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--Boundary_(ID_BmwzzJutS2zVMoqCM/dFXQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Yes, ain't Spring wonderful?! Here in Wolfville at this time of year I enjoy the promises from swollen buds of Am. elm (now few in Wolfville), red maple, and silver maple -- also the male "cones" of alders, white birches, and hazelnut? (latter shrub is in our neighborhood along a sidewalk walking route) are elongated but not yet open. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: March 27, 2009 5:01:08 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Prospect HRM spring and winter sightings > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > 27 March 2009 > > Spring birds are returning to the Prospect area, though the Double- > crested Cormorants have yet to return to their colony on Inner Gull > Island (though the gulls staked out their territories on the island > three weeks ago, as well as other islands in the area). Robins > and grackles have returned, Fox Sparrows are passing through, but > some winter birds are still present. > > Residents of the village of Prospect have reported a Short-eared > Owl through the winter, though it has remained elusive whenever > I've gone looking. The owl sailed through one person's yard two > evenings ago. > > And the adult Lesser Black-backed Gull is still present -- I saw it > at the inner NE end of Shad Bay this morning. > > But the greatest pleasure comes from all the breeding birds getting > frisky -- Pine Siskins, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Hairy and Downy > Woodpeckers, Mourning Doves, juncos, Song Sparrows. A cacophony > of song every morning, and lots of theatrics during the day. > > Cheers, > > Blake > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Blake Maybank > maybank@ns.sympatico.ca > 902-852-2077 > > Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" > > author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" > http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm > > White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --Boundary_(ID_BmwzzJutS2zVMoqCM/dFXQ) 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; "> Yes, ain't Spring wonderful?! =A0Here in Wolfville at this time of year = I enjoy the promises from swollen buds of Am. elm (now few in = Wolfville), red maple, and silver maple -- also the male "cones" of = alders, white birches, and hazelnut? (latter shrub is in our = neighborhood along a sidewalk walking route) are elongated but not yet = open. =A0 Cheers from Jim 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">Blake Maybank <<a = href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca">maybank@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">March 27, 2009 5:01:08 PM = ADT</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>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Prospect HRM spring and = winter sightings</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>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </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; ">27 March 2009</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; ">Spring birds are returning to = the Prospect area, though the Double-crested Cormorants have yet to = return to their colony on Inner Gull Island (though the gulls staked out = their territories on the island three weeks ago, as well as other = islands in the area). <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </span>Robins and grackles have returned, Fox Sparrows are passing = through, but some winter birds are still present.</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; = ">Residents of the village of Prospect have reported a Short-eared Owl = through the winter, though it has remained elusive whenever I've gone = looking. <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>The owl sailed = through one person's yard two evenings ago.</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; ">And the adult = Lesser Black-backed Gull is still present -- I saw it at the inner NE = end of Shad Bay this morning.</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; ">But the greatest pleasure comes = from all the breeding birds getting frisky -- Pine Siskins, Red-breasted = Nuthatches, Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, Mourning Doves, juncos, Song = Sparrows.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =A0 </span>A = cacophony of song every morning, and lots of theatrics during the = day.</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,</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; ">Blake</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; = min-height: 14px; "><br></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; ">Blake Maybank</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca">maybank@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">902-852-2077</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; ">Editor, "Nova Scotia = Birds"</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; ">author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm">http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS= .htm</a></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; ">White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span></div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_BmwzzJutS2zVMoqCM/dFXQ)--
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