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--Apple-Mail-1--549372088 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed JAN. 28 (SAT.), 2012 - Day One of the 2oth Anniversary Eagle Watch Weekend I at Sheffield Mills. Temperature all day stayed at about 0 C. with a stiff, cold wind from the west? northwest? And a thin skiff of new icy snow on the ground made for wintry conditions. However, the feedings from two of the poultry producers for the eagles etc. were unfortunately uncoordinated today: Bob Cote was on his way to the Community Hall when, at the corner of Middle Dyke Road and Canard Road (Hwy. 341), someone was feeding numbers of eagles with chicken carcasses at 7:30 a.m. This is a couple of kilometres south from the first place that the eagle gawkers check out, namely the north end of Middle Dyke Road. It is there that the Swetnams put our their dead chickens after 8 a.m. at the north end of Middle Dyke Road, which is the first place that gawkers and photographers expect to see large numbers of hungry eagles and ravens and gulls. Not today. There were NO EAGLES at that prime site until about 2 p.m. or later. One patient photographer at the Swetnam field got decent photos during a very brief, 5-minute spurt of activity when 20+ accumulated bald eagles swooped over and down and onto the chickens and fed there or carried food into the trees. When I got there a bit afterward, at about 3:20 p.m., there were only 3 adult eagles left in the trees and no activity, 3 great black-backed gulls on the ground but not near the chickens. Quite a few carcasses were still there and apparently untouched. The morning inside the Sheffield Mills Community Hall was hectic for breakfasts, perhaps because the outside gawkers were frustrated. Apparently there were about 250+ breakfasts sold. And there was steady traffic and sometimes crowded conditions in the Hall's upstairs where the displays were, Most people were gone from the hall by about 2 p.m. At 3:30 p.m. a few of us took in a very interesting illustrated lecture from wildlife photographer Scott Linstead of Montreal on using high-tech gizmos for high-speed wildlife photos and trap-photos (latter are where critters photograph themselves by triggering camera & lights). Scott is giving that talk again tomorrow -- check out www.eaglens.ca and click on attractions for the details on when and where (7 p.m. on ground floor of community hall, wheelchair-accessible, $15 for admission). Scott also has a 2010 book of his photos for sale. Scott has a degree in engineering, which is a huge help in his various high-tech and high-speed techniques. Regarding what will happen tomorrow with the eagles etc., who knows? Weather is one determinant, as is the "eagle grapevine" in their night-time communal roosts. I wish I had some information about other areas for looking for eagles -- check out the list of areas sent yesterday -- no info' came in to me today on this. I did check out the area of Woodside north of Canning after 1 p.m., but no eagles were encountered. Come on out and support the Sheffield Mills Community -- breakfast is one option, coffee and cinnamon buns are others, upstairs displays cost you a looney for admittance (and more if you buy stuff), but be sure to look for the eagles on your way to the hall, since generally (but not always) most feeding activity occurs around early to mid morning, rather than the afternoon. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-1--549372088 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <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>JAN. = 28 (SAT.), 2012</b> - Day One of the 2oth Anniversary <b>Eagle Watch = Weekend I </b>at Sheffield Mills. Temperature all day stayed at = about 0 C. with a stiff, cold wind from the west? northwest? And a = thin skiff of new icy snow on the ground made for wintry conditions. = </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">However, the<b> feedings from two of the poultry = producers </b>for the eagles etc. were unfortunately <b>uncoordinated = today</b>: Bob Cote was on his way to the Community Hall when, at the = corner of Middle Dyke Road and Canard Road (Hwy. 341), someone was = feeding numbers of eagles with chicken carcasses at <b>7:30 a.m. = </b></font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px; "><b> </b>This is a couple of kilometres south from the first = place that the eagle gawkers check out, namely the north end of Middle = Dyke Road.</span></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">It is there that the Swetnams put our their dead = chickens after 8 a.m. at the north end of Middle Dyke Road, which is the = first place that gawkers and photographers expect to see large numbers = of hungry eagles and ravens and gulls. Not today. There were = <b>NO EAGLES at that prime site</b> until about 2 p.m. or later. = One patient photographer at the Swetnam field got decent photos during a = <b>very brief, 5-minute spurt of activity</b> when 20+ accumulated bald = eagles swooped over and down and onto the chickens and fed there or = carried food into the trees. When I got there a bit afterward, at = about 3:20 p.m., there were only 3 adult eagles left in the trees and no = activity, 3 great black-backed gulls on the ground but not near the = chickens. Quite a few carcasses were still there and apparently = untouched. </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">The morning inside the Sheffield Mills <b>Community = Hall</b> was hectic for breakfasts, perhaps because the outside gawkers = were frustrated. Apparently there were about 250+ breakfasts sold. = </font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">And there was steady traffic and sometimes crowded conditions in the = Hall's upstairs where the displays were,</span></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">Most = people were gone from the hall by about 2 p.m. At 3:30 p.m. a few = of us took in a very interesting illustrated lecture from <b>wildlife = photographer Scott Linstead</b> of Montreal on using high-tech gizmos = for high-speed wildlife photos and trap-photos (latter are where = critters photograph themselves by triggering camera & lights). = Scott is giving that talk again tomorrow -- check out <a = href=3D"http://www.eaglens.ca">www.eaglens.ca</a> and click on = attractions for the details on when and where (7 p.m. on ground floor of = community hall, wheelchair-accessible, $15 for admission). Scott = also has a 2010 book of his photos for sale. Scott has a degree in = engineering, which is a huge help in his various high-tech and = high-speed techniques.</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">Regarding <b>what will happen tomorrow</b> with the = eagles etc., who knows? Weather is one determinant, as is the = "eagle grapevine" in their night-time communal roosts. I wish I = had some information about other areas for looking for eagles -- check = out the list of areas sent yesterday -- no info' came in to me today on = this. </font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px; "> I did check out the area of Woodside north of = Canning after 1 p.m., but no eagles were = encountered.</span></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"><b>Come on out and support the Sheffield Mills = Community</b> -- breakfast is one option, coffee and cinnamon buns are = others, upstairs displays cost you a looney for admittance (and more if = you buy stuff), but be sure to look for the eagles on your way to the = hall, since generally (but not always) most feeding activity occurs = around early to mid morning, rather than the afternoon.</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">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div> </body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1--549372088--
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