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--Boundary_(ID_tIMoUwjM8AAPGwD0/xv2WQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > Subject: [ValleyNature] snow goose there, Am. wigeon, sexy > mallards, eagle nest empty & no camera, fox sparrow > > MARCH 25, 2011 - At our feeders Pat saw a fox sparrow, and I'll bet > I heard it two days ago in our yard (an unfamiliar loud song, and I > only hear parts of songs), a day before I saw it. > > North of Noggins Farm Market at Greenwich, again no bald eagles > were visible at or near the nest, and I also noticed that Randall > Bishop has removed his nest-camera that was high in the closest > adjoining pine tree. Last year there was nothing to film there, > and we suspected that one of the eagle pair was a new adult and too > young for reproduction (the female?). But the high camera support > was left there, and now it seems to be gone. I will try to find > out the current status of nest and camera. > > Four common grackles seen flying near the Acadia Arena. > > The single snow goose is still with 700+ Canada geese at the > Canning Aboiteau. Today they were all in or along the river > upstream from the aboiteau, and the snow goose was close to the > river bend beyond which it would be much more difficult to see. > > Among the few ducks seen was a single male American wigeon. > > Port Williams sewage ponds: 12 Canada geese seen flying; in the > ponds were about 12 mallards and a single black duck. Earlier > today I saw 2 mallards apparently copulating (with the female > completely submerged) in the Habitant River in Canning. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Boundary_(ID_tIMoUwjM8AAPGwD0/xv2WQ) 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><br></div><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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] snow = goose there, Am. wigeon, sexy mallards, eagle nest empty & no = camera, fox sparrow</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica"><b>MARCH 25, 2011</b> - At = our feeders Pat saw a <b>fox sparrow</b>, and I'll bet I heard it two = days ago in our yard (an unfamiliar loud song, and I only hear parts of = songs), a day before I saw it.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">North of Noggins Farm Market = at <b>Greenwich</b>, again <b>no bald eagles</b> were visible at or near = the <b>nest</b>, and I also noticed that Randall Bishop has removed his = <i>nest-camera</i> that was high in the closest adjoining pine = tree. <b> Last year</b> there was nothing to film there, and we = suspected that one of the eagle pair was a new adult and too young for = reproduction (the female?). But the high camera support was left = there, and now it seems to be gone. I will try to find out the = current status of nest and camera.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">Four <b>common grackles</b> = seen flying near the Acadia Arena.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">The single <b>snow goose</b> = is still with 700+ <b>Canada geese</b> at the Canning Aboiteau. = Today they were all in or along the river upstream from the aboiteau, = and the snow goose was close to the river bend beyond which it would be = much more difficult to see.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 20.0px Helvetica">Among the few ducks seen was a single male <b>American = wigeon</b>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 20.0px Helvetica">Port Williams sewage ponds: 12 <b>Canada geese</b> = seen flying; in the ponds were about 12 <b>mallards</b> and a single = <b>black duck</b>. Earlier today I saw 2 <b>mallards apparently = copulating </b>(with the female completely submerged) in the Habitant = River in Canning.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" = style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><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; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_tIMoUwjM8AAPGwD0/xv2WQ)--
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