[NatureNS] salamander spermatophores, no coltsfoot, song sparrows running

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:07:34 -0300
From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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APR. 8, 2009 - AM. TREE SPARROW still present at feeders.  Also at  
least 3 SONG SPARROWS, and 2 of them were involved in a RUNNING CHASE  
for several seconds (they were quite fast and ignored me during it).   
Also 3 PHEASANTS, a DOWNY WOODPECKER, 2 MOURNING DOVES, 2 WHITE- 
THROATED SPARROWS, and a CROW.

I checked out the roadside ditch I used to call "Bleakney's Ditch"  
1.2 km. west of Gaspereau and north of the river (by the dripping tap  
of spring water), and in the very shallow water I found one grouping  
of whitish SPERMATOPHORES (sperm-packets) OF YELLOW-SPOTTED  
SALAMANDERS (probably from a single male) -- these were not very  
fresh, being soiled a bit and not startlingly white, thus were  
probably deposited a few or several nights ago).

No noticeable flower-heads of COLTSFOOT yet on the adjacent south- 
facing bank -- very late this year.

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


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face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 14.0px Arial"><b>APR. 8, =
2009</b> - <b>AM. TREE SPARROW</b> still present at feeders.=A0 Also at =
least 3 <b>SONG SPARROWS</b>, and 2 of them were involved in a =
<b>RUNNING CHASE</b> for several seconds (they were quite fast and =
ignored me during it).=A0 Also 3 <b>PHEASANTS</b>, a <b>DOWNY =
WOODPECKER</b>, 2 <b>MOURNING DOVES</b>, 2 <b>WHITE-THROATED =
SPARROWS</b>, and a <b>CROW</b>.=A0</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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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 out the roadside ditch I used to =
call<b> "Bleakney's Ditch" </b>1.2 km. west of Gaspereau and north of =
the river (by the dripping tap of spring water), and in the very shallow =
water I found one grouping of whitish <b>SPERMATOPHORES (sperm-packets) =
OF YELLOW-SPOTTED SALAMANDERS </b>(probably from a single male) -- these =
were not very fresh, being soiled a bit and not startlingly white, thus =
were probably deposited a few or several nights ago).</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 14.0px Arial">No noticeable =
flower-heads of <b>COLTSFOOT</b> yet on the adjacent south-facing bank =
-- very late this year.=A0</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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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; =
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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 &lt;<a =
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wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David =
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