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--Boundary_(ID_bPMsgmQT05P5ynIfa1xzPQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT FEB. 13, 2011 (Sunday) - 2nd attempt at 30th Annual Cyril K. Coldwell Eagles and Raptors Count of Eastern King's County -- 10 to 11 a.m., 28 people in 16 field parties in assigned areas that totally approximate the Wolfville Christmas Bird Count circle plus Scots' Bay -- weather conditions pretty good and excellent visibility except for very bright, blinding Sunlight -- temperatures -8 to -5 C. with moderate cold wind from northwest with blowing snow in open areas, dykeland roads unplowed and undriveable, still lots of snow on trees. After 11 a.m., several of the counters assembled for coffee and muffins and nostalgic chitchat in the kitchen that used to belong to Cyril and Fran Coldwell, hosted today by their daughter Zelda Weatherbee, who lives next door and manages the old Coldwell house as Gaspereau B & B., at 920 Gaspereau River Road. Our CKC Eagles/Raptors Count Results today were as follows: - 179 total bald eagles (109 adults, 67 immatures, 3 of unknown age). Interestingly, the eagles total was very nearly the same as last week's total, and the ratio of 62% adults to 38% immatures is the same as last week. I will send out more info' on where the eagles were and were not later, and how this year's data relate to the history of our count. - 35 red-tailed hawks (we had 44 a week ago). - 2? rough-legged hawks (seen by Lucas Berrigan at Grand Pre -- Lucas was not part of our count). - 2 sharp-shinned hawks (including 1 in JW's Wolfville yard in afternoon) - 1 merlin - 1 short-eared owl (seen by Lucas Berrigan on bank of west Evangeline Beach) - 1 barred owl (photographed by Helen Archibald in her Canard yard just east of Jawbone Corner) Other sightings notes: 1 mink, 6 common mergansers, 500 black ducks, 250 Canada geese, 14+7+0 pheasants and one female pheasant with no tail,, 15 c. ravens, 100+30+14+8 horned larks, 10+25 Bohemian waxwings, 1 cardinal, 6 snow buntings. --------------------------------------- Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_bPMsgmQT05P5ynIfa1xzPQ) 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><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>FEB. 13, 2011</b> (Sunday) - 2nd attempt at <b>30th = Annual Cyril K. Coldwell Eagles and Raptors Count of Eastern King's = County</b> -- 10 to 11 a.m., 28 people in 16 field parties in assigned = areas that totally approximate the Wolfville Christmas Bird Count circle = plus Scots' Bay -- weather conditions pretty good and excellent = visibility except for very bright, blinding Sunlight -- temperatures -8 = to -5 C. with moderate cold wind from northwest with blowing snow in = open areas, dykeland roads unplowed and undriveable, still lots of snow = on trees.</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">After 11 a.m., several of the counters assembled for = coffee and muffins and nostalgic chitchat in the kitchen that used to = belong to Cyril and Fran Coldwell, hosted today by their daughter Zelda = Weatherbee, who lives next door and manages the old Coldwell house as = Gaspereau B & B., at 920 Gaspereau River Road.</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">Our = <b>CKC Eagles/Raptors Count Results</b> today were as = follows: </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>- 179 total bald eagles </b>(109 adults, 67 = immatures, 3 of unknown age). Interestingly, the eagles total was = very nearly the same as last week's total, and the ratio of 62% adults = to 38% immatures is the same as last week. I will send out more = info' on where the eagles were and were not later, and how this year's = data relate to the history of our count.</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>- 35 = red-tailed hawks </b>(we had 44 a week ago).</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"><b>- 2? rough-legged hawks </b>(seen by Lucas Berrigan = at Grand Pre -- Lucas was not part of our count).</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">-<b> 2 sharp-shinned hawks </b>(including 1 in JW's = Wolfville yard in afternoon)</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">-<b> 1 = merlin</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" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- <b>1 short-eared owl = </b>(seen by Lucas Berrigan on bank of west Evangeline = Beach)</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">- <b>1 barred owl = </b>(photographed by Helen Archibald in her Canard yard just east of = Jawbone Corner)</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>Other sightings notes: </b>1 mink, 6 common = mergansers, 500 black ducks, 250 Canada geese, 14+7+0 pheasants and one = female pheasant with no tail,, 15 c. ravens, 100+30+14+8 horned = larks, 10+25 Bohemian waxwings, 1 cardinal, 6 snow = buntings.</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><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">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</font></div></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_bPMsgmQT05P5ynIfa1xzPQ)--
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