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Photos from Assiniboine-Diversion Spillway near PortageLaPrairie MB on 2009apr25:
Spillway: at Assiniboine Diversion Marbled Godwit?: pair Wild Turkey: pair

Photos from Portage Sandhills near PortageLaPrairie MB on 2009apr25:
Prickly-pear-cactus=Opuntia polycantha: Prickly-pear-cactus=Opuntia polycantha: closer ?unidentified: fly Will Milne: with Portage Sandhills background Doris + me: walking uphill in the Portage Sandhills; Doris says it shows us going downhill:-) Doris + me: taking a break in the Portage Sandhills Western Hognose Snake=Heterodon nasicus?: remains skeleton+skin Western Hognose Snake=Heterodon nasicus?: remains skeleton+skin Pygmyflower rockjasmine=Androsace septentrionalis: rosette many Pygmyflower rockjasmine=Androsace septentrionalis: rosette of toothed leaves Pygmyflower rockjasmine=Androsace septentrionalis: rosette of toothed leaves Pygmyflower rockjasmine=Androsace septentrionalis: rosette of toothed leaves Richardson's alumroot: foliage Creeping Juniper=Juniperus horizontalis: aerial view from GoogleEarth: with a few highlights of our walk in the Portage Sandhills

- better photos of the snake remains can be seen at www.watersidemb.ca/snake1.html

- snake remains identified as probably Hognose by Kelly Leavesley of MB-Conservation, however Doug Collicutt of naturenorth.com and Randy Mooi of ManitobaMuseum say gartersnake;  Pygmyflower by Chris Friesen of MB-Conservation;  most others by Doris Ames as is the case for most plant, insect, bird, and scat photos on this site

- coordinates of the placemarks on that aerial-view from Google-Earth:

Cactus (Doris): 49.79515°N 98.23857°W
Snake-Discussion (ER):  49.79405°N 98.24194°W
Snake-Remains (Will): 49.79387°N 98.24222°W


Photos from Perry Park on Whitemud River near Westbourne MB on 2009apr25:
sucker-dipping: on the Whitemud in Perry Park sucker-dipping: on the Whitemud in Perry Park sucker-dipping: on the Whitemud in Perry Park closer sucker-dipping: on the Whitemud in Perry Park WhiteSucker: caviar WhiteSucker: caviar closer totem-pole: in Perry Park Sharp-shinned hawk?:

Photos from Westbourne MB on 2009apr25:
large gun: with JohannDyck+WillMilne+me

Photos from St-Pauls Anglican Church in Baie St-Paul MB on 2009apr25:
sign: St-Pauls Anglican Church Baie St-Paul Erected 1910 sign: St-Pauls Anglican Church Baie St-Paul Erected 1910 closer church: St-Pauls Anglican in Baie St-Paul erected 1910 front-view church: St-Pauls Anglican in Baie St-Paul erected 1910 front-view closer church: St-Pauls Anglican in Baie St-Paul erected 1910 side-view White Pelican: many White Pelican: many
- residents of Baie St.Paul parish moved to St-Eustache in the late 1800's in search of a less flood-prone location (research by Doris Ames)