Angus > -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --089e013c6a4e6f387004e48f806c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I was there from 7:45 to 8:20 this morning, and just = wandered from the Nursing Home Parking lot to the small bridge and back. It= was full of Flickers, E.Wood-pewees, Chickadees, Robins, Red-eyed Vireos, = and 6 species of Warbler, with quite a few Parulas in particular.=A0 I'= m afraid I didn't pay any attention to any insects.<br> <br></div>Richard<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail= _quote">On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Angus MacLean <span dir=3D"ltr">&l= t;<a href=3D"mailto:cold_mac@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">cold_mac@hotmai= l.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div><div dir=3D"ltr">Due to the temp. (34C in the shade; EC on their Kentv= ille site give the humidity as 39% which is a laugher as it was difficult t= o breathe today), I decided a walk in Palmeter Woods should be considerable= better than anywhere else.<br> =A0<br> At the outset of the trail, there were ~ 8 Least Skippers,=A01 Copper,=A0(y= et to check my photo), some day-flying moths, a few paper wasps.=A0Once ent= ering the wooded area I heard 1 woodpecker drumming (I'm guessing Downy= )=A0=A0& another bird that gave three shrill calls in a row which I did= not recognize. I noted one fly (Tashinid) until I reached the end of the w= ooded area (~40-45 mins brisk walk). There is a glade just before that poin= t where there were a number of Tall Fringed Orchids on which a single bee (= Bombus vagans) was nectaring.=A0Shortly thereafter I found a Pelecinid Wasp= on the ground but which quickly flew up to a branch & then disappeared= .<br> =A0<br> At the large pond at Seven Bridges, I could not find a single=A0odonate. Th= is is usually an excellent place to find both dragonflies & damselflies= . There was however a nest of Yellowjackets; I did not tarry!!<br> =A0<br> Will there be a bird migration this fall or will they just trickle through?= Time will tell.<span><font color=3D"#888888"><br> Angus=A0<br> </font></span></div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Ri= chard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichar= d@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>##############= ##### </div></div> --089e013c6a4e6f387004e48f806c--
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