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--Boundary_(ID_Hf3VNVBFkJLGMXUwhE+nXQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Tuma, it's perfectly OK to appreciate any and all species of life -- viva biodiversity! even when "alien" -- and there's no accounting for some sorts of taste, e.g. some folks like the ultra-fighting and even call it a sport, and some folks like Don Cherry!, etc. etc. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Tuma Young <tumayoung@yahoo.ca> > Date: December 8, 2010 3:16:25 PM AST > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] today's birds > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Kwe Msit Wen: > > This morning, Nick and I drove out to Sandy Cove-we stopped at > Spryfield to check out the spot where Fulton saw the Bell's vireo. > Note-numbers are estimates only. We saw 10 Song Sparrows, 4-5 > Lincoln sparrows(not quite sure and no pictures of course), 20 > Bohemian Waxwings (one lovely picture), a bunch of Starlings, and a > couple Crows. Lots of birds here and also lots of dog poop. > > We then went out to Duncan Cove/Chebucto Head. Our first stop was > Sir Sandford Fleming Park and walked around the Frog Pond. We > saw BC Chickadees, one Brown Creeper, couple of Mallards, couple of > American Black Ducks and Starlings. Further along the road to > Duncan Cove, we saw couple of crows, a bunch of Rock Doves, and > one strange "duck" that turned out to be a stick. At Chebucto > Head, couple of Black-capped Chickadees. > > At Sandy Cove, we saw a large amount of Starlings (over 200). No > pictures as they were all along the wire but when the light strikes > them, the little radiance spots glimmer and shine. I must try for > a picture so Ian can put it on the cover of Birds NS to show how > beautiful Starlings are-yeah I know that some folks consider them > to be flying rats but stunning all the same. > > No Horned Larks yet Blake/Ian. > > By the way, a salix spp. (a pussy willow) at Chebucto Head was out > in bloom. > > Tuma Young > Halifax > > Koqwaqja'tekaq'tinej. > (Let Us Choose The Correct Behaviour) > > > --Boundary_(ID_Hf3VNVBFkJLGMXUwhE+nXQ) 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; "> Tuma, it's perfectly OK to appreciate any and all species of life -- = viva biodiversity! even when "alien" -- and there's no accounting for = some sorts of taste, e.g. some folks like the ultra-fighting and even = call it a sport, and some folks like Don Cherry!, etc. etc. Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville<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">Tuma Young <<a = href=3D"mailto:tumayoung@yahoo.ca">tumayoung@yahoo.ca</a>></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>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">December 8, 2010 3:16:25 PM AST</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] today's = birds</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> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, = serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Kwe Msit Wen:</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This morning, Nick and I drove = out to Sandy Cove-we stopped at Spryfield to check out the spot where = Fulton saw the Bell's vireo. Note-numbers are estimates only. We = saw 10 Song Sparrows, 4-5 Lincoln sparrows(not quite sure and no = pictures of course), 20 Bohemian Waxwings (one lovely picture), a bunch = of Starlings, and a couple Crows. Lots of birds here and also lots = of dog poop.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">We then went out to Duncan Cove/Chebucto Head. Our = first stop was Sir Sandford Fleming Park and walked around the Frog = Pond. We saw BC Chickadees, one Brown Creeper, couple of = Mallards, couple of American Black Ducks and Starlings. Further along = the road to Duncan Cove, we saw couple of crows, a bunch of Rock = Doves, and one strange "duck" that turned out to be a stick. At = Chebucto Head, couple of Black-capped Chickadees.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">At Sandy = Cove, we saw a large amount of Starlings (over 200). No pictures = as they were all along the wire but when the light strikes them, the = little radiance spots glimmer and shine. I must try for a picture = so Ian can put it on the cover of Birds NS to show how beautiful = Starlings are-yeah I know that some folks consider them to be flying = rats but stunning all the same.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">No Horned Larks yet = Blake/Ian.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">By the way, a salix spp. (a pussy willow) at = Chebucto Head was out in bloom.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tuma Young</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Halifax<br> </div>Koqwaqja'tekaq'tinej.<br>(Let = Us Choose The Correct Behaviour)<div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: fixed; = "></div></div><br></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_Hf3VNVBFkJLGMXUwhE+nXQ)--
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