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--Apple-Mail-564-1037694631 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: October 4, 2013 6:56:50 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] Miner's Marsh birds etc. + black > swallowtail caterpillar > > OCT. 4, 2013 - MINER'S MARSH in Kentville -- Sunny but not so warm, > because of a strong cool wind. Sightings included: > > - 2 or 3 pied-billed grebes (at least one juvenile); > - a juvenile great blue heron; > - 3 double-crested cormorants (2 adults, 1 juvenile); > - 6 greater yellowlegs; > - mallards abundant and pairing up (male/female); > - several green-winged teals, all in female plumage; > - 1 sulphur (clouded?) butterfly; > - 2 unidentified large dragonflies. > ------------------------ > In late afternoon Nancy Burbidge of lower Canard Road (south of > Canning) found me doing e-mail in JustUs! cafe in Wolfville, and > she said she had just encountered a striking caterpillar in her > garden. She said it was a match to the cover of the Peterson Field > Guide to Butterflies?, and she described it as "green with black > and white stripes". Then I said her description sounded like a > black swallowtail, and right there I Googled that, found the > Wikipedia photos of caterpillars, and she said, "That's it!" Then > I told her it was usually found on some member of the carrot > family, like Queen Anne's lace, and she said that fits, and that is > was next to some tomato plants in her garden. > > Nancy also reported that she recently saw what she thinks was an > adult red admiral butterfly. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-564-1037694631 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; "> <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">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">October 4, 2013 6:56:50 PM = 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">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</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>[ValleyNature] Miner's Marsh birds = etc. + black swallowtail<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>caterpillar</b></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; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>OCT. = 4, 2013 - MINER'S MARSH</b> in Kentville -- Sunny but not so warm, = because of a strong cool wind. Sightings = included:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">- 2 or 3<b> pied-billed grebes</b> (at least one = juvenile);</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- a juvenile <b>great blue = heron</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" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- 3 <b>double-crested = cormorants</b> (2 adults, 1 juvenile);</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">- 6<b> greater yellowlegs</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" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">- <b>mallards</b> abundant and pairing up = (male/female);</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- several <b>green-winged = teals</b>, all in female plumage;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- 1 = <b>sulphur (clouded?) butterfly</b>;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" si