[NatureNS] nature notes: bird nests, flowers, lily beetle

Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:59:36 -0300
From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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JUNE 28, 2009 - 40th Wedding Anniversary for Joanne and Doug Linzey  
on the Brow of the North Mountain, west of The Lookoff.  At the  
gathering there, Joanne showed us a DARK-EYED JUNCO NEST on the  
ground in their garden.  The nest was covered by the female junco,  
who now apparently has tiny babies under her, and we watched the  
diligent male deliver food to the nest twice.  The female sat tight  
while being examined fairly closely (2 metres or less?) several  
times, and her little heart must have been really racing.

In Wolfville, Pat and I have been watching a pair of SONG SPARROWS  
busily bringing food for babies to a NEST in a very dense coniferous  
shrub whose identity we don't know -- it has very dense and prickly  
needles.  The nest is about 4 feet high, about a foot below the top,  
and those feedings stopped a couple of days ago (thus the youngsters  
must have fledged then, and just today we looked to find the nest).

Also, on our walk today in our neighbourhood, a planted SNOWBERRY?  
(Symphoricarpos sp.) bush is in bloom, with lovely small pink-and- 
white blossoms.  And two TULIP TREES at the south end of Kent Ave.  
are in bloom, and this is a bit early, I believe.

In Canning I saw two shrubs or small trees of CLAMMY LOCUST or ROSE  
ACACIA  (Robinia viscosa) in full bloom north of town along the road  
to The Lookoff.  I know that BLACK LOCUST or "ACACIA" (Robinia  
pseudoacacia) is still in bloom in Wolfville, and I will have to  
check to see whether Wolfville's BRISTLY LOCUST or ROSE ACACIA  
(Robinia hispida) colony along University Ave., just south of the  
campus, is also flowering now.

In Wolfville we noted some badly chewed up tiger lily plants and  
found a single bright  red LILY BEETLE near one of those plants.  A  
few years ago we found quite a few of the lily beetles in our own  
yard, but I guess we were thorough about destroying the ones we  
found, because we haven't seen any there since then.

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
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face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial"><b>JUNE 28, =
2009</b> - 40th Wedding Anniversary for Joanne and Doug Linzey on the =
Brow of the North Mountain, west of The Lookoff.=A0 At the gathering =
there, Joanne showed us a <b>DARK-EYED JUNCO NEST</b> on the ground in =
their garden.=A0 The nest was covered by the female junco, who now =
apparently has tiny babies under her, and we watched the diligent male =
deliver food to the nest twice.=A0 The female sat tight while being =
examined fairly closely (2 metres or less?) several times, and her =
little heart must have been really racing.</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; =
min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial">In Wolfville, Pat =
and I have been watching a pair of <b>SONG SPARROWS</b> busily bringing =
food for babies to a <b>NEST</b> in a very dense coniferous shrub whose =
identity we don't know -- it has very dense and prickly needles.=A0 The =
nest is about 4 feet high, about a foot below the top, and those =
feedings stopped a couple of days ago (thus the youngsters must have =
fledged then, and just today we looked to find the =
nest).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial">Also, on our walk =
today in our neighbourhood, a planted <b>SNOWBERRY? (Symphoricarpos =
sp.)</b> bush is in bloom, with lovely small pink-and-white blossoms.=A0 =
And two <b>TULIP TREES</b> at the south end of Kent Ave. are in bloom, =
and this is a bit early, I believe.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial">In Canning I saw two shrubs or small trees =
of <b>CLAMMY LOCUST or ROSE ACACIA=A0 </b><i>(Robinia viscosa</i>) in =
full bloom north of town along the road to The Lookoff.=A0 I know that =
<b>BLACK LOCUST or "ACACIA" </b>(Robinia pseudoacacia)<b> </b>is still =
in bloom in Wolfville, and I will have to check to see whether =
Wolfville's <b>BRISTLY LOCUST or ROSE ACACIA </b>(<i>Robinia =
hispida</i>) colony along University Ave., just south of the campus, is =
also flowering now.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Arial">In Wolfville we noted some badly chewed up tiger lily =
plants and found a single bright=A0 red<b> LILY BEETLE</b> near one of =
those plants.=A0 A few years ago we found quite a few of the lily =
beetles in our own yard, but I guess we were thorough about destroying =
the ones we found, because we haven't seen any there since =
then.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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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; =
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12.0px Helvetica">Jim (James W.) Wolford</font></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
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