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--Boundary_(ID_tkhDPxbMUfh0xzzVZv2jbA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT [I'm playing "catch-up" with my old notes today -- sorry these are tardy.] APR. 29, 2010 - I had to take Pat to the Halifax Airport, and on my return trip I got to St. Croix and checked out the large cattail pond behind the baseball/softball field from 11:30 to noon. I think this was the pond where two people reported a pumping/singing Am. bittern on Apr. 27 & 28. I could not see or hear a bittern, BUT a noisy pied- billed grebe was calling frequently through the whole time I was there. This Hants Co. pond is at least partly a beaver pond, and the small dam and larger lodge were both quite obvious. Also I saw a muskrat swimming. I saw 3 Canada geese, but I'll bet there was an unseen 4th one, too. Two geese were just loafing and well apart, and were probably males? One probable female was visible in the marsh and probably on a nest. Predictably in the marsh were red-winged blackbirds and c. grackles, and I also saw a n. flicker and an Am. robin. This pond might be a nice spot if it was not for the noise from the adjacent Highway 101 and twinning construction. Speaking of highway twinning, when will someone speak up for concerns about further fragmentation of wildlife habitat and other ecological disbenefits? I feel the same way about all those miles of moose fences that have been built and are being requested along New Brunswick highways. (As if we don't have enough issues to consider right now!! e.g. biosolids on farmlands, biomass harvesting via clearcutting for power, coastal issues, sustainable foods, preservation of agricultural lands, culls of coyotes and seals, etc. etc.) ------------------- I checked on the bald eagle nest on the southern edge of Evangeline Campground, on Long Island north of Grand Pre. Presumably the female was there on the nest tending to something in the cup (tiny hatchlings perhaps?), and perhaps the adult male? was perched in a tree at the paved junction just to the south of the nest. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_tkhDPxbMUfh0xzzVZv2jbA) 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; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b>[I'm = playing "catch-up" with my old notes today -- sorry these are = tardy.]</b></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><br></b></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>APR. 29, 2010</b> - I had to take Pat to the = Halifax Airport, and on my return trip I got to <b>St. Croix</b> and = checked out the<b> large cattail pond</b> behind the baseball/softball = field from 11:30 to noon. I think this was the pond where two = people reported a pumping/singing <b>Am. bittern</b> on Apr. 27 & = 28. I could not see or hear a bittern, BUT a noisy <b>pied-billed = grebe</b> was <b>calling</b> frequently through the whole time I was = there.</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">This Hants Co. pond is at least partly a <b>beaver = pond</b>, and the small<b> dam</b> and larger <b>lodge</b> were both = quite obvious. Also I saw a <b>muskrat = </b>swimming.</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 saw <b>3 Canada geese</b>, but I'll bet there was an = unseen 4th one, too. Two geese were just loafing and well apart, = and were probably <b>males?</b> One probable <b>female </b>was = visible in the marsh and probably on a <b>nest.</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">Predictably in the marsh were <b>red-winged blackbirds</b> = and<b> c. grackles</b>, and I also saw a <b>n. flicker </b>and an <b>Am. = robin</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">This pond might be a nice spot if it was not for the = <b>noise</b> from the adjacent <b>Highway 101 and twinning</b> = construction.</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">Speaking of <b>highway twinning</b>, when will someone = speak up for concerns about further fragmentation of wildlife habitat = and other ecological disbenefits? I feel the same way about all = those miles of <b>moose fences</b> that have been built and are being = requested along New Brunswick highways. (As if we don't have = enough issues to consider right now!! e.g. biosolids on farmlands, = biomass harvesting via clearcutting for power, coastal issues, = sustainable foods, preservation of agricultural lands, culls of coyotes = and seals, etc. etc.)</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 = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">I checked = on the <b>bald eagle nest </b>on the southern edge of <b>Evangeline = Campground</b>, on Long Island north of Grand Pre. Presumably the = <b>female </b>was there on the nest tending to something in the cup = (tiny hatchlings perhaps?), and perhaps the adult<b> male?</b> was = perched in a tree at the paved junction just to the south of the = nest. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_tkhDPxbMUfh0xzzVZv2jbA)--
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