Hey Nancy!

 NB> How far north of me are the ones in Ontario...?

From my understanding the bulk of the fires are in the northeast on the Ontario
 side of the Ontario/Quebec border.  However the major one, to the northwest of
 you, is just south of Sudbury and is (was?) the greatest threat to life and
limb.  At one point it threatened to shut down the Trans Canada highway.  I
haven't heard much about it since then which was about a week ago.  All I know
is that they cannot spare any fire fighters to BC now that things are flaring
up here.  Apparently as of the last couple of days we are looking to import
fire fighters from abroad.

 NB> Is it worth a hike to the probable vicinity to see if they are
 NB> still around....?

No problem really since the hike is not much of a hike or at least it wasn't
before the middle of May when I last spotted the local neighbourhood flock.  I
thought for sure they'd show themselves long before this.  I have a bad feeling
 the slight increase in human activity this summer might have scared them off. 
 Perhaps we were close to the tipping point prior to this season.

Life is good,
Maurice

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