[NatureNS] ducks & geese, eagle nest repairs, cardinals etc. at feeders

Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:22:05 -0400
From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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> Subject: [ValleyNature] ducks & geese, eagle nest repairs,  
> cardinals etc. at feeders
>
> NOV. 7, 2009 - Canard Pond: 2 fem./imm. hooded mergansers, 50+  
> green-winged teals, 10 n. pintails (8 males, 2 fem./imm.), 1 fem./ 
> imm. Am. wigeon, 10+ Am. black ducks, 1 mallard, lots of gulls  
> (mostly herring + 10 great black-backed), and 1 c. raven on a road- 
> killed raccoon.
>
> The Canard Road bald eagle nest, which suffered a lot of damage  
> over winter or in early spring, now shows some recent repairs, so  
> that there is a definite platform again.
>
> Port Williams sewage ponds: 14 Canada geese + 60 mallards.
>
> NOV. 8, 2009 - This morning I clearly saw 6 different n. cardinals  
> at our feeders: 3 males and 3 females, and 1 male and 1 female had  
> pink beaks (adults?).  Other recent customers include about 5  
> pheasants, 2 downy woodpeckers, 2 hairy woodpeckers, no nuthatches  
> of either kind for a long time, 2 crows, 8 blue jays, 4 bl.-c.  
> chickadees, 12 mourning doves, a few white-throated sparrows, 2  
> song sparrows, no goldfinches nor purple finches, and no mammals  
> except an occasional domestic cat from adjacent yards.
>
> 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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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] ducks &amp; geese, =
eagle nest repairs, cardinals etc. at feeders</b></font></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:=
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face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>NOV. =
7, 2009</b> - Canard Pond: 2 fem./imm. <b>hooded mergansers</b>, 50+ =
<b>green-winged teals</b>, 10 <b>n. pintails</b> (8 males, 2 fem./imm.), =
1 fem./imm. <b>Am. wigeon</b>, 10+ Am. black ducks, 1 mallard, lots of =
gulls (mostly herring + 10 great black-backed), and 1 c. raven on a =
road-killed raccoon.</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 =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">The <b>Canard Road bald eagle nest,</b> which suffered =
a lot of damage over winter or in early spring, now <b>shows some recent =
repairs</b>, so that there is a definite platform =
again.</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 =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Port Williams sewage ponds: 14 <b>Canada geese </b>+ =
60 <b>mallards</b>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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12.0px Helvetica"><b>NOV. 8, 2009</b> - This morning I clearly saw <b>6 =
different n. cardinals</b> at our feeders: 3 males and 3 females, and 1 =
male and 1 female had pink beaks (adults?).&nbsp; <b>Other recent =
customers include</b> about 5 pheasants, 2 downy woodpeckers, 2 hairy =
woodpeckers, no nuthatches of either kind for a long time, 2 crows, 8 =
blue jays, 4 bl.-c. chickadees, 12 mourning doves, a few white-throated =
sparrows, 2 song sparrows, no goldfinches nor purple finches, and no =
mammals except an occasional domestic cat from adjacent yards. =
&nbsp;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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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; =
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12.0px Helvetica">Jim (James W.) Wolford</font></div><div =
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