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la --_000_BN6PR22MB046893860D1BACEEF02A62CB8F950BN6PR22MB0468namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jim, Thanks for the descriptive recolections of your day. I remember the lovely = day 2 years ago when my family walked with you to the pond. Kids loved seei= ng the fairy shrimp. Marina Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beha= lf of Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 5:58:30 PM To: naturens Cc: John Brazner Subject: [NatureNS] Blomidon Park fairy shrimp pond life etc. MAY 21, 2018 - Pat (Hawes) & I drove up to Blomidon Prov. Park, in order to= check out the fairy-shrimp pond along the Jodrey Trail. Gorgeous sunny & = warm day & breezy. Thus lots of flying insects for the migrating warblers,= but no biting flies noted yet. On our way we glassed the bald eagle nest at Blomidon. The nest looked emp= ty to me but deserves a later check for any young ones. And an adult eagle= was perched atop the broken tree-trunk that used to be the nest-site. In mid-afternoon we saw a single soaring, teetering turkey vulture along th= e Stewart Mountain Road. We stopped briefly at the check-in building at the upper park entrance. Th= e fellow there mentioned that some Dept. of Natural Resources personnel che= cked out the trail and pond last week, and apparently they saw some fairy s= hrimp. (I wondered if maybe that was John Brazner et al.?) In the park we parked at the northeast corner of the big open field adjacen= t to the north part of the campground, then walked the Jodrey Trail northwa= rd. Flowers noted were purple/red trilliums, fly-honeysuckle, and hobblebu= sh. We needed some birders to help us with the lots of bird songs: ovenbir= ds, black-throated green warblers, black-throated blue warblers?, etc. FAIRY SHRIMP POND =97 First I used my dip-net in a shaded edge of the pond,= where we saw several tadpoles (wood frog??), several caddis-fly larvae in = their built cases of plant bits, several mosquito larvae and pupae, and a f= ew tiny larvae of damselflies. But then I moved along the trail to a brightly sunlit edge of the pond, and= what a difference we then saw via the dip-net! The enamel pan was instantly full of tiny water fleas (cousins of Daphnia),= and lots of other life, including the ones listed above, plus the followin= g: - 1 fairy shrimp, about 2/3 grown; I=92m sure there were more, but we did n= ot do any more netting; - a few spring peepers (N.S.=92s treefrog species) were calling often; - besides the tadpoles, no salamander larvae noted yet; - several large larvae of phantom midges; - 1 small water boatman; - 1 small red bloodworm (midge larva); - 1 small red water mite (cousins of ticks but aquatic); - 1 small snail; - unseen were microscopic green algae (food for fairy shrimp etc.). Then we drove to the Look Off and had coffee and oat cakes up there (but we= decided to wait for later on the ice cream, which everyone else was having= . Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --_000_BN6PR22MB046893860D1BACEEF02A62CB8F950BN6PR22MB0468namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1252"> </head> <body style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"direction:ltr; margin:0; padding:0; font-family:= sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"> Hi Jim,<br> </div> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"direction:ltr; margin:0; padding:0; font-family:= sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"> Thanks for the descriptive recolections of your day. I remember the lovely = day 2 years ago when my family walked with you to the pond. Kids loved seei= ng the fairy shrimp.<br> </div> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"direction:ltr; margin:0; padding:0; font-family:= sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"> Marina <br> <br> </div> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"direction:ltr; margin:0; padding:0; font-family:= sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"direction:ltr; margin:0; padding:0; font-family:= sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"> Get Outlook for Android</div> <br> </div> <hr tabindex=3D"-1" style=3D"display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif" co= lor=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> naturens-owner@chebuc= to.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on behalf of Jim Wolford <= ;jimwolford@eastlink.ca><br> <b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 21, 2018 5:58:30 PM<br> <b>To:</b> naturens<br> <b>Cc:</b> John Brazner<br> <b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Blomidon Park fairy shrimp pond life etc.</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>MAY 21, 2018</b> - Pat (Hawes) & I drove u= p <b>to Blomidon Prov. Park</b>, in order to check out the fairy-shrimp pon= d along the Jodrey Trail. Gorgeous sunny & warm day & breezy.= Thus lots of flying insects for the migrating warblers, but no biting flies noted yet.</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">On our way we glassed the <b>bald eagle nest</b> = at Blomidon. The nest looked empty to me but deserves a later check f= or any young ones. And an adult eagle was perched atop the broken tre= e-trunk that used to be the nest-site.</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">In mid-afternoon we saw a single soaring, teeteri= ng <b>turkey vulture</b> along the Stewart Mountain Road.</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">We stopped briefly at the check-in building at th= e upper park entrance. The fellow there mentioned that some Dept. of = Natural Resources personnel checked out the trail and pond last week, and a= pparently they saw some fairy shrimp. (I wondered if maybe that was John Brazner et al.?)</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">In the park we parked at the northeast corner of = the big open field adjacent to the north part of the campground, then walke= d the Jodrey Trail northward. Flowers noted were purple/red trilliums= , fly-honeysuckle, and hobblebush. We needed some birders to help us with the lots of bird songs: ovenbirds, bla= ck-throated green warblers, black-throated blue warblers?, etc.</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>FAIRY SHRIMP POND</b> =97 First I used my dip-= net in a shaded edge of the pond, where we saw several tadpoles (wood frog?= ?), several caddis-fly larvae in their built cases of plant bits, several m= osquito larvae and pupae, and a few tiny larvae of damselflies. </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">But then I moved along the trail to a brightly su= nlit edge of the pond, and what a difference we then saw via the dip-net!</= div> <div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">The enamel pan was instantly full of tiny water f= leas (cousins of Daphnia), and lots of other life, including the ones liste= d above, plus the following:</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px; min-height:14px"><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">- 1 fairy shrimp, about 2/3 grown; I=92m sure the= re were more, but we did not do any <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"></span>more nettin= g;</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">- a few spring peepers (N.S.=92s treefrog species= ) were calling often;</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">- besides the tadpoles, no salamander larvae note= d yet;</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">- several large larvae of phantom midges;</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">- 1 small water boatman;</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">- 1 small red bloodworm (midge larva);</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">- 1 small red water mite (cousins of ticks but aq= uatic);</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">- 1 small snail;</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">- unseen were microscopic green algae (food for f= airy shrimp etc.).</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px"><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">Then we drove to the Look Off and had coffee and = oat cakes up there (but we decided to wait for later on the ice cream, whic= h everyone else was having.</div> <div style=3D"margin:0px"><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin:0px">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_BN6PR22MB046893860D1BACEEF02A62CB8F950BN6PR22MB0468namp_--
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