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--Boundary_(ID_vadG0kvcYC8uDwQuDR6AaQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT MAY 10, 2009 - An unusual bird was in my yard today, an adult male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (our yard is a long way from any appropriate nesting habitat). Strangely on yesterday's bird count, both Brenda & Bill Thexton and I found absolutely NO GULLS at the Wolfville and New Minas sewage ponds respectively. However, the Thextons did see a couple of ICELAND GULLS at the Wolfville sewage ponds on Friday, May 8th. I decided to recheck both sets of sewage ponds this afternoon. At Wolfville, there were 3 RING-BILLED GULLS. New Minas had no gulls again, but the number of SWALLOWS had doubled from about 110 yesterday to 200+ today, again nearly all TREE SWALLOWS. Yesterday there was a single BANK SWALLOW, and today there were 5+ BARN SWALLOWS. Also, east of Wolfville on the dykelands, I spotted a small, light brown N. HARRIER that was too small to be a female; it must have been an unusual? yearling male? 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_vadG0kvcYC8uDwQuDR6AaQ) 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 10, = 2009</b> - An unusual bird was in my yard today, an adult male = <b>RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD</b> (our yard is a long way from any appropriate = nesting habitat).</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">Strangely on yesterday's bird count, both Brenda & = Bill Thexton and I found absolutely <b>NO GULLS</b> at the Wolfville and = New Minas sewage ponds respectively.=A0 However, the Thextons did see a = couple of <b>ICELAND GULLS</b> at the Wolfville sewage ponds on Friday, = May 8th.=A0 I decided to recheck both sets of sewage ponds this = afternoon.=A0 At Wolfville, there were 3 <b>RING-BILLED GULLS</b>.=A0 = New Minas had no gulls again, but the number of <b>SWALLOWS</b> had = doubled from about 110 yesterday to 200+ today, again nearly all<b> TREE = SWALLOWS</b>.=A0 Yesterday there was a single <b>BANK SWALLOW</b>, and = today there were 5+ <b>BARN 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">Also, east of = Wolfville on the dykelands, I spotted a small, light brown <b>N. = HARRIER</b> that was too small to be a female; it must have been an = unusual? yearling male?</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_vadG0kvcYC8uDwQuDR6AaQ)--
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