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--Boundary_(ID_/pHSkVtyvK4a9KZrLwXvEg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT NOV. 3, 2011 - Gorgeous Sunny & warm day (ca. 12+ C. in Valley). In early afternoon, over a grassy field adjacent to the Cornwallis River in Port Williams, an adult red-tailed hawk was hovering in one spot (without any significant wind) in the manner of a rough-legged hawk or kestrel or kingfisher, and, instead of plummeting to the ground as they often do, it slowly dropped with outstretched wings in stages and gently dropped onto the ground. I couldn't see the hunting outcome, but the hawk did not then fly off like they do when they are empty-taloned. Still in early afternoon, I walked the nice gravelly trails of Miner's Marsh along the Cornwallis River and marsh managed by know- how of Ducks Unlimited Canada in partnership with Kentville and several other groups/agencies. I met James Churchill there, and he had seen a great blue heron. It took me more than a complete circuit of the short network of trails to see that heron, a juvenile, of course. Also seen in Miner's Marsh were a single coot, presumably an American coot, doing its characteristic cork-like shallow dives for food. There were also 10+ mallards, most of them in female-male pairs. No muskrats seen, but there were at least two conspicuous large, conically-dome-shaped muskrat lodges among the cattails. In Upper Canard my car windshield picked up a hitchhiker, a lady beetle, and of course it was a multispotted Asian lady beetle; it stayed on my car all the way to Canning. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Jim (James W.) Wolford 91 Wickwire Ave. Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 1W3 phone 902-542-9204 e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> "The Earth has spawned such a diversity of remarkable creatures that I wonder why we do not all live in a state of perpetual awe and astonishment." -- Howard Ensign Evans, in "Life on a Little-Known Planet", 1968. "In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson --Boundary_(ID_/pHSkVtyvK4a9KZrLwXvEg) 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"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>NOV. = 3, 2011</b> - Gorgeous Sunny & warm day (ca. 12+ C. in = Valley). In early afternoon, over a grassy field adjacent to the = Cornwallis River in Port Williams, an adult <b>red-tailed hawk</b> was = <b>hovering</b> in one spot (without any significant wind) in the manner = of a rough-legged hawk or kestrel or kingfisher, and, instead of = plummeting to the ground as they often do, it slowly dropped with = outstretched wings in stages and gently dropped onto the ground. I = couldn't see the hunting outcome, but the hawk did not then fly off like = they do when they are empty-taloned.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; 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"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Still in early afternoon, I = walked the nice gravelly trails of Miner's Marsh along the Cornwallis = River and marsh managed by know-how of Ducks Unlimited Canada in = partnership with Kentville and several other groups/agencies. I = met James Churchill there, and he had seen a <b>great blue = heron</b>. It took me more than a complete circuit of the short = network of trails to see that heron, <b>a juvenile, </b>of = course.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Also seen in Miner's Marsh = were a single <b>coot</b>, presumably an American coot, doing its = characteristic cork-like shallow dives for food. There were also = 10+ mallards, most of them in female-male pairs.</font></div></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = 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"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">No = muskrats seen, but there were at least two conspicuous large, = conically-dome-shaped <b>muskrat lodges</b> among the = cattails.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; 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"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">In Upper Canard my car windshield picked up a = hitchhiker, a lady beetle, and of course it was a <b>multispotted Asian = lady beetle</b>; it stayed on my car all the way to = Canning.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; 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"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Jim (James W.) Wolford</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">91 Wickwire Ave.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">B4P 1W3</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; 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"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">phone 902-542-9204</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">e-mail = <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = 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"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"The = Earth has spawned such a diversity of remarkable creatures that I wonder = why we do not all live in a state of perpetual awe and astonishment." -- = Howard Ensign Evans, in "Life on a Little-Known Planet", = 1968.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; 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"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">"In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- = Henry David Thoreau</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; 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"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." -- = Ralph Waldo Emerson</font></div></font></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_/pHSkVtyvK4a9KZrLwXvEg)--
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