‘Wednesday May 31, 1989 Peninsula PROFILE

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BULL KELP along the seashore Cy Hampson photo

yisually more difficult to pin-point.
And one should watch for the
small brown creeper, scaling up
. the trunks of trees.
| The open beaches of Island
View and Patricia Bay support a
wealth of birds, Particularly during
“the winter.
Here, one can see the very
attractive common, red-throated
(Pacific) and Arctic loons; red-
breasted, common and hooded
-mergansers; all of the generally
black, scoters; several: grebes;
brightly marked harlequins, the
Beau Brummcls ofthe waterfowl
world, and. old squaw or long-
tailed ducks along: with common
mugyres. :
And there are marbled murte-
“lets, pigeon guillemots, mew gulls,

Bonaparte gulls, glaucous-winged

catchers, black turnstones, killdecr,

greater yellowlegs and spotted san-

dpipers may be scen here as well.

Rattling kingfishers, which. bur-

row into sandy-clay banks to nest,

~ are often seen diving vertically for |
bullheads and fingerlings
“heard above the running surf,

and

VANTREIGHT VIEWS
Open areas such as the Van-
treight properties and the meadows
surrounding the Victoria Airport

‘.provide good places ‘to see and
‘hear. the. introduced skylark,:
~ usually ‘singing. high above. These.
are. also good places for streaked
» Savannah sparrows with the yellow
area over the eye, :
©. The common: swallows which -
: frequent yard and buildings are the’ *°
“beautiful violet-green “swallow |»

boxes in gardens and the striking

- fork-tailed, rusty-breasted barn

swallow which commonly con-
Structs its open, feather-lined nest

in farm buildings.

Elk/Beaver. Lake Parks peowide
fishing, boating, water sports, fine
swimming. and excellent. fre-

shwater habitat for birds and

aquatic organisms. There. is an
inviting walking trail around the

the Peninsula, particularly in Cen-
tral and North Saanich where
organization is strong..Jo Doman,

.North Saanich, reports that in her

community the Sunset Riding
Club, with a membership of 125
enthusiasts,
mics of horse trails,

North. Saanich has over 600
horses which are ridden largely on
trials associated with the Sunset

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“The ‘open beaches support.
a wealth of birds an a

‘lakes, providing. cool shade for
plants which thrive in. limited light
as. well-as. bright. sunlit areas, ..
favored by other: specics. * ar

“HAPPY. T RAILS” .,

“Horseback Tiding “ista very.

“Trail aroun. Horth. Hill I Park, and

ramifying. through’ Green’ P ark: and :

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Bee-ing there,
~_ or how to
handle aswarm |
How do you herd bees? .
-- Ashort tale told bya Saanich ]
Peninsula hospital extended
care paticnt suggests a novel
J way of handling a.swarm.
| The story, detailed in the
booklet: Memorics-Laughter, |.
i starts: down at the old Sidney:
wharf where a group of men
i were working, :
;- Suddenly. a great cloud: of:
A -bees flew over. the wharf. Onc
Poof the men grabbed a stick and
pounded on some rusted old oil
Hbarrels on the corner of the |
wharf, creating a tremendous
racket, :
The other men thought he ¥
Was Cray.
“Why do you want to do a
P thing like that for?” they asked.
F The bees, meanwhile, settled
down by the barrels,
— Soon a man rushed onto the |
wharf, asking if any of the men
had. spotted a'swarm of bees,
“They? re all yours," the nian
who had-pounded on the. bar
tels-said, pointing: towards the:
‘settled swarm, “Over. there: by.
the old cans, If you've pot your
bee skep Handy you can take.
Tem right away,"" we |
The oman did, The ee.
herding expert never reveatdd
how. he knew bees. would settle
new the noise,

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