The American Redstart is a stunning bird and quite successful with the population increasing province wide probably due to the regrowth of forest edge habitat.

American Redstart

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While my desktop computer was in storage I was compelled to use my laptop computer which simply does not have the horsepower to process my 61mp RAW files or use Adobe so I am going through my last six weeks of photos and processing them for optimum presentation. All these photos will by captioned with "revisit".

House Wren

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This is the last blog post of this adventure.

We hiked down to Anderson's Beach in the best weather of our trip; moderate temperature, light but refreshing wind, no fog, no smoke and the insects were not too bad either.

There is no commentary on the photos. It's all scenery in some old growth forest and jagged coastline. Enjoy this trail at low tide for the maximum benefit.

Anderson's Beach, Cape Chignecto Provincial Park

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Today is our penultimate hike, the completion of the Acadian Dyke trail from the harbour to the sea. 40 foot tides here change the harbour basin from an ocean bay to a sand bar.

Wildflowers, birds, bees and butterflies line the trail which is atop the dyke. I came poorly equipped for trail photography and image processing where modems are shared and funneled through a single phone line.

Next year I will circuit Newfoundland for 30+ days and I will be better equipped for a shoot and post daily type of nature photography.

The Acadian Dyke Trail

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Alder Flycatcher

Alder Flyatcher 2801

Astilbe

Astilbe 2901

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle 2801

Three Great Blue Herons

Blue Herons 2801

Cabbage Butterfly

Cabbage White Butterfly 2801

Canada Hawkweed

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Least Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper 2801

Least Sandpiper 2802 Least Sandpiper 2803

Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly 2801 Monarch Butterfly 2802

Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Plover 2801 Semipalmated Plover 2802

Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture 2801 Turkey Vulture 2802 White Rose 2801

Yellow-rumped Warbler (juvenile)

Yellow-rumped Warbler 2801

Chignecto National Wildlife Area

There was some huffing an puffing on our visit, gorgeous scenery, very few birds, but lots of mushrooms, lichens, fungi and mosses.

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Dead Man's Fingers

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Blue Bead Lily

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2740

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12 Spotted Skimmer

Dragonfly Type 1-1

White-tailed Skimmer

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Least Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper 2701

End of Day

End of Day 2701 End of Day 2702

The weather was iffy so we we didn't want to get exposed on the Acadian dykes, the hike we had planned for this day. Fast moving lightning storms with torrential downpours have become a recent risk.

Tomorrow we will try the Amherst Point Bird Sanctuary,  a place we have not visited for years. The good  news is that the marsh has been taken over by the Federal government, always a positive move in protecting our natural wilderness. They have the expertise and resources that will be needed.

American Redstart

American Redstart 2601

Astilbe

Astilbe 2602

Bald Eagle

BaldEagle 2601

Bath Time

Bathtime 2601

Black-and-White Warbler

Black-and-White Warbler 2601

Catchfly

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Goldfinch

Goldfinch 2601

Least Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper 2601 Least Sandpiper 2602 Least Sandpiper 2603

Ring-necked Pheasant

Ring-necked Pheasant 2601

Song Sparrow

Song Sparrow 2601 Song Sparrow 2602

This Tells the Story of Our Day

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Laura and I hiked the Eatonville Trail as far as we dared. It was rough, steep and with sections of high grass which necessitated tick protocols. There were no good views of the estuary where they built the ships. The best photographs of this area were made on our earlier hike on the Three Sisters loop.

Here is everything you need to know about Eatonville and the ship building and logging activity that occurred here.

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Eatonville, Nova Scotia

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Eatonville, Nova Scotia   (formerly Three Sisters)
Ghost town
Eatonville Harbour, showing the site of the mill and shipyard
Eatonville, Nova Scotia Location of Eatonville in Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45°25′12.5″N 64°54′55.2″WCoordinates: 45°25′12.5″N 64°54′55.2″W
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Founded	1826
Abandoned	circa 1940
Population
• mid-1880s	350 (Peak)
Website	www.novascotiaparks.ca/parks/cape-chignecto.asp#facilities

Eatonville is a former lumber and shipbuilding village in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. It includes a large tidal harbour at the mouth of the Eatonville Brook beside several dramatic sea stacks known as the "Three Sisters". It was founded in 1826 and abandoned in the 1940s. The site of the village is now part of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park.

Early history

The complex geology of Eatonville Harbour and powerful erosion forces of the Bay of Fundy tides created a series of dramatic sea stacks, stone arches and caves. Three of the sea stacks are closely grouped and known as the "Three Sisters". According to a Mi'kmaw legend, they were created by the mythical figure Glooscap when he turned a pack of dogs pursuing a moose into the stone towers. The fleeing moose became the Isle Haute and can be seen in the distance from the frozen stone forms of the Three Sisters.^[1] Settlers established a small sawmill on crown land at the tidal harbour beside the sea stacks about 1826. Early families at the settlement which became known as "Three Sisters" included the McDade, McNamara, Atkinson and Spicer families. By 1837 they had built a rough, but much-used road to Advocate, the beginnings of what came to be known as the "Eatonville Road". The land around the community was granted to James McDade in 1851. The land around the harbour and extensive timber holdings inland along Cape Chignecto were purchased by David Rufus Eaton and Charles Frederick Eaton in 1864.^[2]

Shipbuilding

The Eatons built a series of saw mills, lumber camps and a large shipyard. The growing settlement around their mills was named after their family.^[3] A shipyard at the harbour produced over 20 large vessels beginning with the 1000 ton barque Chignecto in 1874^[4] and finishing with the tern schooner J. L. Ralston in 1919.^[5] Eatonville ships were noteworthy enough to attract coverage from Harpers Weekly Magazine which published an illustrated feature article on the launch of the barque Argenta at the Eaton's yard in 1890.^[6] A notable example was the large ship Joseph H. Scammell built at Eatonville in 1884 which became a famous shipwreck in Australia when she sank in 1891. Eatonville Harbour attracted considerable shipping for the timber export trade. Two small tugs were based at the harbour to assist in docking ships and moving timber rafts^[7] and the volume of shipping led to the construction of the Eatonville Lighthouses on the beach south of the wharf which operated from 1909 to 1923.^[8] The harbour witnessed several shipwrecks including the spectacular wreck of the three masted schooner Marjorie J. Sumner which was severely damaged in the harbour in 1906 when it toppled over at low tide and was crushed by its large deckload of timber.^[9] The shipyard and large sawmill were located at the harbour while the main village, known as "the Old Town" was located 1 mile (2 km) inland. The two were connected by a "tramway", a horse-drawn pole railway.

Lumber Industry

The Eaton's first sawmill was upriver in the "Old Town". In the 1890s, they built a much larger sawmill at Eatonville Harbour. The mill was a large steam-powered operation which could produce 60,000 board feet (100 m³) of lumber a day, but the Eatons "preferred to cut less, waste nothing and strive for quality." This allowed them to make the most sustainable use of their Cape Chignecto timber holdings which also had the advantage of very few forest fires because the "fog forests" of Cape Chignecto are constantly damp from Bay of Fundy fogs. A network of logging camps across Cape Chignecto connected by trails and log driving streams fed the Eatonville Mills while the adjacent settlement of New Yarmouth provided supplies, horse teams and workers. The village had a population of 350 people in its peak years. About 250 people lived in the Old Town which included a post office, two stores, a combined school and church and a blacksmith shop. About 100 people lived in Eatonville Harbour which had a separate post office and a large store. The store attracted customers from surrounding villages across eastern Cumberland County, drawn by its extensive array of imported goods. The store boasted fine parquet floors and one of the earliest telephone connections in the area.^[10]

Decline

The Eatons sold their holdings to the Elderkin family in 1897. The population dwindled after World War One as timber stands were exhausted and wooden shipbuilding collapsed. The large mill was eventually destroyed by fire. The village was largely abandoned by the 1930s. Seasonal cutting and exports of timber from scows continued into the 1940s. The last year-round resident left in 1943, although the descendants of several Eatonville families maintain cabins in the area. The surrounding forests were logged by various Cumberland County Mills but especially for pulpwood by the Scott Paper Company until the 1980s.

Present day

The Eatonville Road became a seasonal wilderness public road for off-road vehicles maintained by volunteers from Advocate to Eatonville and through to Spicers Cove. In 1989, the Eatonville site became part of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park. The old village site is crossed by the park's main backpacking trail which follows the former tramway for several kilometres and connects to a bunkhouse and wilderness campsites at Eatonville's "Old Town" site. The sea stacks and beach at the harbour are a popular kayak destination. In July 2009, the Park built an "off-the-grid" seasonal interpretation centre accessible by car from Spicers Cove along with a network of short day hikes overlooking the harbour, the Three Sisters sea stacks and a dramatic Raised beach at nearby Squally Point. The interpretation centre closed due to environmental problems in 2013 but the trails and look-offs remain open.^[11] The tidal harbour at Eatonville floods very quickly at high tide and can trap hikers attempting to explore the sea stacks from the beach. Two hikers and a dog were trapped by the tide in 2014 and had to be rescued by a helicopter from CFB Greenwood.^[12] In 2020, the Eatonville Day Use trail system centred on the Three Sisters sea stacks became an anchor of the UNESCO "Cliffs of Fundy Global Geopark which begin at Eatonville and stretch around Cape Chignecto and down the coast to Debert.^{[13] [14]}

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Fritillary Butterfly and Canada Hawkweed

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Early Morning Cobwebs

Webs in the Morning 2503

Red Hawkweed

Red Hawkweed 2501

The cobwebs were everywhere.

Webs in the Morning 2501

Fritillary and Canada Hawkweed

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Pink Yarrow

Pink Yarrow 2501 Webs in the Morning 2502

On Saturday we drive into Parrsboro for supplies. There are good sand beaches between Advocate and Parrsboro but unfortunately there have been very few shorebirds.

Nevertheless every day is a surprise. Today we walked the dykes that the amazing early Acadians built here to form the salt marsh and inner harbour of Advocate. I also obtained excellent moonrise photos, the first ones here in 36 days.

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History of the Acadians

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The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of 17th and 18th century French settlers in parts of Acadia (French: Acadie) in the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Québec, and the Kennebec River in southern Maine. The settlers whose descendants became Acadians primarily came from the southwestern and southern regions of France, historically known as Occitania, while some Acadians are claimed to be descended from the Indigenous peoples of the region.^[1]Today, due to assimilation, some Acadians may share other ethnic ancestries as well.^[2]

The history of the Acadians was significantly influenced by the six colonial wars that took place in Acadia during the 17th and 18th century (see the four French and Indian Wars, Father Rale's War and Father Le Loutre's War). Eventually, the last of the colonial wars—the French and Indian War—resulted in the British Expulsion of the Acadians from the region. After the war, many Acadians came out of hiding or returned to Acadia from the British Colonies. Others remained in France and some migrated from there to Louisiana, where they became known as Cajuns, a corruption of the word Acadiens or Acadians. The nineteenth century saw the beginning of the Acadian Renaissance and the publication of Evangeline, which helped galvanize Acadian identity. In the last century, Acadians have made achievements in the areas of equal language and cultural rights as a minority group in the Maritime provinces of Canada.

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The Acadian Dykes of Advocate

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I found some wild blueberries, ripe and ready to go, on the side of the Avondale Road. Laura was delighted to take advantage of this discovery.

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Cape d"Or

As seen from the dykes.

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Bumblebee and Fireweed

Fireweed and Bumblebee 2401

Fritillary and Pearly Everlasting

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Great Blue Heron

Beside the dyke

Great Blue Heron 2401

Laura Enjoying the View

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The Blueberry Harvest

Picking Blueberries 2401

Sweet White Clover

Sweet White Clover 2400

Two Tree Swallows and Two Song Sparrows

Tree Swallows and Song Sparrows 2401

I was never able to get good moonrise or sunrise photographs at Portuguese Cove because of the turbulent air currents compressed onto the photo from shooting over 30 kilometres of ocean. This is not a problem at Advocate.

Moonrise at Advocate Harbour

The photos are taken from the cottage deck.

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The moon photos are low resolution, about 250 kilobytes jpeg files. I look forward to working on these photos from the 120 megabyte RAW files.

There was sunshine in the morning which gave us an opportunity to visit the Cape d'Or Light. The hike down to the light is easy enough but there was a lot of huffing and puffing as we came back up the hill. The weather deteriorated in the afternoon but it did provide an opportunity to photograph the unusual and dramatic cloud formations.

Late Day Clouds

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The Bluffs at Cape d'Or

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Lightkeeper's Buildings

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Tide Rip

The tidal rips run like a river.

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Ominous Evening Cloud

Clouds over Cape d'Or 230

Memories

Memories 230

Nightshade

Night Shade 230 Night Shade 231

Tidal Pond

Seaside Pond 230 Seaside Pond 231

Sunset Over Cape Chignecto

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Cape d'Or From the Cape Chignecto

Thunder Heads 230 Thunder Heads 231 Trail to Blue Rocks 230

A tropical rain storm greeted our morning. Laura stayed at the cottage reading a book from the free libraries that have popped up roadside while I drove about in the rain looking for photographic opportunities and challenges.

The rain did let up later in the day and we were able to enjoy our evening walk along the beach to the red rocks.

Alder Flycatcher

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Cape Chignecto

Cape Chignecto 220

Cape d'Or Cape d'Or 220

Cape Split

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At the Dockside

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Isle Haute and Cape Chegnecto

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Memories

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Red Rock Falls

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Sunset Over Cape Chignecto

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It was another lousy weather day,....enough said.

Nature photography changes over the seasons with the movements of birds and animals as well as changes in environmental conditions. This time of year there is a transition from bird photography to wildflowers, butterflies, mosses, lichens, mushrooms, fungi, fall colours, snow and ice and night sky photography. Bird and wildlife photography is always present with a gradual switchover from summer nesting and breeding to migrations and the always present year round residents.

Bald Eagle

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British Soldier Lichens

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Bunchberry

Bunch Berry 210

Butter and Eggs

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Cape Capstan Light

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Cedar Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing 210

Club-spur Orchid (Little)

Club-spur Orchid 210 Club-spur Orchid 211

Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Junco 210 Dark-eyed Junco 211

Spicer's Cove

Fundy Bluffs 210 Fundy Bluffs 211 Fundy Bluffs 212

Fungus

Fungus 210

Grey Catbird

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Mushrooms

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New England Aster

New England Aster 210

Red Hawkweed

Red Hawkweed 210

Red Lichen

Red Lichen 210

Red Rock Falls

Red Rock Falls is on our evening walkabout route so it always gets attention from us as we observe its changes in light and water flow.

Red Rock Falls 210

Spicer's Cove

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It was a lousy day for walkabouts, photography and sinuses thanks to the fog and the smoke plume from the wild fires. All of my photographs were compromised. I pity the millions of sentient creatures who are dying in these fires, mostly alone and in agony. We have done terminal damage. This is the price of reckless greed and disregard for the natural world. The human species has lost its moral right to oversee this planet or to exist as a species. Armageddon in the form of a planet killer is needed now so that this marvelous rock in space can once again thrive. This will happen sooner or later.

In Nova Scotia clear cut (strip logging) is permitted in wilderness areas including provincial parks. I ran across some forest butchering in Chignecto Provincial Park. These guys are stripping 6-10 inch diameter trees and leaving a wasteland in their wake.

I experimented with some fog/smoke editing techniques to try to save the day's photos but at best they will only serve to remind us of this sad day.

American Redstart

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Bumblebee in Purple Vetch

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Dark-eyed Junco

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Goldenrod

Goldenrod 200

Sun's Last Gleaming Through the Smoke

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Swainson's Thrush

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Young Doe

White-tailed Deer 200-1 White-tailed Deer 200

The weather has gone down hill; morning and evening fog usually arriving with the incoming tide, drizzle, fog mist, cool then muggy and steady rain.

As I expected the Eastern Bluebird and Tree Swallow chicks have fledged. They move around with their parents, protective parents, and are difficult to photograph as they sit on wires almost always backlit.

We can smell the wild fires and the sky has a errie cast with the sun occasionally poking through the fire haze. What have we done to this planet?

Eastern Bluebird

There are no more mouth fulls of grubs and insects.

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Fritillary Buttterfly on Thistle

Thistle

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For other uses, see Thistle (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Teasel, also a tall prickly plant.

Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the plant – on the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. These prickles are an adaptation that protects the plant from being eaten by herbivores. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape similar to a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flowerheads.

The comparative amount of spininess varies dramatically by species. For example, Cirsium heterophyllum has minimal spininess while Cirsium spinosissimum is the opposite.^[1] Typically, species adapted to dry environments have greater spininess.

The term thistle is sometimes taken to mean precisely those plants in the tribe Cardueae (synonym: Cynareae),^[2] especially the genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum.^[3] However, plants outside this tribe are sometimes called thistles, and when this is done, "thistles" would form a polyphyletic group.

A thistle is the floral emblem of Scotland and Lorraine, as well as the emblem of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

Biennial thistles are particularly noteworthy for their high wildlife value, producing such things as copious floral resources for pollinators, nourishing seeds for birds like the goldfinch, foliage for butterfly larvae, and down for the lining of birds' nests

Fritillary and Canada Thistle 190

Grey Catbird

Hunting for nesting material for its second nesting.

Gray Catbird 190 Gray Catbird 191

Native Bee on Purple Vetch

Native Bee 190

Red Crossbill

He is a long way's off. (I find it offensive to call a sentient creature, "it")

Red Crossbill 190

White Rose

White Rose 190

Yarrow

Yarrow 190