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Dec. 7, 2006 - Glenys Gibson reports that on the two Gibson properties at
Canning, after an absence of N. CARDINALS for a while, now there are FIVE of
them present!
Dec. 8, 2006 - Both male and female N. CARDINALS arrived on and under the
safflower-seed feeder right after I put out the feeders in mid-morning.
Also present were 5 R.-N. PHEASANTS (2m/3f), 5 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 5
AM. GOLDFINCHES, plus a few chickadees, etc.
Now for the second time this week, we have a lot of SNOW on the ground and
coming down, plus sub-freezing temperatures.
Dec. 9, 2006 - Our single NORWAY RAT has now somehow cloned itself into TWO
individuals, at our feeders in Wolfville. They are feeding mostly on
cracked corn from the pheasant feeder.
Dec. 10, 2006 - One of those two NORWAY RATS got into our garden shed, and
that was a fatal mistake, since it got killed by a peanut-butter-baited
large snap-trap in there.
Also a male N. FLICKER showed up at our feeders. Also I counted 8 B.-C.
CHICKADEES.
At Habitant a residential tree-trunk was loaded with MUSHROOMS, probably
OYSTER MUSHROOMS? (identification to be confirmed).
Dec. 12, 2006 - Another bird highlight for our yard -- a lovely bright
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen well avidly foraging on the ground near our
feeders in Wolfville. Too bad itıs one day too early to get on our COUNT
WEEK LIST of species seen.
Also seen today were our female N. CARDINAL, the imm. male HAIRY WOODPECKER,
and our one remaining NORWAY RAT.
At last nightıs Blomidon Naturalists Society meeting, Darrell Slauenwhite of
Hantsport reported two things: SPRING BULBS (unspecified) ARE UP, and he has
a NORWAY RAT under his bird feeders.
Hugh Swandel of Upper Dyke reports that very recently he has had two
separate RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS (female and then male) and 18 BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRDS; also a few weeks ago he saw just once a bright BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
A fellow in the back row had recently been flying in the Western Arctic, and
on a flight over Tuktoyaktuk he had been shown the small isolated breathing
hole in the ice where many (dozens or more) BELUGA WHALES had been trapped
and were doomed -- very sad story that had been in the media.
Another fellow reported that the level of water in his pond had been raised
by BEAVERS' damming activity.
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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"WILDERNESS is an area where human activity is deliberately minimized, where
non-human forces and forms of life remain virtually undisturbed by such
activity. Wilderness is a place where neither the permanent addition of
artificial objects, nor the removal of natural objects shall result from
human use." -- Wildlands League
[versus WILDNESS]
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