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Index of Subjects --001636b2b641c661550488f2ead8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, There are platforms for Ospreys at Belle Isle Marsh (I know that one has been active this year) and at the French Basin Trail at Annapolis Royal ( don't know if that one is - some of the Annapolis Royal naturalists would know). They seem to be more common that end of the Valley than this. Richard On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:54 PM, bev wigney <bev@magickcanoe.com> wrote: > Today at Round Hill, I watched two Osprey making slow circles over Round > Hill Brook. They stayed relatively close together and slowly circled the= ir > way upstream. This was at around 10 a.m. This afternoon around 5, I saw > one flying north toward the Annapolis River (my place is just south acros= s > the river from Belle Isle marsh). It was calling as it flew over. Later= , a > single Osprey flew in from the south and began circling over the brook > gradually working its way back upstream (south). A couple of weeks ago, = I > asked one of my neighbours where the Osprey nest (he has lived in the are= a > most of his life). He said they sometimes nest up at a power line which > runs up above Round Hill Cemetery. I have not been up there to see if > that's where the Osprey are this year, but they do seem to come down from > the hills to the south of 201 when they come to the brook. The cemetery = is > south of 201 up on a high hill west of Round Hill Brook. > Also seen today and pretty much daily, is a Great Blue Heron that wades i= n > the brook and flies over my garden. > At night, Loons are regularly heard to the north. They don't seem all > that far away, so I'm guessing they are either in Round Hill Brook or Pr= =E9 > Rond marsh, or perhaps over on the Annapolis River by the end of Wharf Ro= ad. > Last week the water level in the brook had been down to the point that th= e > flow was becoming very slow with many rocks exposed. With all the rain a > few days ago, the flow became so fast that one wouldn't have wanted to sl= ip > and fall in. The level was up quite a bit. Today, the flow is just > beginning to slow a little and the level to drop. > > > Bev Wigney, > Round Hill, N.S. > N44.46.23, W065.24.18 (WGS84) > > > > > > --=20 ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --001636b2b641c661550488f2ead8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<br><br>There are platforms for Ospreys at Belle Isle Marsh (I know that= one has been active this year) and at the French Basin Trail at Annapolis = Royal ( don't know if that one is - some of the Annapolis Royal natural= ists would know). They seem to be more common that end of the Valley than t= his.<br> <br>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:54 = PM, bev wigney <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bev@magickcanoe.com"= >bev@magickcanoe.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu= ote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 20= 4, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div style=3D"font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-= size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>Today at Round Hill, I watched two O= sprey making slow circles over Round Hill Brook.=A0 They stayed relatively = close together and slowly circled their way upstream.=A0 This was at around= 10 a.m.=A0 This afternoon around 5, I saw one flying north toward the Anna= polis River (my place is just south across the river from Belle Isle marsh)= .=A0 It was calling as it flew over.=A0 Later, a single Osprey flew in from= the south and began circling over the brook gradually working its way back= upstream (south).=A0 A couple of weeks ago, I asked one of my neighbours w= here the Osprey nest (he has lived in the area most of his life).=A0 He sai= d they sometimes nest up at a power line which runs up above Round Hill Cem= etery.=A0 I have not been up there to see if that's where the Osprey are this year, but they do seem to come down from the hil= ls to the south of 201 when they come to the brook.=A0 The cemetery is sout= h of 201 up on a high hill west of Round Hill Brook. <br>Also seen today an= d pretty much daily, is a Great Blue Heron that wades in the brook and flies over my garden.<br> At night, Loons are regularly heard to the=A0 north.=A0 They=20 don't seem all that far away, so I'm guessing they are either in Ro= und=20 Hill Brook or Pr=E9 Rond marsh, or perhaps over on the Annapolis River by t= he end of Wharf=20 Road.<br>Last week the water level in the brook had been down to the point = that the flow was becoming very slow with many rocks exposed.=A0 With all t= he rain a few days ago, the flow became so fast that one wouldn't have = wanted to slip and fall in. The level was up quite a bit.=A0 Today, the flo= w is just beginning to slow a little and the level to drop.=A0 <br> <br><br>Bev Wigney,<br>Round Hill, N.S.<br>N44.46.23,=A0 W065.24.18=A0 (WGS= 84)<br><br><br><br><br>=A0<br></div> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>###########= ######<br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Cana= da<br>B0P 1T0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard= @gmail.com</a><br> ###################<br> --001636b2b641c661550488f2ead8--
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