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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_12806_28644234.1197162128885 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi, We had our first Common Redpolls at the feeder today. We have had 1-2 Chipping Sparrows at the feeder for the last week or so. There was a (live) light-phase Rough-leg along Middle Dyke Rd. towards Lr.Canard, and there was a large flock of Snow Buntings with a few Horned Larks farther along. Bernard Forsythe told me this evening that there were 4 (or ?6) N.Cardinalsin the shrubbery at the edge of the new subdivision being created across the road and just east of the Blomidon Inn. Couldn't get out much today because of a lousy cold - what a waste of a nice day! Richard On Dec 8, 2007 8:19 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Dec. 8, 2007 - Sheila McCurdy took a long walk at Grand Pre with her dog, > noting several flocks of REDPOLLS on the dykelands. She was along the > main > dyke just south of the west end of Long Island when she found an > apparently > freshly DEAD BUTEO HAWK, which she put in a plastic bag and brought it to > my > house and left it there for me to find in late afternoon. It appears to > me > to be an INTERMEDIATE PHASE ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, perhaps an immature?, and > it > was found in a spot where a road-kill is unlikely. However, the tail > shows > little or no white (OK?); I didn=B9t check on the undersides of the wings= . > I > also didn=B9t feel the breast muscles before I took it to an Acadia Biolo= gy > freezer for Fred Scott to find later. > > I think Luke DeCicco reported a rough-leg at Grand Pre just a few days > ago, > but he didn=B9t say what plumage he saw. > > At our feeders in Wolfville, a new very small sparrow showed up today, > probably a CHIPPING SPARROW but I will reserve judgement until I can rule > on > whether it might be the less likely but regular stray, a CLAY-COLOURED > SPARROW. > > 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> > ---------------------- > =B3...... 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 involv= e > them in unnecessary penalties, or to deprive them of benefits which are > theirs by right.=B2 - John Ruskin > ---------------------- > > --=20 ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS, Canada B4N 4K9 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_12806_28644234.1197162128885 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi,<br><br>We had our first Common Redpolls at the feeder today. We have ha= d 1-2 Chipping Sparrows at the feeder for the last week or so. There was a = (live) light-phase Rough-leg along Middle Dyke Rd. towards Lr.Canard, and t= here was a large flock of Snow Buntings with a few Horned Larks farth= er along. Bernard Forsythe told me this evening that there were 4 (or ?6)= =20 N.Cardinals in the shrubbery at the edge of the new subdivision being creat= ed across the road and just east of the Blomidon Inn. Couldn't get out = much today because of a lousy cold - what a waste of a nice day!<br><br> Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Dec 8, 2007 8:19 PM, Jim Wolfo= rd <jimwolford@eastlink.ca= > wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px = solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Dec. 8, 2007 - Sheila McCurdy took a long walk at Grand Pre with her dog,<b= r>noting several flocks of REDPOLLS on the dykelands. She was along t= he main<br>dyke just south of the west end of Long Island when she found an= apparently <br>freshly DEAD BUTEO HAWK, which she put in a plastic bag and brought it = to my<br>house and left it there for me to find in late afternoon. It= appears to me<br>to be an INTERMEDIATE PHASE ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, perhaps an= immature?, and it <br>was found in a spot where a road-kill is unlikely. However, the t= ail shows<br>little or no white (OK?); I didn=B9t check on the undersides o= f the wings. I<br>also didn=B9t feel the breast muscles before I took= it to an Acadia Biology <br>freezer for Fred Scott to find later.<br><br>I think Luke DeCicco repor= ted a rough-leg at Grand Pre just a few days ago,<br>but he didn=B9t say wh= at plumage he saw.<br><br>At our feeders in Wolfville, a new very small spa= rrow showed up today, <br>probably a CHIPPING SPARROW but I will reserve judgement until I can ru= le on<br>whether it might be the less likely but regular stray, a CLAY-COLO= URED<br>SPARROW.<br><br>Cheers :-) from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204<br>-----= ---------------- <br>Jim (James W.) Wolford<br>91 Wickwire Avenue<br>Wolfville, Nova Scotia,= Canada<br>B4P 1W3<br>phone (902)542-9204 (home)<br>fax (902)585-1059 (Acad= ia Univ. Biology Dept.)<br>e-mail <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink= .ca"> jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br>----------------------<br>=B3...... the E= arth .....belongs as much to those who come after us as to us;<br>and we ha= ve no right, by anything that we do, or neglect to do, to involve<br>them i= n unnecessary penalties, or to deprive them of benefits which are <br>theirs by right.=B2 - John Ruskin<br>----------------------<br><b= r></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>= Dr.Richard Stern, <br>70 Exhibition St.<br>Kentville, NS, Canada<br>= B4N 4K9<br> <br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>= B0P 1T0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca">rbstern@ns.sympat= ico.ca</a><br><a href=3D"mailto:rbstern@xcountry.tv">rbstern@xcountry.tv</a= > <br>sternrichard@gmail.com<br= >################### ------=_Part_12806_28644234.1197162128885--
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