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--Boundary_(ID_R8IrvnyBQw5jJCgqQaW4kg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Apologies for any cross-postings, but there were a couple of minor changes to the original note from the Giffins. Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Patrick Giffin <barpat@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: June 17, 2008 10:24:20 PM ADT > > Subject: TURKEY VULTURES, BANK SWALLOWS > > Hi: > We went to Annapolis Royal this evening. > Enroute, at 16:30 we were on the 101 heading west, there were 8 > Turkey Vultures on the edge of a plowed field before the ramp to > exit 19. A few crows were in the same field but in a group north of > the vultures. > About 19:30 During an abbreviated "1000 Year Natural and Cultural > History of Annapolis" tour of the DU wetlands led by Stephen > Hawboldt, we heard Veery, saw and heard numerous Red-winged > Blackbirds, Bank Swallows and Tree Swallows. Sighted several pairs > of Common Mergansers, Mallards, Canada Geese. Saw Grebe species, > likely pied-billed, no binoculars. > > A fox was walking along the shoulder of the road west of the tidal > power dam, it nonchalantly, hopped over the guard rail as our car > approached. > This is the latest time of day that we have been on the A. Royal DU > wetlands walking trail. > We have never experienced so much activity and variety of birds > species. > Cheers, Barbara and Pat --Boundary_(ID_R8IrvnyBQw5jJCgqQaW4kg) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Apologies for any cross-postings, but there were a couple of minor = changes to the original note from the Giffins. =A0Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</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; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Patrick Giffin <<a = href=3D"mailto:barpat@ns.sympatico.ca">barpat@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></font><= /div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 17, 2008 10:24:20 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#000000"><b><br></b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>TURKEY VULTURES, BANK = SWALLOWS</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; 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; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>Hi:</div><div>We went to = Annapolis Royal this evening.</div></span></blockquote><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; 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; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>Enroute, at 16:30 we were on = the 101 heading west, there were<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span><u>8</u><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span>Turkey Vultures on the edge of = a plowed field before the ramp to exit 19. A few crows were in the same = field but in a group north of the = vultures.</div></span></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; 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; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>About 19:30 During an = abbreviated "1000 Year=A0Natural and=A0Cultural History = of=A0Annapolis"=A0tour of the DU wetlands led by Stephen Hawboldt, we=A0 = heard Veery, saw and heard numerous Red-winged Blackbirds, Bank Swallows = and Tree Swallows. Sighted several=A0pairs of Common Mergansers, = Mallards, Canada Geese. Saw Grebe species, likely pied-billed, no = binoculars.</div></span></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; 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; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>=A0</div><div>A fox was = walking along the shoulder of the road west of the tidal power dam, it = nonchalantly, hopped over the guard rail as our car = approached.</div></span></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; 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; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>This is the latest time of = day that we have been on the A. Royal DU wetlands walking = trail.</div><div>We have never experienced so much activity and variety = of birds species.</div></span></blockquote><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; 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; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>Cheers, Barbara and = Pat</div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_R8IrvnyBQw5jJCgqQaW4kg)--
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