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style=3D" --0-440461006-1277590110=:7707 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable re: June 22nd, Gray Catbird notes:=20 There is a Gray Catbird that may have a nest,=A0somewhere within the green = belt which lies between our street (Glenwood Ave)=A0& Celtic Ave. here in D= artmouth. I have only seen one, & quite often lately,=A0but today, I saw it= gathering insects in my backyard & flying off with it in their beak. =A0 Gayle MacLean --- On Sat, 6/26/10, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: From: James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] add crown vetch to recent nature notes - catbirds, flow= ering locust spp., red yarrow, etc. To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Received: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 4:09 PM 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 gon= e, in Wolfville). =A0Jim 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 t= hat must be nesting and perhaps now have nestlings or fledglings.=A0 They a= re both giving very upset-sounding loud, long buzzing notes not too differe= nt 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 n= ot hear any of it in our yard this year.=A0 So how did these birds get to t= his point of presumably having babies without having sung at all within ear= shot of my yard? JUNE 23, 2010 -=A0CLAMMY LOCUST bushes/small trees now conspicuously in blo= om in and just south of Canning and also in Wolfville (in Wolfville, 3 plan= ts are adjacent to the Atlantic Theatre Festival building (former Acadia ho= ckey rink).=A0 I have already mentioned BLACK LOCUST blooming in Wolfville = (still true), and now I will have to look south along University Avenue sou= th of the Irving Ctr. and Acadia Physical Plant along the east ditch for bl= ooming BRISTLY LOCUST plants.=A0 (I did check later today and the latter is= indeed very much in bloom, low along the ground under the regenerating pop= lars that were cut 2-3 years ago.)=A0 All three of these locust species are= in the genus Robinia. JUNE 24, 2010 - In our yard today, apparently the disturbed catbirds are go= ne (with their fledged young??).=A0 At our feeders were a chipmunk, a red s= quirrel, a white-breasted nuthatch (these three are just very occasional vi= sitors), 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 E= vangeline Beach, north Grand Pre, but I'll bet they are merlins, which have= noisily raised family there for several years now.=A0 Lisa also reported t= hat (in the past?) she has seen one of these hawks take a sandpiper or plov= er on the beach. JUNE 25, 2010 - In downtown Canning, between the Baptist Church and the Fir= eside Cafe along Main St., I encountered the following: a noisy raven famil= y of both adults and loudly begging juveniles, not far from the nesting tre= e near Merritt Gibson's house; basswood or linden trees (some large) in blo= om; striking red-flowering common yarrow (remnants of Acadian history?)(wit= h pink- and white-flowering plants); various summer blooms like musk mallow= , chicory, wild radish, etc.=A0 Cheers from Jim in Wolfville =0A=0A --0-440461006-1277590110=:7707 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"= top" style=3D"font: inherit;"><DIV>re: June 22nd, Gray Catbird notes: </DIV= > <DIV>There is a Gray Catbird that may have a nest, somewhere within th= e green belt which lies between our street (Glenwood Ave) & Celtic= Ave. here in Dartmouth. I have only seen one, & quite often lately,&nb= sp;but today, I saw it gathering insects in my backyard & flying off wi= th it in their beak.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Gayle MacLean<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 6/26/10, James W. Wolford <I><j= imwolford@eastlink.ca></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(= 16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca= ><BR>Subject: [NatureNS] add crown vetch to recent nature notes - catbir= ds, flowering locust spp., red yarrow, etc.<BR>To: "NatureNS" <naturens@= chebucto.ns.ca><BR>Received: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 4:09 PM<BR><BR> <DIV id=3Dyiv47524218>In Canning June 25, add CROWN VETCH in bloom -- a pla= nt 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=3DApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000= 000" face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT st= yle=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3>"James W. Wolford" &= lt;<A href=3D"http://ca.mc379.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=3Djimwolford@eas= tlink.ca" target=3D_blank rel=3Dnofollow ymailto=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastl= ink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</A>></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000= 000" face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT st= yle=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3>June 25, 2010 5:30:2= 6 PM ADT</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000= 000" face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT styl= e=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3>NatureNS <<A href= =3D"http://ca.mc379.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca"= target=3D_blank rel=3Dnofollow ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">= naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000= 000" face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT= style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3><B>[NatureNS] rec= ent nature notes - catbirds, flowering locust spp., red yarrow, etc.</B></F= ONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000= 000" face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Reply-To: </B></FONT><FON= T style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3><A href=3D"http:= //ca.mc379.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target= =3D_blank rel=3Dnofollow ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturen= s@chebucto.ns.ca</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3DApple-style-span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana"><B>JUNE 22, 2010</B></SPAN><SPAN class=3DApple-style-span style=3D= "FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> - In our back yard there are </SPA= N><SPAN class=3DApple-style-span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Ver= dana"><B>2 very disturbed gray catbirds</B></SPAN><SPAN class=3DApple-style= -span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> that must be nesting= and perhaps now have nestlings or fledglings. They are both giving v= ery upset-sounding loud, long buzzing notes not too different from their ca= t-like "mew" calls, of which I also heard a few examples.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Verdana"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 13px Verdana" face=3DVerdan= a size=3D4>I'm <B>puzzled </B>by these catbirds, since I know the catbird s= ong 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 s= ung at all within earshot of my yard?</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Verdana"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 13px Verdana" face=3DVerdan= a size=3D4><B>JUNE 23, 2010</B> - </FONT><SPAN class=3DApple-style-spa= n style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><B>CLAMMY LOCUST</B> bush= es/small trees now conspicuously <B>in bloom </B>in and just south of Canni= ng and also in Wolfville (in Wolfville, 3 plants are adjacent to the Atlant= ic Theatre Festival building (former Acadia hockey rink). I have alre= ady mentioned <B>BLACK LOCUST</B> blooming in Wolfville (still true), and n= ow I will have to look south along University Avenue south of the Irving Ct= r. and Acadia Physical Plant along the east ditch for blooming <B>BRISTLY L= OCUST</B> plants. (I did check later today and the latter is indeed <= B>very much in bloom</B>, low along the ground under the regenerating popla= rs that were cut 2-3 years ago.) All three of these locust species ar= e in the genus <I>Robinia</I>.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Verdana"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 13px Verdana" face=3DVerdan= a size=3D4><B>JUNE 24, 2010</B> - In our yard today, apparently the disturb= ed <B>catbirds are gone</B> (with their fledged young??). At our feed= ers were a <B>chipmunk, a red squirrel, a white-breasted nuthatch</B> (thes= e three are just very occasional visitors), a male and a female <B>cardinal= s</B>, a mourning dove, bl.-c. chickadees, 2 c. grackles, a few starlings, = and a few song sparrows.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Verdana"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 13px Verdana" face=3DVerdan= a size=3D4>Lisa Eye reports there are a couple of <B>"sparrow hawks"</B> at= the cottages at Evangeline Beach, north Grand Pre, but I'll bet they are <= B>merlins</B>, which have noisily raised family there for several years now= . Lisa also reported that (in the past?) she has seen one of these ha= wks take a sandpiper or plover on the beach.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Verdana"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 13px Verdana" face=3DVerdan= a size=3D4><B>JUNE 25, 2010</B> - In downtown <B>Canning</B>, between the B= aptist Church and the Fireside Cafe along Main St., I encountered the follo= wing: a <B>noisy raven family</B> of both adults and loudly begging juvenil= es, not far from the nesting tree near Merritt Gibson's house; basswood or = linden trees (some large) in bloom; striking <B>red-flowering common yarrow= </B> (remnants of Acadian history?)(with pink- and white-flowering plants);= various summer blooms like <B>musk mallow</B>, <B>chicory</B>, <B>wild rad= ish</B>, etc. </FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 13px Verdana" face=3DVerdan= a size=3D4><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 13px Verdana" face=3DVerdan= a size=3D4>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>= </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br> --0-440461006-1277590110=:7707--
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