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--Boundary_(ID_Ti+WeXxXqUV89xyPgafO5Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT SEPT. 22, 2009 - In late afternoon our Wolfville feeders had 4 juvenile N. CARDINALS, perhaps a brood? -- one was clearly a young male, a mixture of bright red and brownish, then another separate male with much less red, and the other two were dull-coloured females, all three of them with non-pink bills (darkish but lightening). Also present were 4 blue jays, 3 mourning doves, and a song sparrow (and earlier a cock pheasant and 2 crows). Sherman Williams sent NatureNS and BNS naturalists an alert about a nice high pass tonight of the International Space Station which was to peak at 8:11 p.m. The sky cooperated and the ISS showed up right on time and was very visible and bright as it traveled toward the southeast for quite a long time and then disappeared in the Earth's shadow. SEPT. 23, 2009 - This morning another N. CARDINAL showed up at my Wolfville feeders; this one looks like a juvenile female but has a pink bill and thus is older than the other 4 cardinals seen yesterday. SEPT. 24, 2009 - This morning at home in Wolfville a small (male) immature SHARP-SHINNED HAWK showed up, landed twice on a deck railing, and was promptly chased away twice by clearly unafraid blue jays. Also visible at the time were 2 N. FLICKERS, a ROBIN, etc. Yet ANOTHER CARDINAL appeared in late afternoon, this one in male plumage with a pink bill but too dull to be an adult -- maybe a yearling or one that fledged in early summer? This makes a total of SIX DIFFERENT CARDINALS seen over the past three days, and at least five of them were juveniles. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_Ti+WeXxXqUV89xyPgafO5Q) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII 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"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>SEPT. = 22, 2009 - <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-weight: = normal; ">In late afternoon our Wolfville feeders had <b>4 juvenile</b> = <b>N. CARDINALS</b>, perhaps a brood? -- one was clearly a young male, a = mixture of bright red and brownish, then another separate male with much = less red, and the other two were dull-coloured females, all three of = them with non-pink bills (darkish but lightening). Also present = were 4 blue jays, 3 mourning doves, and a song sparrow (and earlier a = cock pheasant and 2 crows).</span></b></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">Sherman = Williams sent NatureNS and BNS naturalists an alert about a nice high = pass tonight of the<b> International Space Station</b> which was to peak = at 8:11 p.m. The sky cooperated and the ISS showed up right on = time and was very visible and bright as it traveled toward the southeast = for quite a long time and then disappeared in the Earth's = shadow.</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; "><b></b><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"><b>SEPT. 23, 2009</b> - This morning <b>another = N. CARDINAL</b> showed up at my Wolfville feeders; this one looks like a = juvenile female but has a pink bill and thus is older than the other 4 = cardinals seen yesterday. </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"><b>SEPT. 24, 2009</b> - This = morning at home in Wolfville a small (male) immature <b>SHARP-SHINNED = HAWK </b>showed up, landed twice on a deck railing, and was promptly = chased away twice by clearly unafraid blue jays. Also visible at = the time were 2 <b>N. FLICKERS</b>, a <b>ROBIN</b>, = etc.</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"><b>Yet ANOTHER CARDINAL</b> appeared in late = afternoon, this one in male plumage with a pink bill but too dull to be = an adult -- maybe a yearling or one that fledged in early summer? = This makes a total of <b>SIX DIFFERENT CARDINALS</b> seen over the past = three days, and at least five of them were juveniles.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers from = Jim in Wolfville</div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_Ti+WeXxXqUV89xyPgafO5Q)--
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