[NatureNS] more on eagles at Sheffield Mills,

Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:36:12 -0400
From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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Feb. 14, 2008 - In mid-morning Richard Hennigar and I met a group of 10
writers from all across Canada at Sheffield Mills to ³do² the BALD EAGLES
and talk about the history of the EAGLE WATCH.  Bill Swetnam put out large
chicken carcasses (overnight mortalities) just before 10 a.m., but the
³show² this morning was disappointing -- very few eagles were to be seen,
less than five, and they didn¹t show much interest in food.  Even the couple
of red-tailed hawks, a few ravens (and a crow), and a couple of great
black-backed gulls likewise did not feed.  One domestic dog (of two regulars
this year) was approaching the carrion just as we were leaving.

So we all went to the Community Hall, and, by the time we returned to the
field, the ³eagle show² was over, and about 10 or so eagles were perched in
the trees and eating, with the usual retinue of hopeful ravens looking for
scraps.
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Today at 5 p.m. in New Minas at the Superstore, I looked high up in the sky
to see 6 plus 3 BALD EAGLES soaring in circles and slowly drifting
southward; they were undoubtedly on their way to their long-established
communal overnight roosting site in the dense coniferous? trees along the
Gaspereau River several kilometres upstream from White Rock.  On most winter
days, a steady trickle of bald eagles, generally in small numbers at any one
time, can be seen heading to this roost from mid-afternoon to dusk, the
total numbering in the several dozens at least.  There are undoubtedly other
overnight roosting sites for eagles, but the best-known is the White Rock
site.

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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