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Hi Ken:
I probably don't have any useful hints to offer. I have always found them o=
n the ground or flying low over disturbed ground. Whenever I walk on trails=
through wooded area (not solely pine)=2C I look for them on the trail. Onc=
e they fly it's impossible to find them. However lately I have encountered =
them in open areas 50-100m from the wooded area. Since I'm usually looking =
for insects on the ground=2C it easier to note them.=20
However once I found two in our gardens!! (on Ninebark as I recall). So th=
at would be quite a bit later.
Angus
From: kenmcken@eastlink.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Pine elfins
Date: Thu=2C 14 May 2015 13:33:00 -0300
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Hi AngusDo you have any tips on finding pine elfins? So far I have not foun=
d any for the butterfly atlas. I assume you are searching near pines? Matu=
re or young? Do you have to look high on tree or on ground near the trees? =
Are there wet areas nearby? The Brown and Hoary Elfins I have seen in pas=
t years were close to the ground. Any tips you can share would be appreciat=
ed.. I see only 1 record this way probably by Richard Mash who has done a l=
ot of good work in the southern part of Antigonish and northern Guysborough=
counties. But if there was a record east of here I assume they are here a=
nd I am overlooking them or not going out at the right time. CheersKen
Sent from my iPad
On May 14=2C 2015=2C at 12:27 PM=2C Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com> wr=
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On a cool morning but warming up nicely:
- 6 Ovenbirds=2C Pileated Woodpecker=2C B/H Vireo=2C two Barred Owls callin=
g=2C Red-breasted Nuthatch=2C Wilson's Snipe=2C 2 Yellow-rumps=2C Catbird=
=2C Veery=2C Hairy Woodpecker whose tapping sounded like a Black-backed. No=
warblers in the deep woods as yet.
- NO Least Flycatchers (good numbers usually present here)=20
- 3 Pine Elfins (near Seven Bridges)
- numerous small insects anywhere that was sunlit & had leaf cover=3B many =
shiny black Ichneumon Wasps ( vibrating their wings constantly - managed a =
few pics)=2C a few orange Ichneumon Wasps (likely Ophion)=2C too active to=
photograph=3B a few Thread-waisted Wasps=2C Sawflies=2C many Bee Flies=2C =
many small flies (perhaps all Tachinids.
1 Mustard White (at home in Coldbrook).
Previous sightings of Leps: 1 Spring Azure=2C Seven Bridges=2C May 4=3B 1 P=
ine Elfin=2C Jensens=2C Coldbrook May 9.
Angus
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<body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>Hi Ken:<br>I probably don't have=
any useful hints to offer. I have always found them on the ground or flyin=
g low over disturbed ground. Whenever I walk on trails through wooded area =
(<b>not solely pine</b>)=2C I look for them on the trail. Once they fly it'=
s impossible to find them. However lately I have encountered them in open a=
reas 50-100m from the wooded area. Since I'm usually looking for insects on=
the ground=2C it easier to note them. <br><br>However once I found two in =
our gardens!! =3B (on Ninebark as I recall). So that would be quite a b=
it later.<br>Angus<br><br><div><hr id=3D"stopSpelling">From: kenmcken@eastl=
ink.ca<br>Subject: [NatureNS] Pine elfins<br>Date: Thu=2C 14 May 2015 13:33=
:00 -0300<br>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><br><div>Hi Angus</div><div>Do =
you have any tips on finding pine elfins? So far I have not found any for t=
he butterfly atlas.  =3BI assume you are searching near pines? Mature o=
r young? Do you have to look high on tree or on ground near the trees? Are =
there wet areas nearby?  =3B The Brown and Hoary Elfins I have seen in =
past years were close to the ground. Any tips you can share would be apprec=
iated.. I see only 1 record this way probably by Richard Mash who has done =
a lot of good work in the southern part of Antigonish and northern Guysboro=
ugh counties.  =3BBut if there was a record east of here I assume they =
are here and I am overlooking them or not going out at the right time. =
=3B</div><div>Cheers</div><div>Ken</div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div=
><div><br>On May 14=2C 2015=2C at 12:27 PM=2C Angus MacLean <=3B<a saproc=
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<div dir=3D"ltr">On a cool morning but warming up nicely:<br><br>- 6 Ovenbi=
rds=2C Pileated Woodpecker=2C B/H Vireo=2C two Barred Owls calling=2C =
=3B Red-breasted Nuthatch=2C Wilson's Snipe=2C 2 Yellow-rumps=2C Catbird=2C=
Veery=2C Hairy Woodpecker whose tapping sounded like a Black-backed. No wa=
rblers in the deep woods as yet.<br>- NO Least Flycatchers (good numbers us=
ually present here) <br><br>- 3 Pine Elfins (near Seven Bridges)<br><br>- n=
umerous small insects anywhere that was sunlit &=3B had leaf cover=3B ma=
ny shiny black Ichneumon Wasps ( vibrating their wings constantly - managed=
a few pics)=2C a few orange Ichneumon Wasps (likely Ophion)=2C too active&=
nbsp=3B to photograph=3B a few Thread-waisted Wasps=2C Sawflies=2C many Bee=
Flies=2C many small flies (perhaps all Tachinids.<br><br>1 Mustard White (=
at home in Coldbrook).<br><br>Previous sightings of Leps: 1 Spring Azure=2C=
Seven Bridges=2C May 4=3B 1 Pine Elfin=2C Jensens=2C Coldbrook May 9.<br><=
br>Angus<br> </div>=0A=
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