[NatureNS] e. King's Co. ponds etc.: gadwall, pintails, wigeons, bufflehead,

Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:59:49 -0400
From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Cc: Helen & Fred Archibald <hfarchibald@ns.sympatico.ca>
User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.0.6
Precedence: bulk
Return-Path: <naturens-mml-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
Original-Recipient: rfc822;"| (cd /csuite/info/Environment/FNSN/MList; /csuite/lib/arch2html)"

next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects


Nov. 12, 2007 - In mid-afternoon I checked some local ponds etc.:

Port Williams sewage ponds: no ducks in n. pond, s. pond held about 120
MALLARDS and a few BLACK DUCKS;

I drove past the Canard EAGLE-NEST TREE, which seems to be still standing?
(or is it a different tree?), but the nest was gone (blown down by
Noel)(thus perhaps the eagles can build a new nest in the remaining tree?);

Harrisı Pond in Canning held 175 CANADA GEESE, 4 f/imm HOODED MERGANSERS
(like yesterday), a single f/imm RING-NECKED DUCK (perhaps one of the five
unknown diving ducks seen yesterday), 3 BLACK DUCKS with 1 MALLARD;

Canard Pond held lots of ducks, including 1 male GADWALL, 6 male N.
PINTAILS, 4+ AM. WIGEONS (2 males), lots of MALLARDS and BLACK DUCKS, plus
gulls, and no geese;

at the pond s. of Chipmanıs Corner (M. Dyke Rd.) was an adult BALD EAGLE
(and only one eagle seen during yesterdayıs drive, too);

the riverside Ducks Unlimited pond n. of New Minas on M. Dyke Road held a
single lovely male BUFFLEHEAD.

Nov. 13, 2007 - More feeder notes from home in Wolfville: currently we have
about 6+ WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and 4+ JUNCOS, but no SONG SPARROWS (none
seen for over 2 weeks); thus this may be the first winter here without song
sparrows.  Also present are 4 MOURNING DOVES, 8 PHEASANTS, 4+ BLUE JAYS, 2+
CARDINALS, 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>
----------------------
Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why
they call it the present! --  from poem by Eleanor Roosevelt.
----------------------

next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects