tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31268263818493187172024-03-05T13:16:48.277-04:00Down in the Hollowksdoolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694279407156008829noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126826381849318717.post-55184028023274682882012-12-10T11:25:00.001-04:002012-12-10T18:35:10.053-04:00Wind Farms on Wetlands<div style="text-align: center;">
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we came across this lovely scene.</div>
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This wind turbine is directly behind the wood duck house.</div>
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I originally thought this wind farm, in Port Hawkesbury, NS,</div>
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and I thought, "Oh well, if you have to have a wind farm,</div>
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an industrial park is a good place to put it."</div>
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Nova Scotia seems to consider the wetlands to be waste lands.</div>
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The <a href="http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nhns2/500/523.htm">Tantramar Marsh</a>, on the border of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,</div>
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The marsh is one of the largest on the Atlantic coast </div>
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of North America,</div>
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covering 20,230 hectares.</div>
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I have to close my eyes when we pass by it </div>
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because it is now covered in <a href="http://www.sackvilletribunepost.com/News/2011-12-14/article-2834636/----Border-wind-project-taking-shape/1">wind turbines</a>.</div>
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Since I don't look, I'm not entirely sure, </div>
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but I believe there are more than the 15</div>
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stated in the above provided link's article. </div>
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Either that or they are just so big,</div>
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it looks like 50!</div>
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While researching the wind farm for this post, </div>
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Interestingly, I found these two photos on a <a href="http://sewkaren-lycreated.blogspot.com/2012/04/powering-up.html?showComment=1355152754221#c6053990936039880022">fellow quilter's blog</a>.</div>
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ksdoolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694279407156008829noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126826381849318717.post-73317143257392016422012-09-02T11:12:00.001-03:002012-09-02T11:13:54.492-03:00A Little Imagery<div align="center">A Little Bit of Imagery<br />
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Close your eyes and imagine this.<br />
No, you'd better not close your eyes,<br />
or you can't read what's next!<br />
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Your sitting quietly at the shore,<br />
enjoying a picnic lunch with your children,<br />
when all of a sudden<br />
a dog comes out of nowhere<br />
and he's approaching rather quickly,<br />
teeth bared, the hair on its back raised.<br />
In that one instant,<br />
just how does that make you feel?<br />
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Now, try to imagine you are a little bird, instead<br />
Or a doe on the fringe with her young.<br />
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Uncontrolled dogs are becoming common along our wild shores.<br />
And people don't seem to understand why it is important<br />
to keep their dogs controlled,<br />
I don't know,<br />
like maybe<br />
leashed?<br />
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Forget that it's the law.<br />
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</div><div align="center"></div>ksdoolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694279407156008829noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126826381849318717.post-15913226605128022772012-08-18T06:18:00.005-03:002012-08-20T06:21:40.238-03:00Old Growth Forest<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are still a few old growth forests in Nova Scotia.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The mighty saw has not destroyed them all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Dept. of Environment is furtively trying to identify<br />
and protect them</div><div style="text-align: center;">before loggers take them for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass">BIOMASS</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Although most of the sites I've read about biomass</div><div style="text-align: center;">give it a positive twist,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've seen first hand how destructive this concept has become.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This particular forest was 'mis-identified' and roads</div><div style="text-align: center;">had been cut in to wipe it clean</div><div style="text-align: center;">before DOE got wind of it and stopped the process.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've learned that not all 'professional foresters'</div><div style="text-align: center;">are created equally.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are foresters who want to cut down the trees,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and foresters who want to save the trees.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They do not see through the same eyes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>ksdoolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694279407156008829noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126826381849318717.post-18045920122506768852012-03-02T22:18:00.001-04:002012-03-02T22:19:29.347-04:00Typically Cape Breton<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">View from my front deck</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The little gray boat is used by an older gentleman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to fish for eels during the summer months.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the fall, after nesting season is over, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he is often accompanied by his mate,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and even a few juvies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>ksdoolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694279407156008829noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126826381849318717.post-56469227349466602152012-02-15T17:21:00.000-04:002012-02-16T10:41:11.723-04:00February Daydreams<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Right about now,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm missing </div><div style="text-align: center;">this!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">An afternoon paddle</div><div style="text-align: center;">around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso,_Nova_Scotia">Canso, NS</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and onto a deserted Dover, NS beach.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Although this trip</div><div style="text-align: center;">occurred</div><div style="text-align: center;">during the hottest and buggiest it's ever been</div><div style="text-align: center;">during the whole 9 years </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been visiting Cape Breton,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I now look back on it with fond memories.<br />
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See the little island just below Louisdale<br />
in the upper right hand corner?<br />
That's where my home is!!<br />
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No, we did not paddle from there!!<br />
It's about 32 miles across the bay...<br />
just a tad bit too far!<br />
But it's closer than driving!! <br />
Takes about 1.5 hrs. to drive to Canso.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The magnificent waterfall wasn't the only treasure</div><div style="text-align: center;">that beautiful fall day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Along the trail were some little treats</div><div style="text-align: center;">to stop and admire,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and take a breath!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">One crisp, clear fall day,</div><div style="text-align: center;">when I was asked if I would rather sew or go on an adventure,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm so glad I chose the adventure!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Although it was a long ride,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we headed off to a mystery destination.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I brought along a book, which I read as we traveled,</div><div style="text-align: center;">looking up and around every few minutes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Much to my delight, as we passed a farmers field, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I counted 8 Bald Eagles, so we stopped.,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and counted 48 more!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And as we scanned the trees beyond,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there were even more! If there weren't 75 Bald Eagles, there wasn't one!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pictures? Hmmmm, they were awfully far away.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Too far away for MY camera.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We drove and drove and drove,</div><div style="text-align: center;">until we came to this little path off a dirt road in the Margaree Valley.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The trail was steep, blanketed with wet beech leaves,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and for fear of falling, I hung on to the trees all the way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Only a half mile trek, it felt like forever...</div><div style="text-align: center;">...until I spotted this through the trees....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">As the trail became steeper,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I was relieved to see that someone had<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I must apologize for the darkened pictures,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">as my camera is dying a slow death.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Attempts to lighten them obliterate the deep blue sky</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">that we enjoyed that day.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I wish I knew how to imbed a video.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">If I thought going down was difficult,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you should have seen this old lady on the climb back up!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it was worth every moment of discomfort,</div><div style="text-align: center;">believe me!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes, when I am hiking along the ocean's edge </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or making my way under the canopy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the thick of the forest,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just wish I could share the essence du jour!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Glendyre,</div>
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Cape Breton, Nova Scotia</div>
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Glendyre is a small, Scottish gaelic community </div>
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With white birch and sugar maple trees </div>
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measuring over 10 feet around!!<br />
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I was in a total state of bliss.</div>
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ksdoolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694279407156008829noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126826381849318717.post-54662131731957311092011-10-02T10:49:00.000-03:002011-10-02T10:52:32.742-03:00Fuzzy Visitor<div style="text-align: center;">Fingered Dagger Moth Caterpillar</div><div style="text-align: center;">(<i>Acronicta dactylina)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found this little guy walking through my rock garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Listed as uncommon but widely spread,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Dagger Finger Moth,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as pictured below,</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Janice Stiefel/bugguide.com)</td></tr>
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</i></div>ksdoolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694279407156008829noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126826381849318717.post-32895613554092365612011-09-02T09:50:00.000-03:002011-09-02T09:50:50.331-03:00A Quiet River Paddle<div style="text-align: center;">Framboise River</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cape Breton</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know if the name of the river really is Framboise River, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it is a river and it is in Framboise.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Originally, plans were to paddle the mudflats a few miles up the road </div><div style="text-align: center;">to observe migrating shore birds,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the flats were fogged in and it was cold!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">However, a few miles down the road, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the sun was shining, the air was hot,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the river beckoned.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Variable Dancer, (<i>Argia fumipennis),</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">hitching a ride.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not a clue, but oh, so pretty!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All visiting paddlers 'otter' be entertained!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were four and they were SO cute!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm still toiling over my hawk identification skills.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Judging from all the other photos I took,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe this to be a juvenile Red-tailed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sparganiium</i> spp, perhaps <i>emersum</i>, with Northern Bluet (<i>Enallagma cyathigerum</i>).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And last, but not least, a Greater Yellowlegs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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ksdoolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694279407156008829noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126826381849318717.post-50175709806953798512011-08-02T07:52:00.000-03:002011-08-02T07:52:59.074-03:00Simple Abundance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Gooseberry Cove</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cape Breton, NS</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps one of the most beautiful spots<br />
along the Cape Breton coast,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gooseberry Cove took my breath away<br />
the first time I visited the area.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On that particular day, the angry sea<br />
sent waves crashing among the rocks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But today's visit was relatively calm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is 'Crown Land', owned by the government,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and much to my delight, Nova Scotia is considering</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">making Gooseberry Cove </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a protected wilderness area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An hour and a half drive, and well worth every mile.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Approximately 30% of the land in Nova Scotia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is 'Crown Land', and the government has proposed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to set aside <a href="http://www.gov.ns.ca/nse/12percent/">12% as protected areas</a> by 2015.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If I'm reading the information correctly, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they are not adding an additional 12%, but are</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">combining new properties to bring </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the total of protected wilderness areas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">up to the 12% mark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Black Guillemots were everwhere!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">If only I could include the delicious smell of the sea air,<br />
almost acrid at low tide. </div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The only way I was going to capture</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this Chalk-fronted Corporal (<i>Ladona julia</i>) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was to catch him in mid-air!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my most favorite bog plants to photograph,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Cloudberry (<i>Rubus chamaemorus</i>) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is considered a delicacy! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Locations are often kept secret!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I applaud Nova Scotia's efforts to preserve the wilderness.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Progress is encroaching rapidly.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have the opportunity to see a lot.</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it isn't always pretty.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of ATV's damaging the bogs</div><div style="text-align: center;">and dunes, illegally, of course.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Forested areas are just as abused.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Simple Abundance?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Only if they become more conscientious about managing</div><div style="text-align: center;">these protected areas. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>ksdoolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694279407156008829noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126826381849318717.post-78424432196141545092011-07-18T17:57:00.000-03:002011-07-20T07:41:01.744-03:00Silly Willet<div style="text-align: center;">Eastern Willet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Upon my return to Cape Breton late this spring,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(spring was late, too!!),</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Ranger surprised me with 3 completed </div><div style="text-align: center;">and installed Tree Swallow nesting boxes.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Much to my delight, the Tree Swallows returned the very next day</div><div style="text-align: center;">and after much 'to-do', inhabited all 3 boxes.<br />
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What does that have to do with silly Willets, you ask?<br />
Well, they were under the impression that the Tree Swallow houses<br />
were installed for their benefit!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It gives them a perfect vantage point for</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">keeping an eye on their territory, my 2.5 acre wet meadow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From spring until mid-July, my airspace is filled with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">their<a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Willet/sounds"> relentless, loud, piercing call</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On this particular morning, there were two willets</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> really making a racket,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and they were everywhere....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two birds filled the sky. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You could have easily thought there were 20!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Willet is often described as a large, chunky, shore bird with drab brown plumage.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">That is until it takes of in flight!!</div><br />
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When Peter Goodfellow was growing up in England, he must have been one of those affectionately annoying little boys that asked a lot of questions, all the time. “How does this work?”, “Why does that happen?”, Where do you imagine that goes?”. And now, as an adult, Peter has taken that need for knowledge, that childlike curiosity, to a whole new level.<br />
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Silver-bordered Fritillary</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Boloria selene)</i></div><i><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This sweet little butterfly was fluttering</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> around the property with it's companion. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I felt lucky that it decided to land for a few minutes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>and</b> that my camera was handy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've seen them before, but they don't usually </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stop long enough for me to grab the camera!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> This is one of the fastest flying of the lesser fritillaries, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but it regularly visits flowers, such as asters and daisies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's host plants are violets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Measuring approximately <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #686868; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">1 3/8 - 2 1/8 inches</span>,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Silver-bordered Fritillary is the most common </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and widespread lesser Boloria in the Maritimes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and is found in a variety of wet habitats </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- lucky me with over 2 acres of wet meadow!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The underside is distinct with bright, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">metallic silver spots on an orange-brown base.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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A day on the water resulted in these photos:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lobster season is over and traps are stacked and ready for storage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barrier Beach, low tide.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming in for a landing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moon Snail with it's 'foot' extended under about 6" of water.</td></tr>
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While hiking along this past summer, somewhere in Cape Breton, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we happened upon an old, dilapidated house.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I couldn't resist taking this picture looking up at the window. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The rounded top made me believe that once upon a time, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this old house had lots of character in all it's simplicity. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Variable Darner</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Variable Darner flew at me while </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was working in the yard one recent afternoon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought, "How cool is this? He's going to land on me!",</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and I stood stock still.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, it seems my face was his destination,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and I couldn't help but step back and dodge his final approach. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nonplussed, he landed on a post directly behind me for a quick photo shoot,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">before lifting off and trying to land on my face a second time. The funny thing (for me anyway) is that I've been tracking these darners all this late summer, hoping and waiting for one of them to land.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not only are they busy, they are fast!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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