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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_KAwATqmU1ClvjNub52tp9Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT For some reason, this message posted last evening still has not appeared on NatureNS. So am re-sending and hope that it appears only once. Cheers, Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob McDonald To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 8:25 PM Subject: Windsor and Valley Ponds Hello All, Wendy and I travelled to the Wolfville area today on the pretense of buying some fresh fruits and veggies. We stopped at several locations to do some birding and here are some of the birds we saw: Shell Environmental Park: - G. Yellowlegs (1) - RN Pheasant (2) - Chipping Sparrow (1) - A. Robin (~150-200) - seemed to be all "Brown-backed" - BC Chickadee (6) - RT Hawk (2) - D. Woodpecker (1) - H. Lark (~10) - GW Teal (~10) Windsor sewage ponds - GB Heron (1) - C. Goose (~55) - BB Plover (65-70) - roosting on the bank between the 2 ponds - Sandpiper sp (20-25) - slept through our whole visit - A. Wigeon (4) Port Williams sewage ponds - Barrow's Goldeneye (1)!! - Mallard (12) van Nostrands/DU ponds (where we met Neil van Nostrand) - A. Coot (2) - H. Merganser (pair) - RN Duck (3) Harris' pond - C. Goose (~60) - H. Merganser (~10 - all female) - W. Snipe (1) - RN Pheasant (1) - RN Duck (3) Saxon St ponds - a few Mallards, otherwise nothing!! Canard pond - GW Teal (~150) - Mallard (~60) - N Pintail (8-10) - A Wigeon (4) Along Saxon St. we picked up 2 of the LBB Gulls which Richard Stern mentioned in a previous message. There must be over 1000 gulls in this area!! We also saw a total of perhaps 8 Bald Eagles during our travels; all were immatures!! Only 3 Rt Hawks were observed, and we noted no other raptors. Thanks to Jim W for his directions which got us to the ponds and kept us from getting lost, and to Jim, Judy and Richard for their posts on the pond life. Cheers, Bob McDonald, Halifax --Boundary_(ID_KAwATqmU1ClvjNub52tp9Q) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>For some reason, this message posted last evening still has not appeared on NatureNS. So am re-sending and hope that it appears only once.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca href="mailto:bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca">Bob McDonald</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 05, 2006 8:25 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Windsor and Valley Ponds</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hello All,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Wendy and I travelled to the Wolfville area today on the pretense of buying some fresh fruits and veggies. We stopped at several locations to do some birding and here are some of the birds we saw:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Shell Environmental Park:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - G. Yellowlegs (1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - RN Pheasant (2)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Chipping Sparrow (1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - A. Robin (~150-200) - seemed to be all "Brown-backed"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - BC Chickadee (6)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - RT Hawk (2)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - D. Woodpecker (1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - H. Lark (~10)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - GW Teal (~10)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Windsor sewage ponds</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - GB Heron (1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - C. Goose (~55)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - BB Plover (65-70) - roosting on the bank between the 2 ponds</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Sandpiper sp (20-25) - slept through our whole visit</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - A. Wigeon (4)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Port Williams sewage ponds</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Barrow's Goldeneye (1)!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Mallard (12)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>van Nostrands/DU ponds (where we met Neil van Nostrand)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - A. Coot (2)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - H. Merganser (pair)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - RN Duck (3)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Harris' pond</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - C. Goose (~60)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - H. Merganser (~10 - all female)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - W. Snipe (1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - RN Pheasant (1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - RN Duck (3)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Saxon St ponds </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - a few Mallards, otherwise nothing!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Canard pond</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - GW Teal (~150)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Mallard (~60)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - N Pintail (8-10)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - A Wigeon (4)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Along Saxon St. we picked up 2 of the LBB Gulls which Richard Stern mentioned in a previous message. There must be over 1000 gulls in this area!! We also saw a total of perhaps 8 Bald Eagles during our travels; all were immatures!! Only 3 Rt Hawks were observed, and we noted no other raptors.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks to Jim W for his directions which got us to the ponds and kept us from getting lost, and to Jim, Judy and Richard for their posts on the pond life.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bob McDonald,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Halifax</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_KAwATqmU1ClvjNub52tp9Q)--
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