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--Boundary_(ID_zkSO25nCnoeeJlegPgx2CQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > > Eagle Watch III Weekend report, Feb. 6-7/10 > > > FEB. 6 (SAT.), 2010 - 19th ANNUAL EAGLE WATCH WEEKEND III ("Eagle > Watch Lite", as Richard Hennigar calls it, i.e. without pancake & > sausage breakfast). Continuing very cold weather, -13 to -7 C. > with cold wind from west, made the Sheffield Mills Community Hall a > welcome retreat for coffee/tea/juice & cinnamon bun + displays/ > photos + videos. > > Pat and I did a drive in morning from Gaspereau along the river to > Wallbrook, and just west of Melanson saw 7 perched eagles in one of > the few big remaining elm trees and perhaps 20 eagles in total. > > In mid-afternoon I checked a feeder/yard along Saxon St., 1.3 km. > east of Hwy. 358 (i.e. south of Canning and river), where there > were 15 Savannah sparrows and 30 mourning doves. > > I also checked the Port Williams sewage ponds, where the only 2 > ducks there flushed immediately -- one was an unidentified male > goldeneye. > > FEB. 7 (Sunday), 2010 - last day of 2010 19th Annual Eagle Watch > -- Nice temperature today, about 0 to -1 C, and light wind, but > overcast with powdery snow falling. I was very late in leaving > home to drive to Sheffield Mills. At noon I checked out Church > Street, n. of Port Williams. West of Hwy. 358 there were about 20 > eagles, many of them flying in a group and landing. East of Hwy. > 358 toward Starr's Point were only about 5 eagles, all perched. > > Then I saw just a few eagles until just before 1 p.m. when I got to > "Swetnam's Field", the promoted feeding site at n. end of Middle > Dyke Rd., where there were about 50 eagles, nearly all perched with > lots of ravens in the south line of trees. But nothing was > happening, and I didn't notice whether there were dead chickens on > the ground (probably not). The few gawkers and photographers were > waiting for some action, and no doubt hoping for another feeding by > the Swetnams. > > I was back at Swetnam's Field at about 4 p.m., when there was no > action happening, but about 10 eagles were still sitting in the > trees, and a raven plus about 20 great black-backed gulls were on > the ground at the feeding spot. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Boundary_(ID_zkSO25nCnoeeJlegPgx2CQ) 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; "> <br><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><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><br>Eagle Watch III Weekend report, Feb. = 6-7/10</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px;"><b><br></b></span></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"><b>FEB. 6 = (SAT.), 2010 - 19th ANNUAL EAGLE WATCH WEEKEND III ("Eagle Watch = Lite"</b>, as Richard Hennigar calls it, i.e. without pancake & = sausage breakfast). Continuing very cold weather, -13 to -7 C. = with cold wind from west, made the Sheffield Mills Community Hall a = welcome retreat for coffee/tea/juice & cinnamon bun + = displays/photos + videos.</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">Pat and I did a drive in morning from <b>Gaspereau</b> = along the river to Wallbrook, and just west of <b>Melanson</b> saw 7 = perched <b>eagles</b> in one of the few big remaining elm trees and = perhaps 20 eagles in total.</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">In mid-afternoon I checked a feeder/yard along Saxon = St., 1.3 km. east of Hwy. 358 (i.e. south of Canning and river), where = there were 15 <b>Savannah sparrows </b>and 30 <b>mourning = doves</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">I also checked the Port Williams sewage ponds, where = the only 2 ducks there flushed immediately -- one was an unidentified = male <b>goldeneye</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"><b>FEB. 7 (Sunday), 2010 - last day of 2010 19th = Annual Eagle Watch </b>-- Nice temperature today, about 0 to -1 C, = and light wind, but overcast with powdery snow falling. I was very = late in leaving home to drive to Sheffield Mills. At noon I = checked out <b>Church Street</b>, n. of Port Williams. West of = Hwy. 358 there were about <b>20 eagles</b>, many of them flying in a = group and landing. East of Hwy. 358 toward Starr's Point were only = about 5 eagles, all perched.</font></div><d