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All: Daughter Mary reports a Red-eyed Vireo nest built unwisely low in her Halifax backyard lilac, and apparently abandoned. We used to have several breeding Red-eyeds in my part of Halifax, but no more - I blame cats and increases in crows and jays (hold those black sunflower seeds?). This vireo has increased on BBS counts, but have others noted declines in urban areas? Yesterday, colleagues and I found a fledgling (beyond branchling) Great Horned Owl at Hartlen Pt.; an adult was watching from a distance, but did nothing to disrupt our gaze (and photos). Later we watched a subadult (3d-cycle?) Bald Eagle repeatedly stooping at a crèche of Common Eiders, forcing the still fluffy ducklings to dive to exhaustion. Finally it grabbed one and consumed it on shore - a tiny morsel at best, more suited as a meal for the crows that gathered around the "feasting" eagle. Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren
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