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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_L1evgwkrBqV2/iLo1tfbKQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Speaking about Osprey nests, I was atlassing in Island L., Guys.( = 20NR50) near the Liscomb River Alder Grounds protected Area today May 22 = and found an Osprey nest basically in the centre of a large cut-over = with a few reminant large maples left. Usually I estimate the nest = location from the map or web site if it is difficult walking to get to a = nest, but this particular location was giving me problems as the road = was not actually on the map. I decided I would walk in to the nest and = get a GPS reading from there. The walking was not bad luckily as all I = had with me today were sandals. As I got close to the nest site, a = large dead maple, I saw a tree directly behind it with 2 nice nest holes = and looked forward to giving the snag a rap to see if any one was home. = At that time I heard a bit of a growl and by the time I registered what = made the sound, I was eying bear cubs climbing each of the 2 trees I was = looking forward to checking out. Needless to say, my adrenaline started = to pump pretty good as I could not see where momma bear was. I quicky = moved away then thought- I came all this way for the GPS co-ordinates, = so I quickly scribbled them down and back tracked to the truck without = seeing momma bear. When I looked back from the safety of a quick jump = into the vehicle, I saw no sign of any of the bears.=20 The Osprey where initially disturbed by the bear climbing the nest tree, = but as I watched they quickly got back to business including copluation = at the edge of the nest. . Guess the nest has not progressed too far yet = although it is very well constructed.=20 The dawn chorus in this square today included a Great Horned Owl, but I = missed Woodcock. Luckily as I was tracing down an unfamiliar robin-like = song in a conifer plantation, I flushed a Woodcock, but could not find a = nest. I also flushed a Robin from a small conifer in the same area with = a completed nest, but no eggs. I never did see the bird making the = unfamiliar song.- most likely a robin. =20 New migrants for me in the square were Swainson's Thrush, Yellow-bellied = Flycatcher,Red-eyed Vireo, Blackpoll Warbler ( most likely not a = breeder), Blackburnian and Canada Warbler. Present in good numbers were = at least 30 Bay-breasted Warblers including a female. There were a = number of Lincolns Sparrows and Least Flycathers, but I had them last = weekend as well.=20 It is a very Boreal square and I had Greater Yellowlegs in 2 locations = with breeding calls and a Rusty Blackbird.=20 When it got warm, I netted a Spring Azure ? and a Silver-bordered = Fritillary ( pretty sure of this). There were 4 types of Odes. Not good = at these thins but 2 were same as Dereks- 4 Spotted Skimmer and American = Emerald. cheers Ken= --Boundary_(ID_L1evgwkrBqV2/iLo1tfbKQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Speaking about Osprey nests, I was atlassing in Island L., Guys.( 20NR50) near the Liscomb River Alder Grounds protected Area today May 22 and found an Osprey nest basically in the centre of a large cut-over with a few reminant large maples left. Usually I estimate the nest location from the map or web site if it is difficult walking to get to a nest, but this particular location was giving me problems as the road was not actually on the map. I decided I would walk in to the nest and get a GPS reading from there. The walking was not bad luckily as all I had with me today were sandals. As I got close to the nest site, a large dead maple, I saw a tree directly behind it with 2 nice nest holes and looked forward to giving the snag a rap to see if any one was home. At that time I heard a bit of a growl and by the time I registered what made the sound, I was eying bear cubs climbing each of the 2 trees I was looking forward to checking out. Needless to say, my adrenaline started to pump pretty good as I could not see where momma bear was. I quicky moved away then thought- I came all this way for the GPS co-ordinates, so I quickly scribbled them down and back tracked to the truck without seeing momma bear. When I looked back from the safety of a quick jump into the vehicle, I saw no sign of any of the bears. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The Osprey where initially disturbed by the bear climbing the nest tree, but as I watched they quickly got back to business including copluation at the edge of the nest. . Guess the nest has not progressed too far yet although it is very well constructed. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The dawn chorus in this square today included a Great Horned Owl, but I missed Woodcock. Luckily as I was tracing down an unfamiliar robin-like song in a conifer plantation, I flushed a Woodcock, but could not find a nest. I also flushed a Robin from a small conifer in the same area with a completed nest, but no eggs. I never did see the bird making the unfamiliar song.- most likely a robin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>New migrants for me in the square were Swainson's Thrush, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher,Red-eyed Vireo, Blackpoll Warbler ( most likely not a breeder), Blackburnian and Canada Warbler. Present in good numbers were at least 30 Bay-breasted Warblers including a female. There were a number of Lincolns Sparrows and Least Flycathers, but I had them last weekend as well. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It is a very Boreal square and I had Greater Yellowlegs in 2 locations with breeding calls and a Rusty Blackbird. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> When it got warm, I netted a Spring Azure ? and a Silver-bordered Fritillary ( pretty sure of this). There were 4 types of Odes. Not good at these thins but 2 were same as Dereks- 4 Spotted Skimmer and American Emerald.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_L1evgwkrBqV2/iLo1tfbKQ)--
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