[NatureNS] bank swallows, jellyfish, periwinkles, Kingsport Beach

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> From: "Jim (James W.) Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: July 1, 2014 3:38:13 PM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Mark F Elderkin  
> <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>, Sherman Boates <boatesjs@gov.ns.ca>, Randy  
> Milton <miltongr@gov.ns.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] bank swallows, jellyfish, periwinkles,	 
> Kingsport Beach
>
> JULY 1, 2014 - Pat & I walked the top of Kingsport Beach today,  
> along the sandstone cliffs and hillsides below the cliff-top  
> cottages.  We headed north from the wharf toward Blomidon, and,  
> about a half-kilometre along, we found a sizable colony of about 80  
> nesting burrows of bank swallows, with quite a few swallows seen  
> flying to and from the bank holes.  These aggregated burrows were  
> along about 40 metres of the length of the top of the cliff, and  
> all the holes were just below the top of the cliff.  I cannot say  
> how many swallows we saw, since only up to 10 or so were in the air  
> at once.  But the number of burrows is suggestive of substantial  
> numbers of pairs of dults.
>
> We also saw the drying corpse of a small transparent jellyfish that  
> was probably a small moon jellyfish, Aurelia.  Also on the upper  
> intertidal flat sandstone outcrops of sandstone were numerous  
> aggregations of rough periwinkle snails, Littorina littorea.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] bank swallows, jellyfish, periwinkles,<span =
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12.0px Helvetica"><b>JULY 1, 2014</b> - Pat &amp; I walked the top of =
<b>Kingsport Beach</b> today, along the sandstone cliffs and hillsides =
below the cliff-top cottages.&nbsp; We headed north from the wharf =
toward Blomidon, and, about a half-kilometre along, we found a sizable =
colony of about <b>80 nesting burrows of bank swallows</b>, with quite a =
few swallows seen flying to and from the bank holes.&nbsp; These =
aggregated burrows were along about 40 metres of the length of the top =
of the cliff, and all the holes were just below the top of the =
cliff.&nbsp; I cannot say how many swallows we saw, since only up to 10 =
or so were in the air at once.&nbsp; But the number of burrows is =
suggestive of substantial numbers of pairs of dults.</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">We also =
saw the drying corpse of a small transparent <b>jellyfish</b> that was =
probably a small <b>moon jellyfish</b>,<i> Aurelia</i>.&nbsp; Also on =
the upper intertidal flat sandstone outcrops of sandstone were numerous =
aggregations of <b>rough periwinkle</b> snails,<i> Littorina =
littorea</i>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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