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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-12-123571713 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Already a skunk has been digging for grubs around my yard, =20 especially near my compost area and near the birdfeeder areas. Sherman Sherman Williams shermw@xcountry.tv On 20/03/2008, at 9:51 AM, Jim Wolford wrote: > Mar. 19, 2008 - Considering how cold it has been over the past =20 > couple of > days and especially nights, I was surprised to see a pretty fresh-=20 > looking > road-killed SKUNK on Highway 101 just west of Coldbrook. > > At 7 p.m. I watched loose flocks of CROWS flying high toward the =20 > southeast > over our Wolfville yard, heading toward their overnight roosting =20 > areas, and > several of the individuals showed MISSING PRIMARY FLIGHT FEATHERS; =20= > this > must indicate that at least some are actively MOULTING now. > > Mar. 20, 2008 - Our feeder birds in Wolfville still include the > CLAY-COLOURED SPARROW (still tiny and very pale and easy to notice =20 > among the > others sparrows), the still-immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (Martin =20 > Thomas > north of Port Williams also has at least one of this species), male =20= > and > female CARDINALS, 15+ junky JUNCOS, 5+ WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, plus > chickadees, mourning doves, crows, occasional blue jays, 1-2 red =20 > squirrels, > up to about 10 pheasants. > > 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> > ---------------------- > "Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty." > - Mark Twain > --------------- > =93Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient > premises=94 -- > -- Samuel Butler > ---------------------- > --Apple-Mail-12-123571713 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Already a skunk has been digging for grubs around my yard, =A0especially = near my compost area and near the birdfeeder areas.<div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Sherman</div><div><br><div> = <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Sherman = Williams</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:shermw@xcountry.tv">shermw@xcountry.tv</a></div><div><br></= div></span> </div><br><div><div>On 20/03/2008, at 9:51 AM, Jim Wolford = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mar. 19, 2008 - Considering how = cold it has been over the past couple of</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">days and = especially nights, I was surprised to see a pretty = fresh-looking</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">road-killed SKUNK on Highway 101 = just west of Coldbrook.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">At 7 p.m. I watched loose flocks = of CROWS flying high toward the southeast</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">over our = Wolfville yard, heading toward their overnight roosting areas, = and</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">several of the individuals = showed MISSING PRIMARY<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </span>FLIGHT FEATHERS; this</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">must indicate = that at least some are actively MOULTING now.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mar. 20, = 2008 - Our feeder birds in Wolfville still include the</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">CLAY-COLOURED SPARROW (still tiny and very pale and = easy to notice among the</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">others = sparrows), the still-immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (Martin = Thomas</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">north of Port Williams also has = at least one of this species), male and</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">female = CARDINALS, 15+ junky JUNCOS, 5+ WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, plus</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">chickadees, mourning doves, crows, occasional blue = jays, 1-2 red squirrels,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">up to about = 10 pheasants.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers :-) from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">---------------------</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jim = (James W.) Wolford</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">91 Wickwire Avenue<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">B4P = 1W3</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">phone (902)542-9204 = (home)</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. = Biology Dept.)</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">e-mail <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></div= ><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">----------------------</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">"Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable = uncertainty."</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 =A0 </span>- Mark Twain</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">---------------</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=93Life is = the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">premises=94 --</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =A0 </span>-- Samuel = Butler</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----------------------</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-12-123571713--
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