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--Boundary_(ID_vdJ87WMhAZDQQBiOK1Ql0A) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In Canning June 25, add CROWN VETCH in bloom -- a plant species that seems to be rare in our area (formerly I used to see it in only one spot, now gone, in Wolfville). Jim Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: June 25, 2010 5:30:26 PM ADT > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] recent nature notes - catbirds, flowering > locust spp., red yarrow, etc. > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > JUNE 22, 2010 - In our back yard there are 2 very disturbed gray > catbirds that must be nesting and perhaps now have nestlings or > fledglings. They are both giving very upset-sounding loud, long > buzzing notes not too different from their cat-like "mew" calls, of > which I also heard a few examples. > > I'm puzzled by these catbirds, since I know the catbird song well > yet did not hear any of it in our yard this year. So how did these > birds get to this point of presumably having babies without having > sung at all within earshot of my yard? > > JUNE 23, 2010 - CLAMMY LOCUST bushes/small trees now conspicuously > in bloom in and just south of Canning and also in Wolfville (in > Wolfville, 3 plants are adjacent to the Atlantic Theatre Festival > building (former Acadia hockey rink). I have already mentioned > BLACK LOCUST blooming in Wolfville (still true), and now I will > have to look south along University Avenue south of the Irving Ctr. > and Acadia Physical Plant along the east ditch for blooming BRISTLY > LOCUST plants. (I did check later today and the latter is indeed > very much in bloom, low along the ground under the regenerating > poplars that were cut 2-3 years ago.) All three of these locust > species are in the genus Robinia. > > JUNE 24, 2010 - In our yard today, apparently the disturbed > catbirds are gone (with their fledged young??). At our feeders > were a chipmunk, a red squirrel, a white-breasted nuthatch (these > three are just very occasional visitors), a male and a female > cardinals, a mourning dove, bl.-c. chickadees, 2 c. grackles, a few > starlings, and a few song sparrows. > > Lisa Eye reports there are a couple of "sparrow hawks" at the > cottages at Evangeline Beach, north Grand Pre, but I'll bet they > are merlins, which have noisily raised family there for several > years now. Lisa also reported that (in the past?) she has seen one > of these hawks take a sandpiper or plover on the beach. > > JUNE 25, 2010 - In downtown Canning, between the Baptist Church and > the Fireside Cafe along Main St., I encountered the following: a > noisy raven family of both adults and loudly begging juveniles, not > far from the nesting tree near Merritt Gibson's house; basswood or > linden trees (some large) in bloom; striking red-flowering common > yarrow (remnants of Acadian history?)(with pink- and white- > flowering plants); various summer blooms like musk mallow, chicory, > wild radish, etc. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_vdJ87WMhAZDQQBiOK1Ql0A) 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; "> In Canning June 25, add CROWN VETCH in bloom -- a plant species that = seems to be rare in our area (formerly I used to see it in only one = spot, now gone, in Wolfville). Jim<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">June 25, 2010 5:30:26 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">NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></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>[NatureNS] recent nature notes - = catbirds, flowering locust spp., red yarrow, etc.</b></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>Reply-To: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana; font-size: = 13px; "><b>JUNE 22, 2010</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "> - In our back yard = there are </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: = Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><b>2 very disturbed gray = catbirds</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: = Verdana; font-size: 13px; "> that must be nesting and perhaps now have = nestlings or fledglings. They are both giving very upset-sounding = loud, long buzzing notes not too different from their cat-like "mew" = calls, of which I also heard a few examples.</span></div><div><div = style=3D"