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Nov. 23, 2006 - Sheila and Earl Young at Grand Pre report that they now have
a regular pair (m/f) of N. CARDINALS at their feeders. They are a few
houses south of Grand Pre Nat. Hist. Park on the west side of the main paved
road. The Youngs are world-class, prize-winning carvers of birds, and they
very frequently teach workshops for carvers at the N.S. Museum of Nat. Hist.
in Halifax.
Nov. 24, 2006 - Today at my feeders in Wolfville, suddenly I have a flock of
7 AM. GOLDFINCHES (only 2 were here previously).
Nov. 25, 2006 - At our feeders in Wolfville, Pat noticed that 2 of 4 AM.
CROWS were engaged in MUTUAL PREENING. For a few minutes one crow was
preening a second one around its neck and head areas; we didnąt see any
reciprocity toward the first crow from the second, but the crows flew away
after just a few minutes. At this time of year, Iąm not sure what mutual
preening might signify; are the two birds siblings? mates? potential mates?
do they engage in courtship activities in winter?
We havenąt seen either one of our pair of N. CARDINALS for almost a week.
This doesnąt mean that they are elsewhere, just that our frequent checks
have missed them.
In our house just inside the front door I found a living but very slow
LEAF-FOOTED BUG (family Coreidae); presumably it had come in by accident
with one of us from outside. We see single leaf-footed bugs on the outside
of our house occasionally through late summer and fall, and our neighbor
John Martens has had several to many of them this autumn.
Nov. 26, 2006 - Bernard Forsythe reported a CATTLE EGRET east of Somerset on
Nov. 24, and Pat and I found it with no trouble today and had great looks at
it at close range. It appears to be either a juvenile or a non-breeding
adult, and I believe there was a faint hit of buffy colour on its forehead,
which could perhaps indicate adulthood? The Naylors from Cambridge were
also viewing the egret when we were there.
Also we found a MERLIN perched on a power line along Hwy. 221 just west of
Black Rock Road (possibly the same one reported very recently by Pat
Giffin).
And Silver Lake at Lakeville held a playful group of 7 HOODED MERGANSERS, 2
males and 5 brown females or immatures. Especially the brown ones were very
actively diving and splashing and interacting? (seen at long range).
Back at home in Wolfville, our male N. CARDINAL showed up at the feeders
just before 5 p.m. with very little light left to show his colours off.
Nov. 27, 2006 - Luke DeCicco and Darroch Whitaker found a PINE WARBLER (a
fairly bright one) in the grove of exotic pines just north of the Acadia
Arena complex.
Nov. 28, 2006 - At our feeders today in Wolfville I noticed an unwelcome
visitor, a young and cute? NORWAY RAT! If it gets into our shed, perhaps
then I can trap it (always difficult with rats).
Also I noticed a WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH just east of our yard. Currently
our feeder sparrows include 5 WHITE-THROATS, 2 SONGS, and 2 JUNCOS. Then
add 2 MOURNING DOVES, 2 DOWNY WOODPECKERS (m/f), 1 HAIRY WOODPECKER (imm m),
6 BLUE JAYS, 6 BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES, and 3+ GOLDFINCHES.
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204
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Jim (James W.) Wolford
91 Wickwire Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4P 1W3
phone (902)542-9204 (home)
fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. Biology Dept.)
e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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łOur ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products
of our invention.˛ -- Whitney M. Young -- [found in Nov. 2/06 Chronicle
Herald]
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