[NatureNS] ponds, ducks, geese, grackles, rat, etc.

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From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:56:45 -0300
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APRIL 3, 2011 - Another Norway rat has made its appearance (after no  
sightings for a while) in our back yard burrow-system, which was  
originally dug by a rat and subsequently used by a chipmunk and a red  
squirrel or two.

APRIL 4, 2011 - So nice out today that I had to drive around a bit  
and check some ponds etc.:

Van Nostrand's Pond, Starr's Point: 5 male ring-necked ducks.  Two  
Canada geese (tame?) at the small dugout pond just east of V. N.  
Pond.  South of there the corner farm-woodlot red-tailed hawk nest  
had both hawks on and in the nest together.

Canard Pond: 2 Canada geese, 1 drake gadwall, 16 American wigeons (9m, 
7f), 7 n. pintails (5m,2f), + mallards and black ducks, no teals  
seen, 3 male ring-necked ducks, 6 female or imm. common mergansers, 1  
imm. bald eagle, 1 red-tailed hawk.

Harris' Pond in Canning: still half-covered by ice, 2 Canada geese on  
the ice with dozens of gulls, mostly great black-backed gulls, no  
ducks, no grackles or red-winged blackbirds.

Canning Aboiteau: Brenda & Bill Thexton saw about 200 Canada geese  
there feeding on grasses.

Hennigar's Marsh (w. of Sheffield Mills): 1 male green-winged teal, +  
black ducks & mallards.

Port Williams sewage ponds: only a m,f pr of mallards.

Just south of Port Wms. along highway, a merlin was perched not far  
from the usual red-tailed hawk.

Paul Elderkin's Pond, just n. of Hwy. 1 at Greenwich/Wolfville  
boundary: about 20 c. grackles in a loose flock, and 3 or more male  
red-winged blackbirds.

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.


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normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; "><b>APRIL 3, =
2011</b>&nbsp;- Another<b>&nbsp;Norway rat</b>&nbsp;has made its =
appearance (after no sightings for a while) in our back yard =
burrow-system, which was originally dug by a rat and subsequently used =
by a chipmunk and a red squirrel or two.</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; =
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face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: normal normal normal =
20px/normal Helvetica; "><b>APRIL 4, 2011&nbsp;</b>- So nice out today =
that I had to drive around a bit and check some ponds =
etc.:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: =
normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; ">Van Nostrand's Pond, =
Starr's Point: 5 male&nbsp;<b>ring-necked =
ducks</b>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Two&nbsp;<b>Canada geese</b>&nbsp;(tame?) at the =
small dugout pond just east of V. N. Pond.&nbsp;&nbsp;South of there the =
corner farm-woodlot&nbsp;<b>red-tailed hawk</b>&nbsp;nest had both hawks =
on and in the nest together.</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: =
normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; ">Canard Pond: =
2&nbsp;<b>Canada geese</b>, 1 drake&nbsp;<b>gadwall</b>, =
16&nbsp;<b>American wigeons</b>&nbsp;(9m,7f), 7&nbsp;<b>n. =
pintails</b>&nbsp;(5m,2f), + mallards and black ducks, no teals seen, 3 =
male&nbsp;<b>ring-necked ducks</b>, 6 female or imm.&nbsp;<b>common =
mergansers</b>, 1 imm. bald eagle, 1 red-tailed hawk.</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: normal normal normal =
20px/normal Helvetica; ">Harris' Pond in Canning: still half-covered =
by&nbsp;<b>ice</b>, 2&nbsp;<b>Canada geese</b>&nbsp;on the ice with =
dozens of&nbsp;<b>gulls</b>, mostly great black-backed gulls, no ducks, =
no grackles or red-winged blackbirds.</font></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: =
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0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">Canning =
Aboiteau: Brenda &amp; Bill Thexton saw about 200 <b>Canada geese</b> =
there feeding on grasses.</font></div></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: normal normal normal =
20px/normal Helvetica; ">Hennigar's Marsh (w. of Sheffield Mills): 1 =
male&nbsp;<b>green-winged teal</b>, + black ducks &amp; =
mallards.</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 =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: =
normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; ">Port Williams sewage =
ponds: only a m,f pr of mallards.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: =
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"><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: normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; =
">Just south of Port Wms. along highway, a&nbsp;<b>merlin</b>&nbsp;was =
perched not far from the usual&nbsp;<b>red-tailed =
hawk</b>.&nbsp;</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: =
normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; ">Paul Elderkin's Pond, just =
n. of Hwy. 1 at Greenwich/Wolfville boundary: about 20&nbsp;<b>c. =
grackles</b>&nbsp;in a loose flock, and 3 or more =
male&nbsp;<b>red-winged blackbirds</b>.</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: =
normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; ">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" =
style=3D"font: normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; =
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