Short-eared Owl - 1'athElk$otvafie,:3fid-§eptEmber (P&AW) ,V' -” ._‘ Ruby-thrdafiedAHMmmmgbtrdmggLgalarZCovehead marsh, Septéfnb“er¢®*(-‘SM, IJOM; BB

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OTHER NATURAL HISTORY OBSERVATIONS ', September 1 - dragonflies and gulls pursing swarms ofrants at Brackley (JDM)¢: September 8 several red maples on Old Fort Augustus road starting to show '* red leaves on single branches (JDM) ” ' 4 Atlantic white sided dolphins seen at Red Point on Hillsborough‘RiVer (BB) * ’w7' ‘ \. é‘ h September 18 - 4 to 6 Atlantic White sided dolphin just‘upriver of the causeway ‘ causing traffic jam on Hillsborough_Bridge‘4”'=~ 4. , — Septefibef‘BO AWOandelggns in flower at Dunstaffnage (A899‘ k -? 3”»m October‘r ‘ Atlantic white sided dolphins seeh just below MOUnt Stewart (MF) October 7 fresh inky cap mushrooms growing onjlawh in Winsloe (JDM) -'- October 8 - chipmunk seen feeding on apple at the Deroche Pond Natural Area October 13 3 lupins in flower at Alliston (BB) ““ a

September 9

Thanks to all those who contributed observations. ‘This‘issue's contributors were: BB - Bill Bowerbank; SC‘- Sheila Christie; JCT- Mrs;>Joe Clark; BC — Barb Currie; KD - Keith Davidson; MF 2 Mark Feehan; BG 9 Bruce Gillespie; BGl - Bill Glen; JH - Jamengughes; SH IflSally Hooff; MK - Meika’Keunecke; EL - Eleanor Lowe; AM - Arlefie McGuigan; AMiL5”Alan Miller; JDM - Dan McAskill; MM - ' ’ . Margaret Mallett; SM s Scott quépeace; Roberta'Palmer; JTR“J John te Raa; AS - Allan Saint; P&Aw - Pat & Ann Wootton. '7' u': 7"; “u‘

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