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Mega Road Trip to Far-Eastern Canada, July 02
July 02

Day 42. July 02, 2014. Wednesday. Broad Cove Campground to Cheticamp Campground, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia

We did a lot of walking and some driving on this second very hot day. We slept a little late to make up for not sleeping much on the ferry, then spent some time walking near the campground. From there, we backtracked a few miles and hiked about halfway up Franey Mountain looking for Bay-breasted Warblers. We heard about five (LB#634; heard only), but never saw a one for sure. It was too hot and became very windy, so we gave up and pushed on.

Back in town, we found wifi at the public library, then drove north around the end of Nova Scotia, stopping several times to see the sights and look for birds. When the road turned up into the highlands (to about 1,500 ft), we stopped to walk on a trail with 250-year-old sugar maple trees, the oldest stand of native trees in Nova Scotia, and we stopped at a wonderful little boardwalk through a fen-bog where Liz got to spend quality time with some of her old friends and some new ones too. We found two species of orchid blooming, pitcher plants blooming, and even some sundews.

We eventually drove on and got a quiet site in Cheticamp Campground where the wifi is not working and it is so hot that we will have to sleep in the tent.
July 02
Relaxing in Broad Cove Campground before leaving		 July 02
Back-end of a snowshoe hare
July 02
Song Sparrow catching bugs to feed the nestlings		 July 02
Broad Cove: maybe not the best swimming beach
July 02
Liz at Broad Cove Beach (view N)		 July 02
Liz at Broad Cove Beach (view S)
July 02
Franey trailhead		 July 02
Liz starting on Franey Trail
July 02
Liz with about 100 Lady Slipper Orchids		 July 02
Lady Slipper Orchids
July 02
Little toad-let		 July 02
Little snake-let
July 02
Black-throated Green Warbler		 July 02 Dark-eyed Junco collecting bugs to feed nestlings
July 02
Rocky, granite Atlantic coast (view north with sun)		 July 02
Rocky, granite Atlantic coast (view south with clouds)
July 02
Scenic overlook with discussion about geology		 July 02
Lots of lupine flowers up here
July 02
Lone Shieling Trailhead		 July 02
Liz on Lone Shieling among 250-year-old Sugar Maple forest
July 02
Liz at the Lone Shieling (replica of a Scottish sheep herder's hut)		 July 02
Liz on Lone Shieling among 250-year-old Sugar Maple forest
July 02
Bog Trailhead		 July 02
Liz on boardwalk in the fen-bog communing with her green friends
July 02
Liz on boardwalk in the fen-bog communing with her green friends		 July 02
Orchid
July 02
Pitcher plants		 July 02
Pitcher plant flower
July 02
Liz in the fen-bog with her green friends		 July 02
Dragonfly in the fen-bog
July 02
Jim photographing small flowers		 July 02
Jim photographing even smaller flowers
July 02
Sundew in the bog		 July 02
Butterfly in the bog
July 02
Liz shooting scenery in late afternoon over St. Lawrence River		 July 02
Rock spires with Great Cormorants in the St. Lawrence River
July 02
Cheticamp Campground		 July 02
Liz's work is never done; Cheticamp Campground

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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