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--Apple-Mail-9--537560119 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I forgot to mention that Global TV News had a reporter, Mayya, and videographer at the Eagle Watch, and I was interviewed as well as Tuma Young. But then I forgot to watch the Global suppertime TV News. I did catch a short newscast of Tuma & myself & eagle photographers and gawkers on the 11 p.m. Global TV News. Jim Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: January 28, 2012 8:41:02 PM AST > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Cc: Richard Hennigar <hennigar@xcountry.tv>, Bob & Doreen Cote > <bob.cote@eastlink.ca>, Vicki Cameron <vcameron@eastlink.ca>, Vince > Brown <va.brown@ns.sympatico.ca>, Mark F Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Eagle Watch Weekend I, Sat., report > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > 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-9--537560119 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">I forgot to mention that <b>Global TV News</b> had a = reporter, Mayya, and videographer at the Eagle Watch, and<b> I was = interviewed as well as Tuma Young</b>. But then I forgot to watch = the Global suppertime TV News. I did catch a short newscast of = Tuma & myself & eagle photographers and gawkers on the 11 p.m. = Global TV News. Jim</font></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<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 face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 28, 2012 8:41:02 PM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0