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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_03D0_01C9CE8F.87293640 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1258" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Maritimes Nest Record SchemeAfter an early spring snowfall I was down = scouting around in the hemlock stand below Noggins farm, Greenwich, when = I spotted a large cavity about 50 feet off the ground in a white pine. = I'd actually noticed it before, but on this day I also noticed that the = snow on a nearby branch had been disturbed. Ever since, whenever I've = been in Noggins woods I've made a point of checking out that white pine = to see if anything's going on. Perhaps an owl was using that hole, I = thought. Yesterday, I was up early and cycling my serpentine way to work in = Kentville along the rail line and dyke roads that follow the river, = birding my way to work. This route is slow, rough work on a bike, but a = nice change from the traffic of the main road. When I passed through the = hemlock stand I looked up at this cavity in the white pine out of habit = and got a surprise. Two masked faces were silently following my wheeled = progress down the path. Raccoons! It looked to be an mother and at least = one young. I stopped and sat down on the ground with my binoculars and = we all watched each other for a while. It was rewarding to see the = fruits of that original observation all this time later. Lots of birds on that trip too: song sparrows, chickadees, goldfinches, = white-throated sparrows, ring-necked pheasants, red-winged blackbirds, = mallards, a northern flicker, ravens, crows, vocalizing eagles at = Noggins' nest, red-tailed hawk, mourning doves ... it's quite alive down = there along the river. I wish the municipalities would tear up the = rotting railway ties and redeem those paths like they have in Kentville = and other places. (That or bring back commuter trains .. but that's = another story.) Andrew Steeves Wolfville, NS ------=_NextPart_000_03D0_01C9CE8F.87293640 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1258" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Maritimes Nest Record Scheme</TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1258"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6001.18226" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>After an early = spring=20 snowfall I was down scouting around in the hemlock stand below Noggins = farm,=20 Greenwich, when I spotted a large cavity about 50 feet off the ground in = a white=20 pine. I'd actually noticed it before, but on this day I also = noticed=20 that the snow on a nearby branch had been disturbed. Ever since, = whenever I've=20 been in Noggins woods I've made a point of checking out that white = pine to=20 see if anything's going on. Perhaps an owl was using that hole, I=20 thought.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Yesterday, I was up = early=20 and cycling my serpentine way to work in Kentville along = the rail=20 line and dyke roads that follow the river, birding my way to work. This = route is=20 slow, rough work on a bike, but a nice change from the traffic of = the main=20 road. When I passed through the hemlock stand I looked up at this = cavity in=20 the white pine out of habit and got a surprise. Two masked faces=20 were silently following my wheeled progress down the path. = Raccoons! It=20 looked to be an mother and at least one young. I stopped and sat down on = the=20 ground with my binoculars and we all watched each other for a while. It = was=20 rewarding to see the fruits of that original observation all this time=20 later.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Lots of birds on that = trip too:=20 song sparrows, chickadees, goldfinches, white-throated sparrows, = ring-necked=20 pheasants, red-winged blackbirds, mallards, a northern flicker, ravens, = crows,=20 vocalizing eagles at Noggins' nest, red-tailed hawk, mourning doves ... = it's=20 quite alive down there along the river. I wish the municipalities would = tear up=20 the rotting railway ties and redeem those paths like they have in = Kentville and=20 other places. (That or bring back commuter trains .. but that's another=20 story.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Andrew = Steeves</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Wolfville, = NS</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_03D0_01C9CE8F.87293640--
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