[NatureNS] nature notes (catch-up): pintails, hoodies, yew "berries", etc.

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NOV. 4, 2011 - At the feeders this morning were 5 cardinals at once:  
an adult male and 4 juvenile females.

Outside on our deck was a paper wasp, Vespa, on the wall, but  
immobile for at least two hours, at about 6 C. temperature.

NOV. 10, 2011 - One junco seen at my feeders, and a flicker in our yard.

NOV. 12, 2011 - 2 male cardinals together seen in our yard, and 2  
juvenile female cardinals at the feeders.

NOV. 14, 2011 - 2 juncos at my Wolfville feeders, with 4 white- 
throated sparrows, etc.

At 10 p.m. on our front screen door were 2 male winter moths and 1  
unidentified plume moth.  These winter moths are the drab tan ones  
whose genus name starts with an "O" (to be looked up later).

NOV. 15, 2011 - Saxon St. Pond: about 10 n. pintails (nearly all  
males, 1 female/immature), 1 female or imm. hooded merganser, lots of  
mallards (50+), fewer Am. black ducks (15+), 10+ green-winged teals,  
3 perched imm. bald eagles plus several other soaring eagles.

Silver Lake at Lakeville: about 170 Canada geese and 2 male hooded  
mergansers.

Canard Pond: no waterfowl seen.

Port Williams sewage/sewer ponds: 12 mallards.

Wolfville, Highland Avenue: starlings eating yew "berries" (which are  
really naked cones, of course) -- just to show that "poisonous" is  
never true for all organisms, and the danger of watching wildlife to  
see what is edible!

Also a soaring sharp-shinned hawk seen over Wolfville.

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



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12.0px Helvetica"><b>NOV. 4, 2011</b> - At the feeders this morning were =
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females.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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12.0px Helvetica">Outside on our deck was a<b> paper wasp</b>,<i> =
Vespa</i>, on the wall, but immobile for at least two hours, at about 6 =
C. temperature.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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12.0px Helvetica"><b>NOV. 10, 2011</b> - One<b> junco</b> seen at my =
feeders, and a<b> flicker</b> in our yard.</font></div><div =
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12, 2011</b> - 2 male <b>cardinals</b> together seen in our yard, and 2 =
juvenile female <b>cardinals</b> at the feeders.</font></div><div =
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14, 2011</b> - 2<b> juncos</b> at my Wolfville feeders, with 4 =
<b>white-throated sparrows</b>, etc.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:=
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0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">At 10 =
p.m. on our front screen door were 2 male <b>winter moths</b> and 1 =
unidentified <b>plume moth</b>.&nbsp; These winter moths are the drab =
tan ones whose genus name starts with an "O" (to be looked up =
later).</font></div></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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Pond: </b>about 10 <b>n. pintails</b> (nearly all males, 1 =
female/immature), 1 female or imm.<b> hooded merganser</b>, lots of =
<b>mallards</b> (50+), fewer <b>Am. black ducks</b> (15+), 10+ =
<b>green-winged teals</b>, 3 perched imm. <b>bald eagles</b> plus =
several other soaring eagles.</font></div></b></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Silver =
Lake at Lakeville: </b>about 170 <b>Canada geese</b> and 2 male =
<b>hooded mergansers</b>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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12.0px Helvetica"><b>Canard Pond: </b>no waterfowl =
seen.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica"><b>Port Williams sewage/sewer ponds: </b>12 =
<b>mallards</b>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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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"><b>Wolfville</b>, Highland Avenue: <b>starlings eating =
yew "berries" </b>(which are really naked cones, of course) -- just to =
show that "poisonous" is never true for all organisms, and the danger of =
watching wildlife to see what is edible!</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">Also a =
soaring <b>sharp-shinned hawk</b> seen over Wolfville.</font></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</font></div><div =
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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 =
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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 &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</fon=
t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
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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." -- =
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1968.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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Henry David Thoreau</font></div></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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