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--Boundary_(ID_7wuK7yElk96Amkdbmf+cSQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: March 19, 2010 5:44:41 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] ducks, geese, eagle/raven nests, > > MAR. 17, 2010 - Another in a long series of Sunny, warm Spring-like > days -- high predicted today of 13 C., but, according to my car, it > was already 12 C. by noon. > > At the Noggins/Greenwich BALD EAGLE NEST, the presumed "owners", > adult male and female (difference in size easy in binoculars), were > both standing on and in the nest. But still no apparent incubation- > like behaviour. > > At North Grand Pre (Long Island), at the south edge of the trees in > Evangeline Campground (s. of E. Beach), an adult bald eagle was > lying in/on the nest in apparent incubation posture. > > I tried to scope the bald eagle nest on Boot Island (off ne. Grand > Pre just east of The Guzzle), but the large distance plus > distortion from heat waves prevented me from even seeing the nest. > I'll have to check it again on a cooler overcast day. > > No interesting birds seen or heard on the Grand Pre dykelands, > other than a single red-tailed hawk and singing song sparrows. > > MAR. 19, 2010 - Continuing incredible Sunny & warm (12+ C.) weather > (overdue for a late wintry setback?). Lots of bird sounds in my > yard this morning, including a crowing cock pheasant, woodpecker > drumming, several song sparrows singing, same for white-throated > sparrows, blue jays calling, etc. > > With this weather I just HAD TO do a drive around to eagle nests > and local ponds to look for ducks and geese etc: > > Noggins/Greenwich eagle nest: 2 ad. bald eagles in and adjacent to > the nest; > > most of the smaller ponds are open or opening now; > > Canard Pond -- 3 m,f prs + 2m n. pintails, a m,f pr of Am. wigeons, > 2 m green-winged teals, plus lots of black ducks and fewer mallards; > > Harris' Pond in Canning -- nearly totally free of ice, no water > birds at all except 4 Canada geese on lawn of house just west of > pond, and 3 cock pheasants; > > Habitant River in Canning -- 11 + 6 Canada geese + 135 more at > Aboiteau east of town; > > Van Nostrand's Pond (Starr's Point, e. & n. of Pt. Wms.) -- 4 ring- > necked ducks (1 m,f pr + 2 m); > > Starr's Point (Cox's pig farm) -- 1 ad. bald eagle on river-mouth > nest, and 1 raven in the nest on the metal grain elevator? > --------------------- > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Boundary_(ID_7wuK7yElk96Amkdbmf+cSQ) 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><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><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" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<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 face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 19, 2010 5:44:41 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] ducks, geese, = eagle/raven nests,</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 face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>MAR. 17, 2010</b> - = Another in a long series of Sunny, warm Spring-like days -- high = predicted today of 13 C., but, according to my car, it was already 12 C. = by noon.</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">At the Noggins/Greenwich <b>BALD EAGLE NEST</b>, the = presumed "owners", adult male and female (difference in size easy in = binoculars), were both standing on and in the nest. But still no = apparent incubation-like behaviour.</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">At North Grand Pre (Long = Island), at the south edge of the trees in <b>Evangeline Campground = </b>(s. of E. Beach), an adult <b>bald eagle was lying in/on the nest = </b>in apparent incubation posture.</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 tried to scope the <b>bald = eagle nest on Boot Island </b>(off ne. Grand Pre just east of The = Guzzle), but the large distance plus distortion from heat waves = prevented me from even seeing the nest. I'll have to check it = again on a cooler overcast day.</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">No interesting birds seen or = heard on the Grand Pre dykelands, other than a single red-tailed hawk = and <b>singing song sparrows</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>MAR. 19, 2010</b> - = Continuing incredible Sunny & warm (12+ C.) <b>weather</b> (overdue = for a late wintry setback?). Lots of bird sounds in my yard this = morning, including a crowing cock pheasant, woodpecker drumming, several = song sparrows singing, same for white-throated sparrows, blue jays = calling, 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">With this weather I just HAD TO do a drive around to = eagle nests and local ponds to look for ducks and geese = 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">Noggins/Greenwich eagle nest: 2 ad. <b>bald eagles</b> = in and adjacent to the nest;</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">most of the smaller <b>ponds</b> are open or opening = now;</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>Canard Pond</b> -- 3 m,f prs + 2m <b>n. = pintails</b>, a m,f pr of <b>Am. wigeons,</b> 2 m <b>green-winged = teals</b>, plus lots of <b>black ducks</b> and fewer = <b>mallards</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>Harris' Pond</b> in Canning -- nearly totally free = of ice, no water birds at all except 4 Canada geese on lawn of house = just west of pond, and 3 cock <b>pheasants</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>Habitant River</b> in Canning -- 11 + 6 <b>Canada = geese</b> + 135 more at Aboiteau east of town;</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">Van = Nostrand's Pond (Starr's Point, e. & n. of Pt. Wms.) -- 4 = ring-necked ducks (1 m,f pr + 2 m);</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">Starr's Point (Cox's pig = farm) -- 1 ad. <b>bald eagle</b> on river-mouth<b> nest</b>, and 1<b> = raven </b>in the<b> nest</b> on the metal grain = elevator?</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 style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: medium;">Cheers from Jim = in Wolfville</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_7wuK7yElk96Amkdbmf+cSQ)--
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