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--Boundary_(ID_UonQhZ3niPTPDE6J+YTZVw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT MAY 9, 2009 - NOVA SCOTIA [BIRD] MIGRATION COUNT, alias North American Migration Count, alias World Bird Migration Day [Count] -- As usual, I drove around from pond to pond in eastern King's County for most of the day -- I ended up with 41 species of birds plus a few other interesting items like flowers, butterflies, turtles. Here is a list of my highlights for the day, with details to follow later: CANADA GOOSE - one apparently still on a nest on island in Ducks Unlimited pond on Middle Dyke Road by river, plus a possibly tame? pair of yearlings? at Harris' Pond, Canning. WOOD DUCK - 5 seen, at 3 different places. GADWALL - a m,f pair at Canard Pond. AMERICAN WIGEON - 4 seen (2 m,f pairs)(at 2 ponds). BLUE-WINGED TEAL - 3 seen (a m,f pr plus a m) at New Minas sewage ponds. GREEN-WINGED TEAL - 39 seen. RING-NECKED DUCK - 5 seen. GREATER SCAUP - 1 male at Van Nostrand's Pond, identification from rounded top of head. COMMON MERGANSER - 1 female at Canning Aboiteau. DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT - only one seen, but it was surprisingly high in a tree, at Harris' Pond, Canning. BALD EAGLE - 3 adults, all at nests, and 2 CHICKS were visible in the Noggins Farm nest, Greenwich. RED-TAILED HAWK - 5 seen, one on nest at Starr's Point, and I was surprised to see a newly? rebuilt replacement nest in the same spot at Saxon St. Pond which produced young last year (but then nest blew or fell away sometime during the winter). GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 1 at New Minas sewage ponds. WILLET - 1 in Wolfville Harbour. CHIMNEY SWIFT - 12+ into Wolfville RTNC chimney at dusk. BELTED KINGFISHER - 2 seen. EASTERN KINGBIRD - 1 at pond south of Chipman's Corner along Middle Dyke Rd. TREE SWALLOW - 121 seen (110 at New Minas sewage ponds)(and 200+ there on next day). BANK SWALLOW - 1 at New Minas sewage ponds. BARN SWALLOW - 12 seen, in small groups up to 5 at various locales. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER - 4 seen. SAVANNAH SPARROW - 1 seen and heard. PURPLE FINCH - 3 seen or heard. PLANTS: cuckoo-flower and shadbush in bloom. Bigtooth aspen poplar has young fruits. BUTTERFLIES: 1 RED ADMIRAL with a damaged hind wing at Van Nostrand's Ponds, Starr's Point, and 1 CABBAGE WHITE in Canning. MIDGES: large ones were in flying swarms, nice for the swallows, at New Minas sewage ponds. PAINTED TURTLES: 12+ basking at Elderkin's Pond in Wolfville. My day ended with a vigil for CHIMNEY SWIFTS in Wolfville at the Robie Tufts Nature Centre. Judy Tufts showed up too, but I sent her home with my thanks. I watched from 7:30 to 8:50 p.m. -- Sunset time was 8:28 p.m.. Carol Carpenter and a liquor store patron also helped me spot my first swifts for the year. At least 12 CHIMNEY SWIFTS entered the chimney between 8:45 an 8:50 p.m., after a lot of high passes over a period of 15 minutes or more. 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_UonQhZ3niPTPDE6J+YTZVw) 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>MAY 9, 2009 - = NOVA SCOTIA [BIRD] MIGRATION COUNT</b>, alias North American Migration = Count, alias World Bird Migration Day [Count] -- As usual, I drove = around from pond to pond in eastern King's County for most of the day -- = I ended up with 41 species of birds plus a few other interesting items = like flowers, butterflies, turtles.=A0 Here is a list of my highlights = for the day, with details to follow later:</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">CANADA GOOSE - = one apparently still on a nest on island in Ducks Unlimited pond on = Middle Dyke Road by river, plus a possibly tame? pair of yearlings? at = Harris' Pond, Canning.</font></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">WOOD DUCK - 5 = seen, at 3 different places.</font></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">GADWALL - a m,f = pair at Canard Pond.</font></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">AMERICAN WIGEON - = 4 seen (2 m,f pairs)(at 2 ponds).</font></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">BLUE-WINGED TEAL = - 3 seen (a m,f pr plus a m) at New Minas sewage ponds.</font></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">GREEN-WINGED TEAL - 39 seen.</font></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">RING-NECKED DUCK - 5 seen.</font></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">GREATER SCAUP - 1 male at Van Nostrand's Pond, = identification from rounded top of head.</font></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">COMMON MERGANSER - 1 female at Canning = Aboiteau.</font></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">DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT - only one seen, = but it was surprisingly high in a tree, at Harris' Pond, = Canning.</font></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">BALD EAGLE - 3 adults, all at nests, and 2 = CHICKS were visible in the Noggins Farm nest, = Greenwich.</font></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">RED-TAILED HAWK - 5 seen, one on nest at = Starr's Point, and I was surprised to see a newly? rebuilt replacement = nest in the same spot at Saxon St. Pond which produced young last year = (but then nest blew or fell away sometime during the = winter).</font></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">GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 1 at New Minas sewage = ponds.</font></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">WILLET - 1 in Wolfville = Harbour.</font></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">CHIMNEY SWIFT - 12+ into Wolfville RTNC = chimney at dusk.</font></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">BELTED KINGFISHER = - 2 seen.</font></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">EASTERN KINGBIRD - 1 at pond south of = Chipman's Corner along Middle Dyke Rd.</font></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">TREE SWALLOW - 121 seen (110 at New Minas sewage = ponds)(and 200+ there on next day).</font></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">BANK SWALLOW - 1 = at New Minas sewage ponds.</font></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">BARN SWALLOW - 12 = seen, in small groups up to 5 at various locales.</font></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">YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER - 4 seen.</font></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">SAVANNAH SPARROW - 1 seen and heard.</font></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">PURPLE FINCH - 3 seen or heard.</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">PLANTS: = cuckoo-flower and shadbush in bloom.=A0 Bigtooth aspen poplar has young = fruits.</font></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">BUTTERFLIES: 1 RED ADMIRAL with a damaged = hind wing at Van Nostrand's Ponds, Starr's Point, and 1 CABBAGE WHITE in = Canning.</font></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">MIDGES: large ones were in flying swarms, = nice for the swallows, at New Minas sewage ponds.</font></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">PAINTED TURTLES: 12+ basking at Elderkin's Pond in = Wolfville.=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">My day ended with = a <b>vigil for CHIMNEY SWIFTS</b> in Wolfville at the Robie Tufts Nature = Centre.=A0 Judy Tufts showed up too, but I sent her home with my = thanks.=A0 I watched from 7:30 to 8:50 p.m. -- Sunset time was 8:28 = p.m..=A0 Carol Carpenter and a liquor store patron also helped me spot = my first swifts for the year.=A0 At least 12 <b>CHIMNEY SWIFTS</b> = entered the chimney between 8:45 an 8:50 p.m., after a lot of high = passes over a period of 15 minutes or more.</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> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_UonQhZ3niPTPDE6J+YTZVw)--
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