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Index of Subjects --089e013a123c1c251f04fd2a7e10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 At my cottage near Port Hilford, Guys Co for a long weekend. The Barn Swallow community at the Wine Harbour Barachois is quite healthy They appear to nest in the fishing shacks at the end of the pier. A bear munched my best bird feeder, and I now have an explanation for the disappearance of a few other feeders and the destruction of a suet feeder. You could see the tooth holes through both sides of the 4" plastic tube. The bear just snapped off the 6 ft metal pole like a matchstick. I had Hummingbirds at the hummer feeders, out of reach of bears. The usual Chickadees, Nuthatches and Purple Finches at my remaining sunflower feeder. Sitting at dusk looking over the cove I watched a Beaver swim past and splash its tail, going down the lake, and a Loon surface like a submarine for a few seconds only to dive and disappear. There is a pair of Loons on the lake ( Indian Harbour Lake ), but no chicks currently. A Kingfisher can also usually be seen flying past at dusk. Something is dropping the leaves off my 50 ft Big Toothed Aspen. On some of the leaves on the ground I found some aphid like insects. They appeared to be eating the leaf stems and not the leaves themselves. I also saw half a dozen Fireflies in the evenings. This small 2.5 km long lake is where a Chinese developer has bought 3000 acres to build a resort :^( -- Rick Ballard Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada --089e013a123c1c251f04fd2a7e10 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,= serif">At my cottage near Port Hilford, Guys Co for a long weekend.</div><d= iv class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><d= iv class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"> The Barn Swallow community at the Wine Harbour Barachois is quite healthy T= hey appear to nest in the fishing shacks at the end of the pier.</div><div = class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div = class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"> A bear munched my best bird feeder, and I now have an explanation for the d= isappearance of a few other feeders and the destruction of a suet feeder. Y= ou could see the tooth holes through both sides of the 4" plastic tube= . The bear just snapped off the 6 ft metal pole like a matchstick.</div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div>= <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">I had Humm= ingbirds at the hummer feeders, out of reach of bears.</div><div class=3D"g= mail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"> <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">= The usual Chickadees, Nuthatches and Purple Finches at my remaining sunflow= er feeder.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,s= erif"> <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">= Sitting at dusk looking over the cove I watched a Beaver swim past and spla= sh its tail, going down the lake, and a Loon surface like a submarine for a= few seconds only to dive and disappear. There is a pair of Loons on the la= ke ( Indian Harbour Lake ), but no chicks currently. A Kingfisher can also = usually be seen flying past at dusk.</div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div>= <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">Something = is dropping the leaves off my 50 ft Big Toothed Aspen. On some of the leave= s on the ground I found some aphid like insects. They appeared to be eating= the leaf stems and not the leaves themselves.=C2=A0</div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div>= <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">I also saw= half a dozen Fireflies in the evenings.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"> <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">= This small 2.5 km long lake is where a Chinese developer has bought 3000 ac= res to build a resort :^(=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"= font-family:georgia,serif"> <br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">R= ick Ballard </span><br style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><span style=3D"f= ont-family:georgia,serif">Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada </span><br style=3D= "font-family:georgia,serif"> <span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"></span> </div> --089e013a123c1c251f04fd2a7e10--
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