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--Boundary_(ID_/N6fLNAhMNfeQV4oKRuk/Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT APR. 14, 2009 - New Minas Ducks Unlimited pond (Middle Dyke Rd. by Cornwallis River): no interesting birds, but there were conspicuous MOUNDS OF EARTH on the north bank and north dyke -- probably from STAR-NOSED MOLES?? Port Williams sewage ponds: only 2 pairs of CANADA GEESE and 2 pairs of MALLARDS. APR. 16, 2009 -- "My" adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (since March 14/09) is still in and around my yard, along with at least one white- throated sparrow, plus 2+ song sparrows, 10 starlings, 4 blue jays, 3 bl.-c. chickadees, 2 pheasants (cock crowing often), 3 mourning doves, a red squirrel, etc.? Port Williams sewage ponds: yesterday Richard Stern saw 5+ TREE SWALLOWS, but today's strong and cold north-northeast wind has them inactive or not here; 3 m/f pairs of MALLARDS present plus 3 extra males, AND one m/f pair was SHALLOWLY DIVING in the south pond. In King's County it's not unusual to see green-winged teal, black ducks, and mallards DIVING as a foraging method, despite the fact that all of these species are "surface-feeding" vs. "diving" ducks -- just goes to show that we should never expect living critters to conform to our invented categories! APR. 18, 2009 - CARDINAL singing "merrily" just east of our yard -- how I love that cardinal song! Pat & I heard and then saw a large MERLIN (female), first flying and then perching in a coniferous tree at the corner of Chestnut Ave. and Queen? St. -- it sat there for at least a half-hour -- no obvious stick nest in those two trees. Yesterday in late afternoon I saw a MERLIN in a probable display flight -- round and round over approximately the same area. Also yesterday I heard an AM. ROBIN singing repeatedly just before dusk, along with a cardinal. Also 2 different N. FLICKERS calling west and northwest of our home. Second Spring-like day in a row of bright Sunshine and no clouds, but still cool with a stiff north wind -- high of 9 C. Nice day compelled me to drive around a bit locally. No swallows definitely seen, but I'll bet a few are in our area. Port Williams sewage ponds: nothing of note beyond a couple of mallards. Van Nostrand's Ponds (Starr's Point): 100 CANADA GEESE, 5 male RING- NECKED DUCKS. I saw Judy Tufts there, but didn't know she had spotted a NECK-COLLARED CANADA GOOSE that had been banded in Greenland! Canning Aboiteau (Habitant River): 200 CANADA GEESE, 12+ GREEN-WINGED TEALS. Harris' Pond (Canning): a single CANADA GOOSE on north shore (suggests perhaps a mate on a nest nearby?); a single male COMMON MERGANSER, 2 male RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 black ducks, and at least 10 basking PAINTED TURTLES. Southeast of Canning: ASPEN POPLAR catkins opening/open. And AMERICAN ELM flowers open at Acadia Univ. Arena parking lot. Canard Pond: 8 N. SHOVELERS (3 m/f prs + 2 males), 2 N. PINTAILS (m/f pr), 5 AM. WIGEONS (2m,3f), and at least 24 GREEN-WINGED TEALS -- most of the latter were foraging actively by "tipping up" (bums to the sky). I MAY have seen a TREE SWALLOW flying by, but the sighting was very poor and brief. Also present were lots of GULLS, mostly or all herring and great black-backed. New Minas Ducks Unlimited Pond (adjacent to Cornwallis River): 3 COMMON MERGANSERS (a m/f pr + a f), and a lovely male N. HARRIER. In the evening at home I noticed a FOX SPARROW at our feeders. APR. 19, 2009 - We saw at least 3 N. CARDINALS at home, and the 2 males chased one another. We only saw one female, but perhaps there are two? And the FOX SPARROW is still present, both in morning and evening. Also at least 3 white-throated sparrows present, etc., and still a NORWAY RAT. 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_/N6fLNAhMNfeQV4oKRuk/Q) 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. 14, = 2009</b> - New Minas Ducks Unlimited pond (Middle Dyke Rd. by Cornwallis = River): no interesting birds, but there were conspicuous <b>MOUNDS OF = EARTH</b> on the north bank and north dyke -- probably from = <b>STAR-NOSED MOLES?</b>?</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">Port Williams sewage ponds: only 2 pairs of <b>CANADA = GEESE</b> and 2 pairs of <b>MALLARDS</b>.</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. 16, = 2009</b> -- "My" adult <b>WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW</b> (since March 14/09) = is still in and around my yard, along with at least one white-throated = sparrow, plus 2+ song sparrows, 10 starlings, 4 blue jays, 3 bl.-c. = chickadees, 2 pheasants (cock crowing often), 3 mourning doves, a red = squirrel, etc.?</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">Port Williams = sewage ponds: yesterday Richard Stern saw 5+ <b>TREE SWALLOWS</b>, but = today's strong and cold north-northeast wind has them inactive or not = here; 3 m/f pairs of <b>MALLARDS</b> present plus 3 extra males, = <b>AND</b> one m/f pair was <b>SHALLOWLY DIVING</b> in the south pond.=A0 = In King's County it's not unusual to see green-winged teal, black ducks, = and mallards <b>DIVING</b> as a foraging method, despite the fact that = all of these species are<b> "surface-feeding" vs. "diving" ducks</b> -- = just goes to show that we should never expect living critters to conform = to=A0 our invented categories!</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. 18, 2009</b> - <b>CARDINAL = singing</b> "merrily" just east of our yard -- how I love that cardinal = song! =A0</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">Pat & I heard = and then saw a large <b>MERLIN</b> (female), first flying and then = perching in a coniferous tree at the corner of Chestnut Ave. and Queen? = St. -- it sat there for at least a half-hour -- no obvious stick nest in = those two trees.=A0 Yesterday in late afternoon I saw a <b>MERLIN</b> in = a probable display flight -- round and round over approximately the same = area.=A0 Also yesterday I heard an <b>AM. ROBIN singing</b> repeatedly = just before dusk, along with a cardinal.</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">Also 2 different = <b>N. FLICKERS</b> calling west and northwest of our = home.</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">Second<b> = Spring-like day</b> in a row of bright Sunshine and no clouds, but still = cool with a stiff north wind -- high of 9 C.=A0 Nice day compelled me to = drive around a bit locally.=A0 No swallows definitely seen, but I'll bet = a few are in our 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">Port Williams sewage ponds: nothing of note beyond a = couple of mallards.</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">Van Nostrand's Ponds (Starr's Point): 100 <b>CANADA = GEESE</b>, 5 male <b>RING-NECKED DUCKS</b>. =A0I saw Judy Tufts there, = but didn't know she had spotted a NECK-COLLARED CANADA GOOSE that had = been banded in Greenland!=A0</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">Canning Aboiteau (Habitant River): 200 <b>CANADA = GEESE</b>, 12+ <b>GREEN-WINGED TEALS</b>.</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">Harris' Pond = (Canning): a <b>single CANADA GOOSE </b>on north shore (suggests perhaps = a mate on a nest nearby?); a single male <b>COMMON MERGANSER</b>, 2 male = <b>RING-NECKED DUCKS</b>, 2 black ducks, and at least 10 basking = <b>PAINTED TURTLES</b>.</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">Southeast of Canning:<b> ASPEN POPLAR</b> catkins = opening/open.=A0 And <b>AMERICAN ELM</b> flowers open at Acadia Univ. = Arena parking lot.</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">Canard Pond: 8 <b>N. SHOVELERS</b> (3 m/f prs + 2 males), = 2 <b>N. PINTAILS</b> (m/f pr), 5 <b>AM. WIGEONS</b> (2m,3f), and at = least 24 <b>GREEN-WINGED TEALS</b> -- most of the latter were foraging = actively by "tipping up" (bums to the sky).=A0 I MAY have seen a <b>TREE = SWALLOW</b> flying by, but the sighting was very poor and brief.=A0 Also = present were lots of <b>GULLS</b>, mostly or all herring and great = black-backed. =A0</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">New Minas Ducks Unlimited Pond (adjacent to Cornwallis = River): 3 <b>COMMON MERGANSERS</b> (a m/f pr + a f), and a lovely male = <b>N. HARRIER</b>.</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">In the evening at home I noticed a <b>FOX SPARROW</b> at = our feeders.</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. 19, = 2009</b> - We saw at least 3 <b>N. CARDINALS</b> at home, and the 2 = males chased one another.=A0 We only saw one female, but perhaps there = are two?=A0 And the <b>FOX SPARROW</b> is still present, both in morning = and evening.=A0 Also at least 3 <b>white-throated sparrows</b> present, = etc., and still a<b> NORWAY RAT</b>.=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;">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</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;"><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">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></span></font></div><div><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> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_/N6fLNAhMNfeQV4oKRuk/Q)--
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