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--_628e94ac-8e4a-4999-bd83-857af4a91348_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I may as well start with this morning=2C where I heard my first dark-eyed j= unco vocalizing on territory. Song sparrows were everywhere in full song f= rom the tops of trees. I saw my first grackles in this area with two at Ro= se Bay=2C and two in Bayport. I had heard some at First South a few weeks = ago. =20 An update on the eagle nest in Dayspring. As of March 5=2C the pair had fi= nished rebuilding the nest. As of the past seven days=2C there was only on= e day that I did not see eiither one or both of the pair in the nest. One = of the pair seemed to be fully sitting as if egg laying has occurred or is = about to. =20 On March 15=2C Elizabeth Doull and I went on a bird jaunt. My goal was to = locate evening grosbeaks for her and we finally were successful with around= 55 of them along the Old Harmony Road=2C which is close to Caledonia. Oth= er notables that we found were 10 purple finches at Mahone Bay=2C a red-win= ged blackbird at Blockhouse which was vocal=2C a ruffed grouse along the Ol= d Harmony Road that was strolling through a yard=2C and at the High Liner P= lant in Lunenburg a boreal chickadee=2C golden-crowned kinglets and an oran= ge-crowned warbler with black-capped chickadees. I think the orange-crowne= d warbler is likely the same one that was seen there on the Lunenburg Chris= tmas Bird Count and has survived the winter in that area. =20 The redhead was still with the 500 greater scaup at First South=2C but the = flock is hanging close to Corkum's Island and makes it hard to pick the red= head out due to distance. =20 On March 16=2C I noted a return of lots of house sparrows in Lunenburg afte= r a virtual absence of them over the winter. I counted 50 plus and could h= ear them vocalizing on territory from almost every building along the main = street. The largest group of 30 plus was across from the legion at the usu= al location. =20 James R. Hirtle Bayport =20 _________________________________________________________________ Take your contacts everywhere http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9712959= --_628e94ac-8e4a-4999-bd83-857af4a91348_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Verdana } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> I may as well start with this morning=2C where I heard my first dark-eyed j= unco vocalizing on territory. =3B Song sparrows were everywhere in full= song from the tops of trees. =3B I saw my first grackles in this area = with two at Rose Bay=2C and two in Bayport. =3B I had heard some at Fir= st South a few weeks ago.<BR>  =3B<BR> An update on the eagle nest in Dayspring. =3B As of March 5=2C the pair= had finished rebuilding the nest. =3B As of the past seven days=2C the= re was only one day that I did not see eiither one or both of the pair in t= he nest. =3B One of the pair seemed to be fully sitting as if egg layin= g has occurred or is about to.<BR>  =3B<BR> On March 15=2C Elizabeth Doull and I went on a bird jaunt. =3B My goal = was to locate evening grosbeaks for her and we finally were successful with= around 55 of them along the Old Harmony Road=2C which is close to Caledoni= a. =3B Other notables that we found were 10 purple finches at Mahone Ba= y=2C a red-winged blackbird at Blockhouse which was vocal=2C a ruffed grous= e along the Old Harmony Road that was strolling through a yard=2C and at th= e High Liner Plant in Lunenburg a boreal chickadee=2C golden-crowned kingle= ts and an orange-crowned warbler with black-capped chickadees. =3B I th= ink the orange-crowned warbler is likely the same one that was seen there o= n the Lunenburg Christmas Bird Count and has survived the winter in that ar= ea.<BR>  =3B<BR> The redhead was still with the 500 greater scaup at First South=2C but the = flock is hanging close to Corkum's Island and makes it hard to pick the red= head out due to distance.<BR>  =3B<BR> On March 16=2C I noted a return of lots of house sparrows in Lunenburg afte= r a virtual absence of them over the winter. =3B I counted 50 plus and = could hear them vocalizing on territory from almost every building along th= e main street. =3B The largest group of 30 plus was across from the leg= ion at the usual location.<BR>  =3B<BR> James R. Hirtle<BR> Bayport<BR> <br /><hr />Stay in touch. <a href=3D'http://go.micr= osoft.com/?linkid=3D9712959' target=3D'_new'>Get Messenger on your phone no= w.</a></body> </html>= --_628e94ac-8e4a-4999-bd83-857af4a91348_--
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