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Index of Subjects Agree- you notice the most things in almost all habitats when you stop and sit for awhile, or pull over the boat, stop the ATV… . Whereabouts did you see the Sora? No need to be specific. The recorded eBird sightings for Sep are not along the Atlantic side of NS, where you usually are. Nancy D > On Sep 22, 2018, at 10:52 AM, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > > Hi All > Yesterday when coming back from canoeing a small stream > I came upon a downed tree that looked like a good seat. > So I set the canoe down, got out a drink and relaxed. > That is the surest way to see something interesting, in my opinion > anyway and I looked down and a pretty golden olive caterpillar > was walking near my feet. It had a black shiny head and half > a dozen black spikes on its back. American Dagger Moth is the > nearest I can come up with in my book. It must overwinter somehow. > The stream was interesting, the water low but passable, the trout beautiful > in their fall colors, The Golden Shiners plain this time of year > but always ready to snap a fly! > Interesting birds was a Sora Rail - it fly up beside the water and looked > like it could hardly make it over the grass. It soon flopped down. How it hopes > to go South flying like that is a wonder. a Hood Merganser, a female just molted > not able to fly went ahead of me in the stream. Must have nested nearby. > Lots of hollow trees in the area. A Palm Warbler came to see me. Flirted > around the bushes next to me. > A great day! > Enjoy the fall! > Paul >
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