[NatureNS] more re Canning & Wolfville -- was re f. summer tanager in Canning

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There was a GBHeron there when I was there too.

Richard

Sent from my iPhone

On 2010-12-11, at 5:48 PM, "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote=
:

> Dec. 11, 2010 (cont.) - Also in Canning, in the Habitant River just south o=
f the storefronts and at the riverside park and just to the west of there, w=
ere 50+ mixed mallards and black ducks, plus at least 6 American wigeons (2m=
,4f/imm) and 4 f/imm hooded mergansers (and possibly a male hoodie, not seen=
 well enough to be sure).
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> At home in Wolfville at our feeders, yesterday and today we saw 2 separate=
 adult male cardinals plus one adult female, plus 10 pheasants (2 males and,=
 usually separate, at least 8 females (family?)), 1 flicker female (seen onl=
y once), 1 red-breasted nuthatch occasionally, 1 song sparrow, 5+ white-thro=
ated sparrows, 3+ juncos, 5 blue jays (1 with no tail), 2 mourning doves, 4+=
 bl.-c. chickadees.
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> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
> ---------------------
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
>> Date: December 11, 2010 3:26:28 PM AST
>> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Cc: Merritt Gibson <merritt.gibson@ns.sympatico.ca>, Glenys Gibson <gleny=
s.gibson@acadiau.ca>, Ian Paterson <ian.paterson@dal.ca>
>> Subject: [NatureNS] Fwd.: re f. summer tanager in Canning
>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>=20
>> 3:25 p.m. -- Richard Stern just phoned me to say he found the summer tana=
ger right in front of the Pharmasave in downtown Canning, and took several p=
hotos.  He thinks the bird is probably searching for insects along the store=
fronts, and is probably also hungry.  He agrees with my diagnosis as to spec=
ies.
>>=20
>> Cheers from Jim; in Wolfville
>>=20
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>=20
>>> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
>>> Date: December 11, 2010 3:04:49 PM AST
>>> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>>> Subject: [NatureNS] f. summer tanager in Canning
>>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>>=20
>>> DEC. 11, 2010 - 3 p.m. - An hour ago I blundered into a "good bird" in d=
owntown Canning -- a very probable female SUMMER TANAGER.  I was picking up s=
omething at the Fireside Cafe, and this bird flew from the area of the Pharm=
asave across the street and landed about a metre from me! on the railing of t=
he cafe entrance.  Thus I saw it very well, but no cell-phone camera.  I che=
cked three field guides, and this bird best matches the female shown in the N=
at. Geogr. guide compared with Peterson and Sibley.=20
>>>=20
>>> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
>>=20
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<html><body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><div>There was a GBHeron there when I was th=
ere too.</div><div><br></div><div>Richard<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><d=
iv><br>On 2010-12-11, at 5:48 PM, "James W. Wolford" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:j=
imwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><d=
iv></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>
Dec. 11, 2010 (cont.) -&nbsp;<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-=
size: 12px; ">Also in Canning, in the Habitant River just south of the store=
fronts and at the riverside park and just to the west of there, were 50+ mix=
ed </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><b>ma=
llards </b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px;=
 ">and </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><=
b>black ducks</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size:=
 12px; ">, plus at least 6 </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"=
font-size: 12px; "><b>American wigeons</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-=
span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "> (2m,4f/imm) and 4 f/imm </span><span clas=
s=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><b>hooded mergansers</b><=
/span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "> (and pos=
sibly a male hoodie, not seen well enough to be sure).</span><div style=3D"m=
argin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; fon=
t: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div=
><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margi=
n-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Hel=
vetica">At home in Wolfville at our <b>feeders</b>, yesterday and today we s=
aw 2 separate adult male <b>cardinals </b>plus one adult female, plus 10 phe=
asants (2 males and, usually separate, at least 8 females (family?)), 1<b> f=
licker</b> female (seen only once), 1 <b>red-breasted nuthatch</b> occasiona=
lly, 1 song sparrow, 5+ white-throated sparrows, 3+ juncos, 5 blue jays (1 w=
ith no tail), 2 mourning doves, 4+ bl.-c. chickadees.</font></div><div style=
=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px=
; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br=
></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-botto=
m: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"fon=
t: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</font></div><div style=3D"=
margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=
<font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------=
--------------</font></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br c=
lass=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"m=
argin-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 H=
elvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D=
"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" &lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:jimwolford@eastlink.ca"><a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolfo=
rd@eastlink.ca</a></a>&gt;</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: #0000=
00"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 1=
2.0px Helvetica">December 11, 2010 3:26:28 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 H=
elvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D=
"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NatureNS &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:naturens=
@chebucto.ns.ca"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebuct=
o.ns.ca</a></a>&gt;</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>Cc=
: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helve=
tica">Merritt Gibson &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:merritt.gibson@ns.sympatico.ca"><=
a href=3D"mailto:merritt.gibson@ns.sympatico.ca">merritt.gibson@ns.sympatico=
.ca</a></a>&gt;, Glenys Gibson &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:glenys.gibson@acadiau.c=
a">glenys.gibson@acadiau.ca<=
/a>&gt;, Ian Paterson &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ian.paterson@dal.ca"><a href=3D"=
mailto:ian.paterson@dal.ca">ian.paterson@dal.ca</a></a>&gt;</font></div><div=
 style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-lef=
t: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"fon=
t: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"He=
lvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Fwd.: re f=
. summer tanager in Canning</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; m=
argin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helv=
etica" 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"><a href=3D=
"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></a></font></div=
><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margi=
n-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div>  3:25 p.m. -- Richard Stern just=
 phoned me to say he found the summer tanager right in front of the Pharmasa=
ve in downtown Canning, and took several photos. &nbsp;He thinks the bird is=
 probably searching for insects along the storefronts, and is probably also h=
ungry. &nbsp;He agrees with my diagnosis as to species.<div><br></div><div>C=
heers 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" s=
ize=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" &lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca"><a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">ji=
mwolford@eastlink.ca</a></a>&gt;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; m=
argin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helv=
etica" 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"fon=
t: 12.0px Helvetica">December 11, 2010 3:04:49 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" si=
ze=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NatureNS &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:nat=
urens@chebucto.ns.ca"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@ch=
ebucto.ns.ca</a></a>&gt;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-r=
ight: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" s=
ize=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: 1=
2.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] f. summer tanager in Canning</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:na=
turens@chebucto.ns.ca"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@c=
hebucto.ns.ca</a></a></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-righ=
t: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div>=
 <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margi=
n-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Hel=
vetica"><b>DEC. 11, 2010</b> - 3 p.m. - An hour ago I blundered into a "good=
 bird" in downtown Canning -- a very probable female <b>SUMMER TANAGER</b>.&=
nbsp; I was picking up something at the Fireside Cafe, and this bird flew fr=
om the area of the Pharmasave across the street and landed about a metre fro=
m me! on the railing of the cafe entrance.&nbsp; Thus I saw it very well, bu=
t no cell-phone camera.&nbsp; I checked three field guides, and this bird be=
st matches the female shown in the Nat. Geogr. guide compared with Peterson a=
nd Sibley.&nbsp;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0p=
x; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"=
3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-to=
p: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font fac=
e=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim i=
n Wolfville</font></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br=
></div></blockquote></body></html>=

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