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--Boundary_(ID_EyyrGD5FT4iTedBBmu3sJQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT APRIL 7, 2011 - Several dandelion flower-heads next to buildings on Wolfville's downtown Main St.. These would have been fresh quite a while ago. Much fresher are the now-open red? maple catkins on the planted small trees along the sidewalk of Main St. Another and bigger red maple by the Acadia Arena parking lot still has unopened, swollen buds. I also saw a single active (not very) Polistes paper wasp in Wolfville on the wall of a residential house. APRIL 9, 2011 - Gorgeous Sunny and warm day, up to 10-12 C. in Wolfville area, with slight to no wind. Lots of open crocuses of various colours and attended by lots of honey bees. Along Wolfville's Skyway Drive, oodles of flower-heads of coltsfoot very showy. Along the northeast end of Oak Ave. in Wolfville, Daphne bushes show some colour as the flower-buds are opening. I noticed a particular crow behaviour that I have seen a few times this Spring. In flight one will briefly go into a soaring posture with the wings up in a "V" like a small turkey vulture. I have lost my 3-volume field guide to bird behaviour by Stokes. Does anyone know if this brief glide signals something in crows? Saxon St. Pond: 12+ green-winged teals, 2 mallards. Canard Pond: 1 f. or imm. common merganser, 6 green-winged teals, 2 mallards, 1 black duck. Port Williams sewage ponds: 2 prs. of mallards, 2 red-tailed hawks, 2 male red-winged blackbirds. APRIL 10, 2011 - Another beautiful warm & Sunny day, with light to no wind. I saw a mourning cloak butterfly at home in Wolfville, and lots of other active insects. APRIL 12, 2011 - At my feeders there is another? fox sparrow this morning. Along the Wolfville Rail Trail a willow species now has its "pussies" open to reveal open male catkins. Brenda Thexton reports having a single male evening grosbeak at feeders in east Wolfville on April 8 and 11. And on Apr. 9, Brenda & Bill Thexton saw 11 harlequin ducks and a single black scoter at Port George. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Boundary_(ID_EyyrGD5FT4iTedBBmu3sJQ) 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"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica"><b>APRIL = 7, 2011</b> - Several <b>dandelion</b> flower-heads next = to buildings on Wolfville's downtown Main St.. These would = have been fresh quite a while ago.</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">Much fresher are the = now-open <b>red? maple catkins</b> on the planted small trees = along the sidewalk of Main St. Another and bigger <b>red = maple</b> by the Acadia Arena parking lot still = has<b> unopened, swollen buds</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">I also = saw a single active (not very) <i>Polistes</i> <b>paper = wasp</b> in Wolfville on the wall of a residential = house.</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"><b>APRIL 9, 2011</b> - Gorgeous Sunny and warm = day, up to 10-12 C. in Wolfville area, with slight to no = wind. Lots of open <b>crocuses</b> of various = colours and attended by<b> lots of honey bees</b>. Along = Wolfville's Skyway Drive, oodles of flower-heads = of <b>coltsfoot</b> very showy. </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">Along the = northeast end of Oak Ave. in Wolfville, <b>Daphne</b> bushes = show some colour as the<b> flower-buds are = opening</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">I noticed a particular <b>crow = behaviour</b> that I have seen a few times this = Spring. In flight one will briefly go into a <b>soaring = posture with the wings up in a "V"</b> like a small turkey = vulture. I have lost my 3-volume field guide to bird = behaviour by Stokes. Does anyone know if this brief glide = signals something in crows?</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">Saxon St. Pond: 12+ <b>green-winged teals</b>, 2 = 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 = 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">Canard Pond: 1 f. or imm. <b>common = merganser</b>, 6 green-winged teals, 2 mallards, 1 black = duck.</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: 2 prs. of mallards, 2 = red-tailed hawks, 2 male <b>red-winged = blackbirds</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"><b>APRIL 10, 2011</b> - Another beautiful warm = & Sunny day, with light to no wind. I saw = a<b> mourning cloak butterfly</b> at home in Wolfville, and = lots of other active insects.</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"><b>APRIL 12, 2011</b> - At my feeders there is = another? <b>fox sparrow</b> this morning.</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">Along the = Wolfville Rail Trail a <b>willow</b> species now has its = "pussies" open to reveal<b> open male catkins</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">Brenda = Thexton reports having a single male <b>evening = grosbeak</b> at feeders in east Wolfville on April 8 and = 11. And on Apr. 9, Brenda & Bill Thexton saw = 11 <b>harlequin ducks</b> and a single <b>black = scoter </b>at Port George.</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">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</font></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_EyyrGD5FT4iTedBBmu3sJQ)--
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