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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi All</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Yesterday was a great day for a paddle<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">so a friend and I done 2 lakes.<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">When we got back and were putting the canoe away we<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">noticed the aster flowers along the bank. The flowers were buzzing<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">with bees. Perhaps a couple of dozen in each large clump.<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">The first impression was someone had a few hives of honey<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">bees in the area so we went to look close. But mostly they<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">were the native tri-colored bees - with the beautiful orange rump.<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">My guess was Bombus terricola - but I'm no expert. No doubt the<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">bright flowers had gathered the bees from a distance - nevertheless<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">it must have been a good hatch year for them. There was a few<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">smaller bees or insects also but id beyond me.<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">As we were putting the canoe in the water, an eagle flew very<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">high over the lake. As I watched, it folded its wings and dove down like<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">an Osprey. Fast. Something in the water must have got its attention.<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">A little above the water it put on the brakes and just over the water <br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">flapped away down the lake. It lost interest in the something. I never<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">saw an eagle do that before.<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">The swamp is a combination of paddling water and push throughs. <br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">The color was great - the maples and other trees along with the bushes<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">on the little islands. The Pitcher Plants were in great color - sort of a purple<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">red. And very numerous. Lots of turtles and mallards!<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">A great paddle -<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">Enjoy the fall - visit a swamp!<br/></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;">Paul<br/></strong></span>
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