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Index of Subjects Hi Larry and all I scanned patches of milkweed in Stellarton, New Glasgow and Trenton yesterday afternoon, July 13, but no monarchs visible. In fact nothing much other than European skippers, a cabbage white and an unidentified blue but it was a quick look. There were however some shorebirds at the low tide at the outflow of NSPC Trenton. 60 Lesser Yellowlegs, 13 Dowichers, 1 Willet, 2 Killdeer, 1 Semipalmated Plover, 13 Semipalmated Sandpiper and 2 Least Sandpiper and a handful of more Cliff Swallows. I also checked the tern colony at Ballast I downstream in the East River from Company Rd in Abercrombie and counted about 220 terns. I took all or mostly as common with a number of new year recruits some on a nearby point making me think that maybe some were now able to fly. For the record, Harry and Jean Brennan had a Black -billed Cuckoo from their yard in Trenton in early July. The count of Chimney Swifts at Temperance St., New Glasgow July 12 was 118 with biggest batch going in just after 21:00. Cheers Ken Cheers Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 > On Jul 13, 2015, at 11:40 AM, Larry Bogan <larry@bogan.ca> wrote: > > Hi all, > We have had a male Monarch in our field now for about five days but the female we saw over a week ago did not stay. We have not seen any eggs from the female. The common milkweed is in full flower and the the bees and other pollinators are swarming to them. > > Has anyone else seen a Monarch in Nova Scotia? I have scanned nearby patches of common milkweed and seen no Monarchs. Last year at this time we had been collecting eggs and larvae from our field and starting raising them. This year we are still hoping for some egg laying. > > Larry > > ////// === /////// > Larry Bogan > Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia > <larry@bogan.ca>
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