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--Boundary_(ID_oO30z/2BCMBaEurU8eBozg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT ADDENDUM for Jan. 29 (Sat.) Eagle Watch/2011: On Sunday an informant told me that on Saturday the eagles at the north end of Middle Dyke Road, Sheffield Mills, finally decided to go to the ground and feed on the provided chicken carcasses at about 4:30 p.m.!, by which time I'll bet most of the hopeful eagle-watchers and photographers had departed for the day. Usually by that late in the afternoon, many of the eagles would have departed for their communal roosts for the night -- the best-known such spot for the "eagle grapevine" is in the White Rock area in dense trees along the Gaspereau River, and other sites exist along the North Mountain in the Glenmont and Stewart Mountain Road areas, I believe. JAN. 30, 2011 (Sunday) -- 20th Annual EAGLE WATCH I Weekend (cont.) -- Another gorgeous day, and much more Sunny than yesterday: temperatures -10 warmed to -1 C., with very little wind, perfect for standing at Swetnam's field feeding site and waiting for action from the mostly-just-perched dozens of bald eagles. Apparently the eagles did very little during the whole morning, but at about 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. they decided (?) it was time for action, and watchers reported at the hall later that there was excellent action in the air and on the ground with lots of chases etc. involving food items or just for fun? If any of our readers were witnesses to the spectacle, please send us your impressions, and thanks in advance. I didn't get there until 2:30 p.m., by which time there were 60+ bald eagles all perched and doing nothing along the south side of the big field, and quite a few ravens perched near them. No food was left on the ground. Also, regarding other places to see eagles, the eagle feeding site just east of Wolfville (Tebogt's?) where Hwy. 1 intersects Eye and Dyke Roads (one to south, other to north), apparently had about 20+ eagles this morning; so there must be carcasses there now in the mornings adjacent to the silver chicken barn right there. Another feeding site (Lightfoot's) is just back to the west, closer to Wolfville, but back in to the north of Hwy. 1 almost to the railroad and edge of dykelands (sort of visible from north end of Dyke Road). Richard Hennigar's army of volunteers finally got the system of TV and VCR and videotapes working, showing a 30-minute, 15-year-old, "Land and Sea" episode plus a 45-minute film produced at Cape Breton University called "Saving the Bald Eagle" (latter concerning the summer nesting of eagles in Cape Breton and the donation of nestling eagles to the U.S. states of Massachusetts & Connecticut? during the 1980s to help the come-back of the bald eagle in the continental U.S. Next week hopefully the eagle video by Janet & John Foster in about 1996 will also be shown there. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_oO30z/2BCMBaEurU8eBozg) 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; "><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"><b>ADDENDUM for Jan. 29 (Sat.) Eagle = Watch/2011:</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></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">On Sunday an informant told me that on Saturday the = <b>eagles</b> at the north end of Middle Dyke Road, Sheffield Mills, = finally decided to go <b>to the ground and feed on the provided chicken = carcasses at about 4:30 p.m.!</b>, by which time I'll bet most of the = hopeful eagle-watchers and photographers had departed for the day. = </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></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">Usually by that late in the afternoon, many of the = eagles would have departed for their <b>communal roosts for the night = </b>-- the best-known such spot for the "eagle grapevine" is in the = White Rock area in dense trees along the Gaspereau River, and other = sites exist along the North Mountain in the Glenmont and Stewart = Mountain Road areas, I believe.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; = "><br></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"><b>JAN. 30, 2011 (Sunday) -- = 20th Annual EAGLE WATCH I Weekend (cont.)</b> -- Another gorgeous day, = and much more Sunny than yesterday: temperatures -10 warmed to -1 C., = with very little wind, perfect for standing <b>at Swetnam's field = feeding site</b> and waiting for action from the mostly-just-perched = dozens of bald eagles. Apparently the <b>eagles</b> did very = little during the whole morning, but <b>at about 1:00 to 1:30 p.m.</b> = they decided (?) it was<b> time for action</b>, and watchers reported at = the hall later that there was excellent action in the air and on the = ground with lots of chases etc. involving food items or just for = fun?</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></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">If any of our readers were witnesses to the spectacle, = please send us your impressions, and thanks in advance.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></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">I didn't = get there until 2:30 p.m., by which time there were <b>60+ bald eagles = all perched</b> and doing nothing along the south side of the big field, = and quit