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--Boundary_(ID_84T5A8lMOSlXBXSsBjuXFQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT APR. 27, 2009 - The WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW is still at our feeders. In Wolfville Harbour as the tide was coming well up, a WILLET was standing on a mud hillock (one day too late for our annual field trip). In town, I saw 3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, very probably new arrivals. Under the horizontal pieces of wood making up the fence along the gravel trail paralleling the RR tracks in Wolfville, by the new Railtown development, were oodles of larval/pupal cases of SNAILCASE BAGWORMS? These are small, wingless, worm-like moths in the family Psychidae Latinized name Apterona helix, whose larvae feed by leaf- mining in leaves of a variety of plants and make a snail-shell-shaped case of mud in which they lay eggs that overwinter, the case being attached to something solid, like a tree or wooden fence or house wall. The wingless adult females are parthenogenic, and in North America no males have been found. In Wolfville these were discovered a few years ago by Charlane Bishop and ?? In bloom at the Wolfville Waterfront Park are planted HAZELNUT bushes. To see them, look to the left (north) of the entrance path at the west end of the park. And in town FORSYTHIA is just starting to flower. I checked the Greenwich or Noggins Farm BALD EAGLE NEST at noon. The presumed female eagle was standing on the nest-rim, and her mate was perched closely below the nest. I'll bet there are very small eaglets in the nest, but they were not visible during my short visit. Wendy & Bob McDonald checked the Noggins Farm Market monitor of the nest on Saturday, but it was not yet working. I think the access to the NEST-CAM last year was via the Noggins Farm Web-site?, which would be worth checking as the season progresses. APR. 28, 2009 - Along Earnescliff Ave. in Wolfville, several planted tall BALSAM POPLAR or BLACK POPLAR trees have their long red hanging catkins open. They also exhibit the deeply furrowed bark I associate with "cottonwoods". The WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW is still at my home feeders, and also present are 4 white-throated sparrows etc. APR. 29, 2009 - A single brown-plumaged PURPLE FINCH (female or immature male) visited my feeders. APR. 30, 2009 - I drove to Halifax, to the Provincial Legislature building, for a RALLY of the coalition called BUY BACK NOVA SCOTIA, regarding the 170,000 to 214,000? acres for sale by J.D. Irving forestry company, in three southwestern counties. There were 75+ to 100 demonstrators there, many with placards, and included Elizabeth May, Kermit DeGooyer and Ray Plourde of the Ecology Action Centre, Tamara Lorincz of N.S. Environmental Network, Gretchen Fitzgerald of Sierra Club of Canada, Rudy Haase of Friends of Nature, Dusan Soudek of paddlers clubs and public lands coalition, Peggy Cameron?, John Sollows (see photo in Herald article May 1), several Mi'kmaqs with their drum and strong wailing voices, et al. There were speeches from a woman from the coalition?, Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (Min. of Nat. Resources), Darrell Dexter of N.S. NDP, Leo Glavine (Liberal for Kings West), a message from Peter Stoffer (NDP MP), and Elizabeth May (Nat. Leader of Green Party). Also present but silent was David Morse (N.S. Environment Minister). The timing of the rally was to greet the MLAs who were sitting today at 2 p.m. after a long "vacation" At Port Williams sewage ponds, there were 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS (m,f together), 2 drake MALLARDS, and at least 3 TREE SWALLOWS. MAY 1, 2009 - Pat noticed a cute little PSEUDOSCORPION in the bathroom this morning. She described it later in such a way that I am sure that is what she saw, and I assured her that they are "good guys" to have around, indoors or out. Then I Googled "pseudoscorpion" on my computer and quickly found photos and "facts" about them etc. I blundered into finding a MOURNING DOVE NEST in the planted spruce tree just north of the Wolfville Post Office. I saw a dove fly into the branches and found the very shoddy nest of just a few flat twigs about 7 feet high in the south side of the tree. Through the twig platform I could see at least one egg. MAY 2, 2009 - We saw a very large BUMBLEBEE, presumably an overwintered queen, at our home. This was my first of this Spring. In our neighborhood, NORWAY MAPLE has begun to bloom, and male catkins of WHITE or PAPER BIRCH are just beginning to open. Also PINK- FLOWERED MAGNOLIAS have begun to open their flowers. Port Williams sewage ponds: a m,f pair of GREATER SCAUPS (head shapes rounded and not at all angular), 2 m,f pairs of RING-NECKED DUCKS, 4 MALLARDS (3m,1f), 5+ TREE SWALLOWS, and a few RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS. I was surprised any birds were there at all, because on my drive to get to the ponds, 2 HELICOPTERS were flying back and forth there at very low altitudes! Why? Canard Pond: 1 drake GADWALL, 1 drake N. PINTAIL, about 4 m,f pairs of AM. WIGEONS, GREEN-WINGED TEALS abundant (2 dozen at least), 20 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, etc. Canning Aboiteau (Habitant River): 40+ CANADA GEESE, 3 female COMMON MERGANSERS, 12+ GREEN-WINGED TEALS. Harris' Pond (Canning): 1 drake RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 AM. BLACK DUCKS, 1 drake MALLARD, 2 CANADA GEESE (tame?) on lawn in front of home at west end of pond, 1 PALM WARBLER, 1 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (latter was female, I think), plus red-winged blackbirds, grackles, 1 cock pheasant crowing. 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_84T5A8lMOSlXBXSsBjuXFQ) 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. 27, = 2009</b> - The <b>WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW</b> is still at our = feeders.=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">In Wolfville = Harbour as the tide was coming well up, a <b>WILLET </b>was standing on = a mud hillock (one day too late for our annual field = trip).</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 town, I saw 3 = <b>SAVANNAH SPARROWS</b>, very probably new arrivals. =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">Under the = horizontal pieces of wood making up the fence along the gravel trail = paralleling the RR tracks in Wolfville, by the new Railtown development, = were oodles of larval/pupal cases of<b> SNAILCASE BAGWORMS? </b>These = are small, wingless, worm-like moths in the family Psychidae Latinized = name <i>Apterona helix</i>, whose larvae feed by leaf-mining in leaves = of a variety of plants and make a snail-shell-shaped case of mud in = which they lay eggs that overwinter, the case being attached to = something solid, like a tree or wooden fence or house wall.=A0 The = wingless adult females are parthenogenic, and in North America no males = have been found.=A0 In Wolfville these were discovered a few years ago = by Charlane Bishop and ??=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">In bloom at the Wolfville Waterfront Park are planted = <b>HAZELNUT </b>bushes.=A0 To see them, look to the left (north) of the = entrance path at the west end of the park.=A0 And in town = <b>FORSYTHIA</b> is just starting to flower.</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 the = Greenwich or Noggins Farm <b>BALD EAGLE NEST</b> at noon.=A0 The = presumed female eagle was standing on the nest-rim, and her mate was = perched closely below the nest.=A0 I'll bet there are very small eaglets = in the nest, but they were not visible during my short visit.=A0 Wendy = & Bob McDonald checked the Noggins Farm Market monitor of the nest = on Saturday, but it was not yet working.=A0 I think the access to the = <b>NEST-CAM</b> last year was via the Noggins Farm Web-site?, which = would be worth checking as the season progresses.</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. 28, = 2009</b> - Along Earnescliff Ave. in Wolfville, several planted tall = <b>BALSAM POPLAR or BLACK POPLAR trees</b> have their long red hanging = <b>catkins open</b>.=A0 They also exhibit the deeply furrowed bark I = associate with "cottonwoods".</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<b> WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW</b> is still at my home = feeders, and also present are 4 white-throated sparrows = 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"><b>APR. 29, = 2009</b> - A single brown-plumaged <b>PURPLE FINCH</b> (female or = immature male) visited my 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. 30, 2009 </b>- I drove to Halifax, = to the Provincial Legislature building, for a <b>RALLY</b> of the = coalition called <b>BUY BACK NOVA SCOTIA</b>, regarding the 170,000 to = 214,000? acres for sale by J.D. Irving forestry company, in three = southwestern counties.=A0 There were 75+ to 100 demonstrators there, = many with placards, and included Elizabeth May, Kermit DeGooyer and Ray = Plourde of the Ecology Action Centre, Tamara Lorincz of N.S. = Environmental Network, Gretchen Fitzgerald of Sierra Club of Canada, = Rudy Haase of Friends of Nature, Dusan Soudek of paddlers clubs and = public lands coalition, Peggy Cameron?, John Sollows (see photo in = Herald article May 1), several Mi'kmaqs with their drum and strong = wailing voices, et al.=A0 There were speeches from a woman from the = coalition?, Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (Min. of Nat.=A0 Resources), Darrell = Dexter of N.S. NDP, Leo Glavine (Liberal for Kings West), a message from = Peter Stoffer (NDP MP), and Elizabeth May (Nat. Leader of Green Party).=A0= Also present but silent was David Morse (N.S. Environment Minister).=A0 = The timing of the rally was to greet the MLAs who were sitting today at = 2 p.m. after a long "vacation"</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">At Port Williams sewage ponds, there were 2 = <b>RING-NECKED DUCKS</b> (m,f together), 2 drake <b>MALLARDS</b>, and at = least 3 <b>TREE SWALLOWS</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>MAY 1, 2009</b> - Pat noticed a cute little<b> = PSEUDOSCORPION</b> in the bathroom this morning.=A0 She described it = later in such a way that I am sure that is what she saw, and I assured = her that they are "good guys" to have around, indoors or out.=A0 Then I = Googled "pseudoscorpion" on my computer and quickly found photos and = "facts" about them 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">I blundered into finding a <b>MOURNING DOVE NEST</b> in = the planted spruce tree just north of the Wolfville Post Office.=A0 I = saw a dove fly into the branches and found the very shoddy nest of just = a few flat twigs about 7 feet high in the south side of the tree.=A0 = Through the twig platform I could see at least one egg.</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>MAY 2, = 2009</b> - We saw a very large<b> BUMBLEBEE</b>, presumably an = overwintered queen, at our home.=A0 This was my first of this = Spring.</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 our = neighborhood, <b>NORWAY MAPLE</b> has begun to bloom, and male catkins = of <b>WHITE or PAPER BIRCH</b> are just beginning to open. Also = <b>PINK-FLOWERED MAGNOLIAS</b> have begun to open their = flowers.</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: a m,f pair of <b>GREATER SCAUPS</b> (head shapes rounded = and not at all angular), 2 m,f pairs of <b>RING-NECKED DUCKS</b>, 4 = <b>MALLARDS</b> (3m,1f), 5+ <b>TREE SWALLOWS</b>, and a few RED-WINGED = BLACKBIRDS.=A0 I was surprised any birds were there at all, because on = my drive to get to the ponds, 2 <b>HELICOPTERS</b> were flying back and = forth there at very low altitudes!=A0 Why?</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: 1 = drake <b>GADWALL</b>, 1 drake <b>N. PINTAIL</b>, about 4 m,f pairs of = <b>AM. WIGEONS</b>, <b>GREEN-WINGED TEALS</b> abundant (2 dozen at = least), 20 <b>GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS</b>, 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">Canning Aboiteau = (Habitant River): 40+<b> CANADA GEESE</b>, 3 female <b>COMMON = MERGANSERS</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): 1 drake <b>RING-NECKED DUCK</b>, 2 <b>AM. BLACK DUCKS</b>, 1 = drake <b>MALLARD</b>, 2 <b>CANADA GEESE</b> (tame?) on lawn in front of = home at west end of pond, 1 <b>PALM WARBLER</b>, 1 <b>YELLOW-RUMPED = WARBLER</b> (latter was female, I think), plus red-winged blackbirds, = grackles, 1 cock pheasant crowing.</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></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;"><br></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_84T5A8lMOSlXBXSsBjuXFQ)--
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