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--Boundary_(ID_0NJJ/WUuR9/+XaHfPKZnGQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT OCT. 7, 2009 - At my Wolfville feeders, the Norway rat continues to show up frequently, but no chipmunk lately -- also present were at least 3 cardinals, 2 white-throated sparrows, 2 goldfinches (new), etc. Also yesterday in evening at low tide Brenda & Bill Thexton noticed many (but uncounted) double-crested cormorants perched on the power lines across the mouth of the Gaspereau River at Hortonville, viewed from Highway 101. Previously Bill thought this was a high-tide phenomenon, but I had my doubts about that, since I'd guess the cormorants forage a lot during so-called slack water during high tide and also at low tide -- slack tide is when, four times a day, suspended particles in the water settle out (for all the mud critters) and the water becomes a bit more clear for visibility. Comments? I have checked this power lines twice in the past few days when there were no cormorants there at all, BUT on both occasions one or two adult bald eagles were perched on power poles on the riverbank. 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_0NJJ/WUuR9/+XaHfPKZnGQ) 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>OCT. = 7, 2009 </b>- At my Wolfville feeders, the <b>Norway rat </b>continues = to show up frequently, but no <b>chipmunk</b> lately -- also present = were at least 3 <b>cardinals</b>, 2 <b>white-throated sparrows</b>, 2 = <b>goldfinches</b> (new), 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">Also yesterday in evening at = low tide Brenda & Bill Thexton noticed many (but uncounted) = <b>double-crested cormorants</b> perched on the power lines across the = mouth of the Gaspereau River at Hortonville, viewed from Highway = 101. Previously Bill thought this was a high-tide phenomenon, but = I had my doubts about that, since I'd guess the <b>cormorants forage</b> = a lot during so-called slack water during high tide and also at low tide = -- slack tide is when, four times a day, suspended particles in the = water settle out (for all the mud critters) and the water becomes a bit = more clear for visibility. Comments?</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">I have = checked this power lines twice in the past few days when there were no = <b>cormorants</b> there at all, BUT on both occasions one or two adult = <b>bald eagles</b> were perched on power poles on the = riverbank.</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; "><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>></fon= t></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><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">------------------------</font></div><div><br></div></div><div>= <br></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_0NJJ/WUuR9/+XaHfPKZnGQ)--
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