[NatureNS] "Update" on Centre Burlington sandhill cranes

From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca>
To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, NS-RBA <NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:12:16 -0400
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Hello everyone:

I did go out on the 28th (the day after we found out that the cranes  
were there) and I stopped to check all the fields on the way out to  
Ross Barkhouse Road with no luck.

I went down Ross Barkhouse Road around the sharp bed and to the end of  
the road with no luck either. I had turned the car around and was  
about the head further north when the pair flew in from the landward  
side of Highway 215 and landed in the corn field that is behind the  
farm just south of Ross Backhouse.

I walked around the "dyked" area of the farm and despite the snow  
flurries had a god chance to view them. While the view in binoculars  
was better, I did get some pictures. The first  two are cropped, the  
last one scaled down to show the entire scene.

http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill1.jpg
http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill2.jpg
http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill3.jpg

I then stopped in to meet Derek Crosby, (on the "bend" in the  
Barkhouse Road) who had reported the birds with his feederwatch  
report. He said that the birds have been off and on since early  
December, and there are days where he doesn't see them. I haven't had  
a chance to get back since to see if they are still around.


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everyone:</div><div><br></div>I did go out on the 28th (the day after we =
found out that the cranes were there) and I stopped to check all the =
fields on the way out to Ross Barkhouse Road with no =
luck.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>I went down Ross Barkhouse Road around =
the sharp bed and to the end of the road with no luck either. I had =
turned the car around and was about the head further north when the pair =
flew in from the landward side of Highway 215 and landed in the corn =
field that is behind the farm just south of Ross =
Backhouse.</div><div><br></div><div>I walked around the "dyked" area of =
the farm and despite the snow flurries had a god chance to view them. =
While the view in binoculars was better, I did get some pictures. The =
first &nbsp;two are cropped, the last one scaled down to show the entire =
scene.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><a =
href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill1.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca/pmk=
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href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill2.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca/pmk=
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href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill3.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca/pmk=
elly/Sandhill3.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>I then stopped in to =
meet Derek Crosby, (on the "bend" in the Barkhouse Road) who had =
reported the birds with his feederwatch report. He said that the birds =
have been off and on since early December, and there are days where he =
doesn't see them. I haven't had a chance to get back since to see if =
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