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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