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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Well Ron I had a Garter Snake in the ga=
rden April 5 this year.</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">I put it in the leaves under the rhodie=
s. Lots of bugs there!</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Seems about the expected date!</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the spring</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> </span>
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On April 9, 2020 at 11:03 AM Ronald Arsenault <rongarsenault@gmail.c=
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Hell John,
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John Gilhen reports an early date of April 13, 1980 as the earliest=
60;spring record in Amphibians and Reptiles of Nova Scotia (1984). This rec=
ord also appears on the website of the NS Museum of Natural History here:&#=
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<a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://novascotia.ca/museum/amphibians/e=
n/snakes/redbelly.asp">https://novascotia.ca/museum/amphibians/en/snakes/re=
dbelly.asp</a> However, John has told me that all his early records in=
that publications had since been "smashed".  Unfortunately, i=
ncluding re the Red-bellied Snake, I have no idea how many days "smashe=
d" refers to!  
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While I do not know what the current NS early record for Red-bell=
ied Snake might be, I do have an April 4, 2010 record (
<a href=3D"http://birdingnewbrunswick.ning.com/photo/garter-snake-coul=
euvres?context=3Duser">http://birdingnewbrunswick.ning.com/photo/garter-sna=
ke-couleuvres?context=3Duser</a>) for the Garter Snake in southern New=
Brunswick. An early record from NB beating an NS early record (as publishe=
d in Gilhens book) by 12 days (!) suggests to me that your record is unlike=
ly to be the earliest NS record for the Red-bellied Snake. Does anyone know=
what the early record for NS might be?
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Cheers,
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Ron
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On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 6:54 AM John and Nhung <
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Calibri,sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">Being in the banana belt probably has =
something to do with it, but I=E2=80=99m wondering if this is some sort of =
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Calibri,sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">I did see a garter snake one hot sprin=
g day upcountry (Hamilton Road, Pleasant Valley, about ten years ago), but =
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Calibri,sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">Peepers started about a week ago, too.=
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