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Oct. 2, 2007 - In our Wolfville yard this morning, a SONG SPARROW was living up to its name by repetitively SINGING. At our Wolfville feeders now, there are at least 10 song sparrows, 2 white-throated sparrows, 4 blue jays, a white-breasted nuthatch, a downy woodpecker male, plus goldfinches, black-capped chickadees, a red squirrel, crows, etc. Oct. 3, 2007 - At the Canning Aboiteau at 3 p.m. (mid-tide, rising), a PEREGRINE FALCON flew over from east to northwest. Oct. 6, 2007 - One female N. CARDINAL at our Wolfville feeder (second sighting over several days). Bill and Brenda Thexton are still seeing 4 CARDINALS (2 adults, 2 juveniles) at their feeders in east Wolfville. And JAPANESE KNOTWEED still in bloom. Oct. 7, 2007 - On the Grand Pre dykelands, roosting in a field with 100+ HERRING GULLS and a few GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, was an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (seen well by Pat Hawes and myself). Oct. 9, 2007 - In mid-afternoon on the Acadia Univ. campus, I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time, just north of Univ. Hall, when a CUCKOO flew across the driveway very close to me. It landed in an elm tree (one of the few left on campus). I walked a few paces to the tree and was treated to excellent close views of a juvenile YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, without my binoculars, as the bird appeared to have something in its bill and allowed my close approach. At our Wolfville feeders, a female hairy woodpecker, a male and f/imm PURPLE FINCHES, 4+ blue jays, 2 white-throated sparrows, 8+ song sparrows, etc. Cheers :-) from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204 --------------------- 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> ---------------------- ³...... the Earth .....belongs as much to those who come after us as to us; and we have no right, by anything that we do, or neglect to do, to involve them in unnecessary penalties, or to deprive them of benefits which are theirs by right.² - John Ruskin ----------------------
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