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Whip-p --_571cf435-f454-4497-844e-9df2380696ec_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wow that is great Don - you just added some owl species to the Angevine lis= t - thanks very much! Was this Monday night? =20 From: mundobirder@hotmail.com To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Many Critters but no Whip-poor-will Date: Wed=2C 20 Apr 2011 21:35:13 -0200 Was working just outside Tatamagouche on Monday when the emails started com= ing in about the Lake Angevine Whip-poor-will. After a stressful day I tho= ught sitting by the lake at night would be a great way to relax. I decided to drive over by way of West Annan and East Wentworth and was pas= sing through West Annan around 7:00 PM. The 12ish km drive between there an= d highway 4 was absolutely wonderful for me. I counted 52 Deer of many dif= ferent ages=2C a Bald Eagle eating from what looked like a deer carcass in = a field=2C a porcupine crossed the road in front of me and a also a bear. = =20 I looked around the bridge by the Wentworth Picnic park for Eastern Phoebe = without success (thankfully) and then made my way to Lake Angevine. On thi= s trip I counted another 19 deer. I drove all the roads around the lake an= d then decided to wait on the southwest end where there was a marsh on one = side of the road and the lake on the north. This was around 8:30pm and jus= t about full dark. Immediately I heard a loon on the far side of the lake = and then the Wood Frogs started croaking. At this point the relaxing took o= ver and next I knew it was about 9:40. The frogs had been going steady wit= h some robins singing in the background and every once in a while the loons= would call. One loon had a strange call not like I'd heard before=2C some= what faster than normal and a bit higher in pitch. Probably had a big trout= stuck in it's throat. Speaking of which there were many fish jumping as we= ll. Around 10:00 I heard what I think could only be a Long-eared owl quite= close. At about 10:45 home started to call but I drove up to the other en= d of the lake (on the southside) to stop and listen to what I could hear up= there. I noticed as the moon came out just about full that all the frogs = stopped croaking and I didn't hear the loons much either but what I did hea= r up at this end of the lake way in the distance was a Great-horned owl. On Folly Mountain on the way home I stopped at what we call the radio tower= road to see if I could hear any owls. I found it was windier up there but= I did hear some Coyotes howling (cool but eerie.) With these and a racco= on along the road near Debert=2C the skunk I almost walked on in an old bar= n in Tatamagouche and the Ground Hogs beside the barn it was quite a mammal= day for Nova Scotia. Didn't get a Whip-poor-will (which I have heard at least 3 times before in = Nova Scotia) this time but I did get to relax. Don Mac Laughlin Halifax This email address is not checked for incoming mail. If you need to send m= e a mail please send it to dmbluenoser=20 = --_571cf435-f454-4497-844e-9df2380696ec_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> Wow that is great Don - you just added some owl species to the Angevine lis= t - thanks very much! =3B Was this Monday night?<BR> =3B<BR> <HR id=3DstopSpelling> From: mundobirder@hotmail.com<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Subject: [N= atureNS] Many Critters but no Whip-poor-will<BR>Date: Wed=2C 20 Apr 2011 21= :35:13 -0200<BR><BR> <META name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft SafeHTML"> <STYLE> .ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px=3B} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt=3Bfont-family:Tahoma=3B} </STYLE> <FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma>W= as working just outside =3B<SPAN style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 19px" class=3Dec= xApple-style-span><B>Tatamagouche</B></SPAN> =3Bon Monday when the emai= ls started coming in about the Lake Angevine Whip-poor-will.  =3BAfter = a stressful day I thought sitting by the lake at night would be a great way= to relax.</FONT> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTah= oma><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2>I decided to drive over by way of West Annan and East = Wentworth and was passing through West Annan around 7:00 PM. The 12ish km d= rive between there and highway 4 was absolutely wonderful for me.  =3BI= counted 52 Deer of many different ages=2C a Bald Eagle eating from what lo= oked like a deer =3Bcarcass in a field=2C a =3Bporcupine crossed th= e road in front of me and a also a bear.  =3B</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2>I looked around the bridge by the Wentworth Picnic par= k for Eastern Phoebe without success (thankfully) and then made my way to L= ake Angevine.  =3BOn this trip I counted another 19 deer.  =3BI dro= ve all the roads around the lake and then decided to wait on the southwest = end where there was a marsh on one side of the road =3B =3Band the = lake on the north. This was around 8:30pm and just about full dark.  = =3BImmediately I heard a loon on the far side of the lake and then the Wood= Frogs =3Bstarted croaking. At this point the relaxing took over and ne= xt I knew it was about 9:40.  =3BThe frogs had been going steady with s= ome robins singing in the background and every once in a while the loons wo= uld call.  =3BOne loon had a strange call not like I'd heard before=2C = somewhat faster than normal and a bit higher in pitch. Probably had a big t= rout stuck in it's throat. Speaking of which there were many fish jumping a= s well.  =3BAround 10:00 I heard what I think could only be a Long-eare= d owl quite close.  =3BAt about 10:45 home started to call but I drove = up to the other end of the lake (on the southside) =3Bto stop and liste= n to what I could hear up there.  =3BI noticed as the moon came out jus= t about full that all the frogs stopped croaking and I didn't hear the loon= s much either but what I did hear up at this end of the lake way in the dis= tance was a Great-horned owl.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2>On Folly =3BMountain =3Bon the way home I stop= ped at what we call the radio tower road to see if I could hear any owls. &= nbsp=3BI found it was windier up there but I did hear some Coyotes howling = (cool but =3Beerie.)  =3B With these and a raccoon along the road n= ear Debert=2C the skunk I almost walked on in an old barn in Tatamagouche a= nd the Ground Hogs beside the barn it was quite a mammal day for Nova Scoti= a.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2>Didn't get a Whip-poor-will (which I have heard at lea= st 3 times before in Nova Scotia) this time but I did get to relax.</FONT><= /FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2>Don Mac Laughlin</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2>Halifax</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span face=3DTahoma><FONT class=3DecxApple= -style-span size=3D2><BR></FONT><BR><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size= =3D2>This email address is not checked for incoming mail. =3B If you ne= ed to send me a mail please send it to dmbluenoser =3B</FONT><BR></FONT= ><BR></DIV> </body> </html>= --_571cf435-f454-4497-844e-9df2380696ec_--
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