We made it to Nova Scotia yesterday. They have a lot of provincial emblems including the osprey, Nova Scotia duck trolling retriever dog, Sable Island horses, wild blueberry, agate, mayflower, red spruce tree, and stilbite.
Osprey can weigh from 1.4 to 2 kg, with a wingspan of 1.5 to 1.8 m, live up to 25 years and have a total length of 53 to 58 cm. Osprey will catch fish that are up to three feet under water. They nest once per year with one to four eggs from March to August. They build their nests on a cliff, or manmade structure such as a platform or old dock pilings.
Osprey nest on a piling in the Fraser River.
In Nova Scotia you can also see the purple finch. The purple finch weighs 20 to 30 g, with a wingspan of 22 cm to 26 cm, living an unknown lifespan, with a length of 12 to 15 cm. Their status is declining. Purple finches eats flower and leaf buds, seeds, flowers of deciduous trees, caterpillars, insects and berries. They lay 4 eggs twice a year from May to July.
On the left is a black-headed grosbeak. On the right is a purple finch.
We are 6690 km from Tofino!
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