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Hi All
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Yesterday I took  the canoe and went too Keji for the first paddle of the year.
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And a great day it was, the wind was light, the water was calm and the temperature was cool.
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Little showers came and went all day. Not often do we have a day of such light showers.
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They made splashes in the water but it wasn't enough to wet me.
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I paddled up Big Dam Lake and then up Thomas Meadow to the falls at the top of the Stillwater.
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Every time there was a little break in the clouds and it warmed a bit the flies came out
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and I caught a trout. The trout were tagged and released back into the water. One trout spit
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out a Cadis Larva Case as I was tagging it. An interesting construction.
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The Sweet Gale was in full bloom along the meadow. It was a very pretty reddish brown and I must
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have been there when it was at its peak because I do not remember it so beautiful.
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There was a few sparrows along the meadow but hard to id.
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A pair of beaver houses that looked like they had recent upgrades - one at each end
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of the meadow but no beavers in sight. They had started a dam at the bottom of the falls
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but I think they are a little over ambitious!
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On the way back a pair of Loons were in the top end of Big Dam. I wasn't very close. After I passed in
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the lower end and as I passed Camp 2 a small owl flew up from the bushes along the shore. Just then
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a pair of Barred Owls started calling. Close by  and a long conversation. Perhaps they were glad to see
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a canoe. I meet a Norwegian family going to the camp and they told me the Norwegian name for owl
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was "Uggla". Spelling??  I didn't ask for the species name.
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As I drove out along the Big Dam road a small owl was in the road and flew up into the trees. I would guess
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both small owls were Saw-whets but couldn't be sure. They were perhaps getting insects.
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The Keji staff were as usual very helpful and  friendly. A wonderful park.
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Get out and enjoy a paddle
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Paul
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