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Hi Tweeters
It is raining on Pender Island for the first time in a while. The
ground has been very dry and our garden has needed very close
attention. Our place is a real haven these days as always. We have had
a Canada Goose nesting on the rocks just offshore for several weeks and
until a few days ago - unfortunately, we missed the major event - while
we were in town for a few days, the eggs hatched and the party is over -
they are all gone. The next show will be our "very resident" Robins
who have a nest in the overhang on the lower level of our cottage.
Nearly every late evening during the past several weeks we have enjoyed
the company of a pair of mating Saw-Whet Owls - we believe they have a
nest on our property or more likely in the ravine next door - or perhaps
in the Marine Park which shares a boundary with our property. As usual
there are Eagles and Turkey vultures around and a few species of
Hummingbirds - the latter being a major source of entertainment for us
as they sky-dive down to near the surface of the water from near the top
of the giant Douglas fir tree 75 feet above our top deck. At other
times they wll come close to our toes in one of the Mexican hammocks
(which is bright red). A pair of Loons visit our cove occasionally but
more often I see them when I am kayaking near the seal colony a few
nautical miles to the south. The Great Blue Heron is a very common
visitor as well. I find them to be very curious indeed and on more
than a few occasions I have had a Heron stay with me for a
circumnavigation of the island (about 13 nautical miles paddling over 2
to 3 hours depending on how slow I feel like travelling). The Heron
will wait until I paddle to within 50 yards and then fly ahead about
triple that distance, and again wait and watch until I am near, make a
single loud call and fly off again, repeating this sequence until he has
proven that he intended from the outset to accompany me the whole
distance around the island!
Mariette West from "Paddle Pender" - our email address is
mbnevwest at bc.sympatico.ca If you would like to view our "guestcabin"
web site
you will find it at
http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/cyberwest/paddlepender/
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<FONT COLOR="#3333FF">Hi Tweeters</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#3333FF">It is raining on Pender Island for the first
time in a while. The ground has been very dry and our garden has
needed very close attention. Our place is a real haven these days
as always. We have had a Canada Goose nesting on the rocks just offshore
for several weeks and until a few days ago - unfortunately, we missed the
major event - while we were in town for a few days, the eggs hatched and
the party is over - they are all gone. The next show will be our
"very resident" Robins who have a nest in the overhang
on the lower level of our cottage. Nearly every late evening during
the past several weeks we have enjoyed the company of a pair of mating
Saw-Whet Owls - we believe they have a nest on our property or more likely
in the ravine next door - or perhaps in the Marine Park which shares a
boundary with our property. As usual there are Eagles and Turkey
vultures around and a few species of Hummingbirds - the latter being a
major source of entertainment for us as they sky-dive down to near the
surface of the water from near the top of the giant Douglas fir tree 75
feet above our top deck. At other times they wll come close
to our toes in one of the Mexican hammocks (which is bright
red). A pair of Loons visit our cove occasionally but more often
I see them when I am kayaking near the seal colony a few nautical miles
to the south. The Great Blue Heron is a very common visitor as well.
I find them to be very curious indeed and on more than a few occasions
I have had a Heron stay with me for a circumnavigation of the island (about
13 nautical miles paddling over 2 to 3 hours depending on how slow I feel
like travelling). The Heron will wait until I paddle to within
50 yards and then fly ahead about triple that distance, and again wait
and watch until I am near, make a single loud call and fly off again, repeating
this sequence until he has proven that he intended from the outset to accompany
me the whole distance around the island!</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#3333FF">Mariette West from "Paddle Pender"
- our email address is mbnevwest at bc.sympatico.ca If you
would like to view our "guestcabin" web site</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#3333FF">you will find it at <A HREF="http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/cyberwest/paddlepender/">http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/cyberwest/paddlepender/</A></FONT>
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