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Hello,
I'm new to the listserve. I had a canoe on the Gaspereau River last =
Saturday below the bridge at White Rock. I had to rock and hack my way =
through the overnight ice to get to the main channel, which was open due =
to flow from power generation. I find it's a great time of year for =
waterfowl because, like spring-fevered canoeists, they head straight for =
what little open water there is. Here's what was there that I could =
identify with certainty:
3 immature bald eagles (as always)
2 black ducks (M&F)
2 wood ducks (M&F)
26+ common mergansers (many more M than F).
I had seen a M&F pair of mergansers early in the paddle and was feeling =
lucky, so I was floored to arrive at the lower end of the headpond and =
discover so many of them hanging around. I've never seen wood ducks this =
early; I don't know what normal for them is. There's a nest box in the =
area.
I worked from home yesterday, and my backyard in town was a busy place:
1 downy woodpecker
2 cardinals (M&F), who have been visiting us all winter
Also, many of chickadees, doves, junkos, jays, waxwings, and sparrows =
(I'm an idiot with sparrows, a problem I intend to evetually correct as =
best I can).
Andrew Steeves
Wolfville
_____________________________________
GASPEREAU PRESS =B6 Printers & Publishers
47 Church Avenue, Kentville, NS B4N 2M7
TEL: 902 678 6002 www.gaspereau.com
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>I'm new to the =
listserve. I=20
had a canoe on the Gaspereau River last Saturday below the bridge =
at White=20
Rock. I had to rock and hack my way through the overnight ice to get to =
the main=20
channel, which was open due to flow from power generation. I find it's a =
great=20
time of year for waterfowl because, like spring-fevered canoeists, they =
head=20
straight for what little open water there is. Here's what was there that =
I could=20
identify with certainty:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>3 immature bald eagles =
(as=20
always)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>2 black ducks=20
(M&F)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>2 wood ducks=20
(M&F)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>26+ common mergansers =
(many more M=20
than F).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>I had seen a M&F =
pair of=20
mergansers early in the paddle and was feeling lucky, so I =
was floored to=20
arrive at the lower end of the headpond and discover so many of them =
hanging=20
around. I've never seen wood ducks this early; I don't know what normal =
for them=20
is. There's a nest box in the area.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>I worked from =
home yesterday,=20
and my backyard in town was a busy place:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>1 downy =
woodpecker</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>2 cardinals (M&F), =
who have=20
been visiting us all winter</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Also, many of =
chickadees,=20
doves, junkos, jays, waxwings, and sparrows (I'm an idiot with sparrows, =
a=20
problem I intend to evetually correct as best I can).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Andrew =
Steeves</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Wolfville</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif"=20
size=3D2>_____________________________________</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>GASPEREAU PRESS =B6 =
Printers &=20
Publishers<BR>47 Church Avenue, Kentville, NS B4N 2M7<BR>TEL: 902 =
678=20
6002 <A=20
href=3D"http://www.gaspereau.com">www.gaspereau.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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