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--Apple-Mail-41--300961838 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Below in the third sentence of paragraph one, I left out something: =20= "...world (including western Canada) plus...", insert "plus aquaria =20 in pet shops for food for small fish, plus dry bottles/cans of eggs =20 from the brine shrimp that can be wetted and the larvae raised as =20 fish-food or raised further as "sea monkeys", which is one of the =20 biggest rip-offs out there in the marketplace." I have inserted this =20= below now. Jim Cheers again from Jim in B.C. > Date: April 30, 2014 8:31:46 PM ADT > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, Jim Wolford =20 > <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@Dal.Ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] re fairy shrimp in vernal pond, Blomidon =20 > Provincial Park > > Hi, Steve. As I think you know, I am in B.C. at the moment. I =20 > need a refresher on this critter's Latinized name -- I think it is =20 > Eubranchipus species? (in family Chirocephalidae?), and, yes, it =20 > and nearly all fairy shrimps are fresh-water critters, as opposed =20 > to the too-well-known brine shrimp, Artemia salina, which occurs in =20= > hyper-saline lakes (super-salty) all over the world (including =20 > western Canada) plus aquaria in pet shops for food for small fish, =20 > plus dry bottles/cans of eggs from the brine shrimp that can be =20 > wetted and the larvae raised as fish-food or raised further as "sea =20= > monkeys", which is one of the biggest rip-offs out there in the =20 > marketplace. > Googling "fairy shrimp" will get you many sites with bits of info' =20 > on fairy shrimps, of which there are many kinds. > > How big are they? Up to about 2 cm. long or a bit more than half-=20 > an-inch. The eggs from last year (and previous years) are on the =20 > pond bottom and previous-years' pond edges, and they hatch when =20 > flooded in spring from melt-waters and rains (and perhaps other =20 > sources like springs?). The tiny larvae grow gradually until they =20 > get full-sized and mature in mid-to-late-May or early June. > > The males look different in the head end because of their enlarged =20 > second? antennae, and mature females develop a round egg-sac at the =20= > base of the "tail". > > Both sexes swim on their backs, "upside-down" to us, and their =20 > multiple pairs of thoracic appendages are constantly beating very =20 > rapidly, which is triply functional in being for swimming, for =20 > aeration via gills on those appendages, and for feeding mainly on =20 > single-celled green algae. > > After the production of eggs, all the adults die by early summer. =20= > Then the eggs are resistant to both drying and freezing, and =20 > perhaps might even require some such events. Some fairy shrimps, =20 > like brine shrimps, produce eggs with quite long "shelf lives", =20 > which is probably very well known for brine shrimps. > > Graham Daborn of Acadia University Biology and the Irving Centre is =20= > the biologist who identified these fairy shrimps from their =20 > original discovery in that Blomidon Park vernal pond in 1988 (by =20 > Pierre Taschereau, and I was there when he first saw and recognized =20= > them in the water). When he sends me the name (or all of us), I =20 > will send it to the naturens list. > > Cheers from Jim in central B.C. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Stephen Shaw <srshaw@Dal.Ca> >> Date: April 30, 2014 4:56:49 PM ADT >> To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] fairy shrimp walk Sunday, May 18/14 =20 >> (corrected) -- was Blomidon Provincial Park - 27 April 2014 >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Jim: the generally well-known species is the brine shrimp Artemia =20= >> salina from hypersaline pools, but that can't be it, it's fresh =20 >> water. >> What's this particular species and how big is the animal? What do =20= >> they do when the pool dries up, encyst? >> Steve (Hfx) >> ________________________________________ >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-=20 >> owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of Jim (James W.) Wolford =20 >> [jimwolford@eastlink.ca] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 4:05 AM >> To: NatureNS >> Subject: [NatureNS] fairy shrimp walk Sunday, May 18/14 =20 >> (corrected) -- was Blomidon Provincial Park - 27 April 2014 >> >> Just to be sure everyone has the correct date for this field trip =20 >> for BNS. Jim (in B.C. currently) >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: "Jim (James W.) Wolford" =20 >> <jimwolford@eastlink.ca<mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>> >> Date: April 29, 2014 12:30:11 AM ADT >> To: Nature BNS =20 >> <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca<mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>> >> Subject: [ValleyNature] fairy shrimp walk Sunday, May 18/14 =20 >> (corrected) -- was Blomidon Provincial Park - 27 April 2014 >> >> (from blomidonnaturalists.ca) >> >> Blomidon Provincial Park: Fairy Shrimp Walk: Sun. May 18 >> Submitted by patrick on 17 March 2014 - 3:38pm >> Start: 18 May 2014 10:00 am >> Timezone: America/Halifax >> Sunday, 18 May, 2014 =96 Blomidon Provincial Park. Jim Wolford (902 =20= >> 542-9204, >> jimwolford@eastlink.ca<mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>) will lead a =20= >> walk from the campground about two kilometers to a seasonal pond =20 >> that has the very rare and beautiful fairy shrimp. Other pond =20 >> life, spring plants/flowers, and birds will also be seen. A =20 >> lookoff toward Five Islands Park, across the Minas Basin, will be =20 >> visited. Interested people (membership not required) can meet and =20= >> carpool from the Wolfville Waterfront at 9:15 a.m. or meet Jim at =20 >> the Blomidon Park registration building at 10:00 a.m. The trip =20 >> will finished by 1:00 p.m. >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: "Jim (James W.) Wolford" =20 >> <jimwolford@eastlink.ca<mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>> >> Date: April 28, 2014 4:10:08 AM ADT >> To: Nature BNS =20 >> <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca<mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>> >> Cc: Jim Wolford =20 >> <jimwolford@eastlink.ca<mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>>, Ian =20 >> Manning <imanning@upei.ca<mailto:imanning@upei.ca>> >> Subject: Blomidon Provincial Park - 27 April 2014 >> >> Ian, THANKS for the info' about the fairy shrimp pond, and I am =20 >> very glad to hear that. I am away until May 10th, and I think the =20= >> annual field trip to that pond is the following weekend (Saturday =20 >> the 17th?). Cheers from Jim in central B.C. >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: Ian Manning =20 >> <ianmanning4@gmail.com<mailto:ianmanning4@gmail.com>> >> Date: April 27, 2014 11:32:33 PM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Subject: [NatureNS] Blomidon Provincial Park - 27 April 2014 >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> >> A few highlights from a hike at Blomidon Provincial Park, 27 April =20= >> 2014. Nothing too exceptional to note, but lots of spring-firsts, =20 >> and one new personal observation. >> >> 1 Turkey Vulture (1st I've seen in Kings Co) riding on a thermal =20 >> south of park check-in office (http://ebird.org/ebird/view/=20 >> checklist?subID=3DS18113821) >> >> 5 spring beauties in flower (Claytonia caroliniana) >> >> Large patches of wild leek (Allumim tricoccum) >> >> 2 well-developed purple trillium (Trillium erectum). >> >> It's worth noting that the "Fairy Shrimp Pond" (Does anyone know =20 >> if this pond has a name?) was very very high. The water was well =20 >> over much of the surrounding path. >> >> Cheers, >> IM >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nature mailing list >> Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca<mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >> http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/=20 >> nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca >> > --Apple-Mail-41--300961838 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Below in the third sentence of = paragraph one, I left out something: "...world (including western = Canada) plus...", insert "plus aquaria in pet shops for food for small = fish, plus dry bottles/cans of eggs from the brine shrimp that can be = wetted and the larvae raised as fish-food or raised further as "sea = monkeys", which is one of the biggest rip-offs out there in the = marketplace." I have inserted this below now. = Jim<div><br></div><div>Cheers again from Jim in = B.C.</div><div><br><div><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>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">April 30, 2014 8:31:46 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">NatureNS = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>>, = Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = Stephen Shaw <<a = href=3D"mailto:srshaw@Dal.Ca">srshaw@Dal.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>[NatureNS] re fairy shrimp in vernal pond, Blomidon = Provincial Park</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> Hi, Steve. As I think you know, I am in B.C. = at the moment. I need a refresher on this critter's Latinized name = -- I think it is Eubranchipus species? (in family Chirocephalidae?), = and, yes, it and nearly all fairy shrimps are fresh-water critters, as = opposed to the too-well-known brine shrimp, Artemia salina, which occurs = in hyper-saline lakes (super-salty) all over the world (including = western Canada) plus aquaria in pet shops for food for small fish, = plus dry bottles/cans of eggs from the brine shrimp that can be wetted = and the larvae raised as fish-food or raised further as "sea monkeys", = which is one of the biggest rip-offs out there in the = marketplace. </blockquote><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite">Googling "fairy shrimp" will get you many sites with bits = of info' on fairy shrimps, of which there are many = kinds.</blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><br></div><div>How big = are they? Up to about 2 cm. long or a bit more than half-an-inch. = The eggs from last year (and previous years) are on the pond = bottom and previous-years' pond edges, and they hatch when flooded = in spring from melt-waters and rains (and perhaps other sources like = springs?). The tiny larvae grow gradually until they get = full-sized and mature in mid-to-late-May or early June. = </div><div><br></div><div>The males look different in the head end = because of their enlarged second? antennae, and mature females develop a = round egg-sac at the base of the "tail". = </div><div><br></div><div>Both sexes swim on their backs, = "upside-down" to us, and their multiple pairs of thoracic appendages are = constantly beating very rapidly, which is triply functional in being for = swimming, for aeration via gills on those appendages, and for feeding = mainly on single-celled green algae. = </div><div><br></div><div>After the production of eggs, all the = adults die by early summer. Then the eggs are resistant to both = drying and freezing, and perhaps might even require some such events. = Some fairy shrimps, like brine shrimps, produce eggs with quite = long "shelf lives", which is probably very well known for brine = shrimps.<br><div><br></div><div>Graham Daborn of Acadia University = Biology and the Irving Centre is the biologist who identified these = fairy shrimps from their original discovery in that Blomidon Park vernal = pond in 1988 (by Pierre Taschereau, and I was there when he first saw = and recognized them in the water). When he sends me the name (or = all of us), I will send it to the naturens = list.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in central = B.C.<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">Stephen Shaw <<a = href=3D"mailto:srshaw@Dal.Ca">srshaw@Dal.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>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">April 30, 2014 4:56:49 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">"<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></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] fairy shrimp walk = Sunday, May 18/14 (corrected) -- was Blomidon Provincial Park - 27 April = 2014</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; ">Jim:<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>the generally well-known species is the brine shrimp Artemia = salina from hypersaline pools, but that can't be it, it's fresh water. = <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">What's this particular species and how big is the = animal?<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>What do they = do when the pool dries up, encyst?</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Steve = (Hfx)<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">From: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.c= a</a> [<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.c= a</a>] on behalf of Jim (James W.) Wolford [<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>]</div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 4:05 AM</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To: NatureNS</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: = [NatureNS] fairy shrimp walk Sunday, May 18/14 (corrected) -- was = Blomidon Provincial Park - 27 April <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>2014</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; ">Just to = be sure everyone has the correct date for this field trip for BNS.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jim (in B.C. = currently)</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; ">Begin forwarded message:</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; ">From: = "Jim (James W.) Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&g= t;></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: April 29, 2014 12:30:11 AM = ADT</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">mailto:nature@blomidonnatura= lists.ca</a>>></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [ValleyNature] = fairy shrimp walk Sunday, May 18/14 (corrected) -- was Blomidon = Provincial Park - 27 April 2014</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; ">(from = blomidonnaturalists.ca)</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; ">Blomidon Provincial Park: Fairy = Shrimp Walk: Sun. May 18</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Submitted by = patrick on 17 March 2014 - 3:38pm</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Start: 18 May = 2014 10:00 am</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Timezone: = America/Halifax</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sunday, 18 May, 2014 =96 = Blomidon Provincial Park. Jim Wolford (902 542-9204,</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&g= t;) will lead a walk from the campground about two kilometers to a = seasonal pond that has the very rare and beautiful fairy shrimp. Other = pond life, spring plants/flowers, and birds will also be seen. A lookoff = toward Five Islands Park, across the Minas Basin, will be visited. = Interested people (membership not required) can meet<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>and carpool from the = Wolfville Waterfront at 9:15 a.m. or meet Jim at the Blomidon Park = registration building at 10:00 a.m. The trip will finished by 1:00 = p.m.</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; ">Begin forwarded message:</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; ">From: = "Jim (James W.) Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&g= t;></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: April 28, 2014 4:10:08 AM = ADT</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">mailto:nature@blomidonnatura= lists.ca</a>>></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cc: Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&g= t;>, Ian Manning <<a = href=3D"mailto:imanning@upei.ca">imanning@upei.ca</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:imanning@upei.ca">mailto:imanning@upei.ca</a>>></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: Blomidon Provincial Park - 27 April = 2014</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; ">Ian, THANKS for the info' about the fairy shrimp = pond, and I am very glad to hear that.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I am away until May 10th, = and I think the annual field trip to that pond is the following weekend = (Saturday the 17th?).<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Cheers from Jim in central B.C.</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; ">Begin = forwarded message:</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; ">From: Ian Manning <<a = href=3D"mailto:ianmanning4@gmail.com">ianmanning4@gmail.com</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:ianmanning4@gmail.com">mailto:ianmanning4@gmail.com</a>>= ></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: April 27, 2014 11:32:33 PM = ADT</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>= ></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [NatureNS] Blomidon = Provincial Park - 27 April 2014</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Reply-To: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>= ></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; ">A few highlights from a hike at Blomidon Provincial = Park, 27 April 2014. Nothing too exceptional to note, but lots of = spring-firsts, and one new personal observation.</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; ">1 Turkey = Vulture (1st I've seen in Kings Co) riding on a thermal south of park = check-in office (<a = href=3D"http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=3DS18113821">http://eb= ird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=3DS18113821</a>)</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; ">5 spring = beauties in flower (Claytonia caroliniana)</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; ">Large patches = of wild leek (Allumim tricoccum)</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; ">2 well-developed purple trillium = (Trillium erectum).</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; ">It's worth noting that the = "Fairy Shrimp Pond" (Does anyone know if this pond has a name?) was very = very high. The water was well over much of the surrounding = path.</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; ">Cheers,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">IM</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; = min-height: 14px; "><br></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; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a><<a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">mailto:Nature@blomidonnatura= lists.ca</a>></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></h= tml>= --Apple-Mail-41--300961838--
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