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--Boundary_(ID_YAt8hbsopdWRFGn2Vfj5hg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT APR. 4, 2009 - I checked on a BALD EAGLE NEST northwest of Waterville (northeast of Berwick) on Mitchell Visser's York Point Farms property (Mitchell's pig barn burned down a few years ago, and apparently now he is a mink farmer). The road that goes near the nest is now gated, and the track to the nest is washed out, but from the washout I could see with binoculars that an adult eagle was indeed sitting on the nest as if incubating eggs. APR. 6, 2009 - At northeast Grand Pre I could not see any great blue herons nor double-crested cormorants flying to/from their nests on BOOT ISLAND. I also could not see the BALD EAGLE NEST there -- perhaps it has blown or fallen down over the winter? However, this afternoon Luke DeCicco saw 3 GREAT BLUE HERONS in the Grand Pre area. I checked on 2 NEW BALD EAGLE NESTS, with help in finding them from Bernard Forsythe. First, the nest to the south of Stirling's Farm Market had an adult (female?) on the nest and her mate perched conspicuously nearby in a dead tree. Second, the old red-tailed hawk nest northeast of White Rock is now much larger and I could easily see an adult eagle sitting on top of it (and presumably incubating); this is the nest where Bernard thinks the eagles might be the White Rock Pond pair, which this year is not using either of their two alternate nests. Also, as far as we know, most or all of our locally nesting eagles do not have alternate nest-sites. The latter nest is at least the third local example of a red-tailed hawk nest being taken over by bald eagles; the other two are the Canard nest and the Eye Road nest just east of Wolfville. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Jim (James W.) Wolford 91 Wickwire Ave. Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 1W3 phone 902-542-9204 e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> "In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau --Boundary_(ID_YAt8hbsopdWRFGn2Vfj5hg) 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; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 14.0px Arial"><b>APR. 4, 2009 = </b>-=A0I checked on a <b>BALD EAGLE NEST</b> northwest of Waterville = (northeast of Berwick) on Mitchell Visser's York Point Farms property = (Mitchell's pig barn burned down a few years ago, and apparently now he = is a mink farmer).=A0 The road that goes near the nest is now gated, and = the track to the nest is washed out, but from the washout I could see = with binoculars that an adult eagle was indeed sitting on the nest as if = incubating eggs.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 14.0px Arial"><b>APR. 6, 2009</b> -=A0At northeast Grand Pre I could not = see any great=A0 blue herons nor double-crested cormorants flying = to/from their nests on <b>BOOT ISLAND</b>.=A0 I also could not see the = <b>BALD EAGLE NEST</b> there -- perhaps it has blown or fallen down over = the winter?</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 14.0px Arial">However, this = afternoon Luke DeCicco saw 3 <b>GREAT BLUE HERONS</b> in the Grand Pre = area.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 14.0px Arial">I checked on<b> 2 = NEW BALD EAGLE NESTS</b>, with help in finding them from Bernard = Forsythe.=A0 First, the nest to the south of <b>Stirling's Farm Market = </b>had an adult (female?) on the nest and her mate perched = conspicuously nearby in a dead tree.=A0 Second, the old red-tailed hawk = nest northeast of White Rock is now much larger and I could easily see = an adult eagle sitting on top of it (and presumably incubating); this is = the nest where Bernard thinks the eagles might be the White Rock Pond = pair, which this year is not using either of their two alternate nests.=A0= Also, as far as we know, most or all of our locally nesting eagles do = not have alternate nest-sites.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 14.0px Arial">The latter nest is at least the<b> third = local example of a red-tailed hawk nest being taken over by bald = eagles</b>; the other two are the Canard nest and the Eye Road nest just = east of Wolfville.=A0</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jim = (James W.) Wolford</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">91 = Wickwire Ave.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Wolfville, Nova Scotia, = Canada</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">B4P 1W3</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">phone = 902-542-9204</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">e-mail <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></font><= /div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"In = wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David = Thoreau</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: = 12px;"><br></span></font></div></span></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; = min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 14.0px Arial">=A0</font><br = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></p><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><br></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_YAt8hbsopdWRFGn2Vfj5hg)--
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