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--Boundary_(ID_2H/438dWT7fXl4ocn5e5ig) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT JUNE 9, 2010 - 4 p.m. -- Thanks to Sam (Samantha) Bissix, in Wolfville I have just experienced an active nest of impressive pileated woodpeckers with at least 2 large nestlings, in a hole/ cavity high in a dead stump of probably a trembling aspen. This is along Wolfville's Millennium Trail? in the Sherwood Ravine, just northwest of where the trail crosses Sherwood Ave. off Main St. To get there, walk or drive south on Sherwood Ave. (east of downtown Wolfville) to where signs indicate the crossing of the walking trail. Park your car there, and walk west. You will first walk across two short boardwalks, then follow the trail until just before the next short boardwalk. Rubber boots or old shoes will make this easier. About 3-5 steps before that third boardwalk, look on your left for some fresh wood chips on the ground at the base of a large, high stump, among several large poplars. The nest-hole is up near the top and faces south; it can best be seen by getting a bit south of the trail. When the parents arrive with food, especially when they land on the nest-tree, the nestlings will suddenly start calling/buzzing loudly with excitement, just like the hairy woodpeckers I mentioned recently and also chimney swifts. Check the field guide before you go on the two sexes, so that you can tell male from female adults. Samantha has been watching this nest develop since way back when the adult(s) was/were excavating this cavity -- other cavities in the same and nearby stumps indicate that the pileateds have used this area for nesting for several seasons. While I was there, Gisela Westphalen and Pat McLeod happened by on the same trail, and they had just found out about the nest the previous day. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_2H/438dWT7fXl4ocn5e5ig) 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; "><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Verdana"><b>JUNE 9, 2010</b> - </font><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana; font-size: = 13px; ">4 p.m. -- Thanks to Sam (Samantha) Bissix, in Wolfville I have = just experienced an <b>active nest of impressive pileated woodpeckers = with at least 2 large nestlings</b>, in a hole/cavity high in a dead = stump of probably a trembling aspen. This is along Wolfville's = Millennium Trail? in the Sherwood Ravine, just northwest of where the = trail crosses Sherwood Ave. off Main St.</span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; = min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Verdana">To get there, = walk or drive south on Sherwood Ave. (east of downtown Wolfville) to = where signs indicate the crossing of the walking trail. Park your = car there, and walk west. You will first walk across two short = boardwalks, then follow the trail until just before the next short = boardwalk. Rubber boots or old shoes will make this easier. = About 3-5 steps before that third boardwalk, look on your left for some = fresh wood chips on the ground at the base of a large, high stump, among = several large poplars. The nest-hole is up near the top and faces = south; it can best be seen by getting a bit south of the = trail.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Verdana; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Verdana"><b>When the parents arrive</b> with food, especially = when they land on the nest-tree, the <b>nestlings</b> will suddenly = start calling/buzzing loudly with excitement, just like the hairy = woodpeckers I mentioned recently and also chimney swifts. Check = the field guide before you go on the two sexes, so that you can tell = male from female adults.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px = Verdana"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Verdana" = size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Verdana">Samantha has been watching = this nest develop since way back when the adult(s) was/were excavating = this cavity -- <b>other cavities</b> in the same and nearby stumps = indicate that the pileateds have used this area for nesting for several = seasons.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Verdana"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Verdana">While I was = there, Gisela Westphalen and Pat McLeod happened by on the same trail, = and they had just found out about the nest the previous = day.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Verdana"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Verdana">Cheers from = Jim in Wolfville </font></div><div><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4"= style=3D"font: 13.0px Verdana"><br></font></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_2H/438dWT7fXl4ocn5e5ig)--
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