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Sun Oct 22 / 06 - afternoon around high tide - Kings Co. Jean Timpa and I went pond-hopping in our Wolfville-Canning area primarily to look for waterfowl and were not disappointed. There is more of a variety of ducks around, plus the numbers were impressive at Canard Pond. CANADA GOOSE: 23 - Van Nostrand's Pond, Starrs Point; 25 - Habitant River; 8 - Canning. BLUE-W. TEAL: 4 - Habitant R., behind the Canning Cdn. Legion bldg. GRN-W. TEAL: 12 - D.U. pond, Middle Dyke Rd, New Minas; a male - Canning Aboiteau, Saxon St Pond, Sheffield Mills; also 100+ more Teal in Canard Pond which were mostly Grn-wings. N. PINTAIL: 8 males -Canard Pond; single male - Habitant R., behind the Canning Cdn. Legion bldg. AM. WIGEON: 5m, 2f - Canard Pond. RING-NECK. DUCK: fem - Harris' Pond, Canning. WOOD DUCK: 2 males - Saxon St Pond on marsh side, Sheffield Mills. MALLARD: 100+ in Canard Pond; 54 - Canning Aboiteau; 32 - Habitant R., behind the Canning Cdn. Legion bldg; 3m - Saxon St Pond; 8 - D.U. pond, Middle Dyke Rd, New Minas. BLACK DUCK: 40 - Canard Pond; 10 - pond near D.O.T. bldg, s.w. Canning (Rte 358); 7 - Habitant R., behind the Canning Cdn. Legion bldg; and a just a few more scattered elsewhere. D-C. CORMORANT: one - Harris' Pond, Canning; one - Saxon St pond; 3 - D.U. pond, Middle Dyke Rd, New Minas. GBH: One - D.U. pond, Middle Dyke Rd, New Minas. AM. COOT: one - Canard pond; one - D.U. pond, Middle Dyke Rd, New Minas. GTR. YELLOWLEGS: one in Habitant R., behind the Canning Cdn. Legion bldg, feeding with the ducks. BALD EAGLE: all imms. 6 - Canning area; 2 - Canard pond; one - Grand Pre. MARSH HARRIER: fem/imm - along Saxon St. RED-TAILED HAWK: one- Canard pond Unidentified small RAPTOR flushed before we could ID (possibly a Sharpie) behind the Canning Cdn. Legion bldg. CEDAR WAXWING: 2 - Canning. RED-W. BLACKBIRD: 5 (2m 2f) along Habitant R., behind the Canning Cdn. Legion bldg. AM. PIPIT: 14 - Grand Pre, near Wolfville Sewage Ponds. Y-RUMPED WARBLER: one - Canard pond. AM. ROBIN everywhere. At least 150 along the Habitant R., behind the Canning Cdn. Legion bldg. BLUE JAY: a few here and there, on the move. Cheers Judy Tufts >>>>>>>>>>> Judy Tufts Wolfville <<<<<<<<<<<
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