by rita.paul＠ns.sympatico.ca rita.paul＠ns.sympatico.ca
Hi All
Friday was Keji Loon Nest day and it was a fun time.
Afterwards a drive through the Park seemed in order.
Just as I reached the Rogers Brook parking area
a doe crossed the road just in front of me. I stopped
for safety reasons and a buck soon crossed behind her.
A nice rack of horns he had but no record seter.
When he got to the edge of the woods he spied a small fire tree and he
used it to rub his horns. Made a mess of the tree. Next he walked a few
steps
and pawed the ground - made dirt fly - while he chewed a banch over his
head.
Then he walked up to the parking area and the doe got bored and
wandered away.
He soon followed.
I have seen a lot of scrapes on trees and on the grounnd but it was the
first time
for me that I saw a buck actually making them.
Enjoy the fall
Paul
by rita.paul＠ns.sympatico.ca rita.paul＠ns.sympatico.ca
Hi All
Friday was Keji Loon Nest day and it was a fun time.
Afterwards a drive through the Park seemed in order.
Just as I reached the Rogers Brook parking area
a doe crossed the road just in front of me. I stopped
for safety reasons and a buck soon crossed behind her.
A nice rack of horns he had but no record seter.
When he got to the edge of the woods he spied a small fire tree and he
used it to rub his horns. Made a mess of the tree. Next he walked a few
steps
and pawed the ground - made dirt fly - while he chewed a banch over his
head.
Probably urinated at the time but I couldn't see.
Then he walked up to the parking area and the doe got bored and
wandered away.
He soon followed.
I have seen a lot of scrapes on trees and on the grounnd but it was the
first time
for me that I saw a buck actually making them.
Enjoy the fall
Paul
For we birders, Bob was a great birding companion and a very likeable
person. Others would have known him from his other extensive
activities. Bob died On Nov 18, 2021. Here is his obituary
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/halifax-ns/robert-bob-mcdonald-1…
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Don MacNeill donmacneill(a)bellaliant.net
by rita.paul＠ns.sympatico.ca rita.paul＠ns.sympatico.ca
Hi All
Yesterday was Keji Loon Nest day and it was a fun time.
Afterwards a drive through the Park seemed in order.
Just as I reached the Rogers Brook parking area
a doe crossed the road just in front of me. I stopped
for safety reasons and a buck soon crossed behind her.
A nice rack of horns he had but no record seter.
When he got to the edge of the woods he spied a small fire tree and he
used it to rub his horns. Made a mess of the tree. Next he walked a few
steps
and pawed the ground - made dirt fly - while he chewed a banch over his
head.
Probably urinated at the time but I couldn't see.
Then he walked up to the parking area and the doe got bored and
wandered away.
He soon followed.
I have seen a lot of scrapes on trees and on the grounnd but it was the
first time
for me that I saw a buck actually making them.
Enjoy the fall
Paul
This is an interesting report. Over 40 years of study, researchers have
found changes in the masses of birds and wing length that they attribute
to climate change. There must be a lot of this going on in other
species too.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211113072507.htm
Don
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Don MacNeill donmacneill(a)bellaliant.net
I'm declaring today to be Peak Oak here in the Valley. Looking around,
either from up here on the N. Mountain to the Valley or from the Valley to
the mountain, every oak tree is visible in the sunshine as a separate tree.
Being one of the very last to shed leaves, and with its distinctive rusty
brown leaf colour, the Red Oak is extremely visible against its mostly bare
grey companions.
This interests me especially for its distribution. Like the beech, which
tends to exist either scattered or in clumps, the oak does the same. There
are few on my property, 20+ acres of which is visible from below. I know
about them because I visit them throughout the year. There are some nice
specimens, but they are few and far between. But look only a few properties
to the west, and there are considerable clumps of oak -- likewise in the
valley.
Why is that interesting? The fact is that this is the only time of year
that oaks distinguish themselves from other trees, so it's almost
impossible to pick them out at any other time.
I understand that much of oak planting is done by Blue Jays, possibly with
the help of squirrels, which would account for some of the distribution
beyond the fall lines of mature trees..
Doug
Arlington, Kings Co.
Hi All,
Does anybody know why subject had been taken down including railings and interpretive signs?
Only the concrete base is left.
Thanks,
Henk Kwindt, Cow Bay, NS.
To all Friends of Monarch Butterflies,
You are invited to a Zoom webinar hosted by the Monarch Joint
Venture.The Monarch Butterfly Fund will present Supporting Monarch
Conservation in Mexico. Our board members will give a summary of our
work in Mexico, and two guest speakers will give first-hand accounts of
their projects funded by MBF.
When: Nov 16, 20212:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register here:
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REGISTRATION CLOSES ABOUT 2 PM ON MONDAY,NOVEMBER 15! PLEASE SHARE WITH
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES.
Guadalupe Del Rio,President of the conservation organization Alternare,
will describe howher organization works with local communities on
sustainable development andforest conservation.
André Green from the University of Michigan will report on the amazing
progress he's made designing a sensor to track the monarch's migratory
route. This project is the result of the Monarch Challenge launched by
MBF in 2017. A tag as light as a flattened flake of oats!
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sent by Larry Bogan
Brooklyn Corner, NS
In this very interesting Nov 8 interview on CBC’s Mainstreet re a 10’ Great White Shark encounter off Duncan’s Cove https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-37-mainstreet-ns/clip/15877446-an-un… I was wondering about the reason for the water layering mentioned, murky up top and clear well below, at this time of year in this area. Anyone?
Thanks
Nancy D
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