[NatureNS] 2 more eagle nests checked, cedar waxwings, witch-hazel in bloom

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MARCH 13, 2012 - Close to home I saw about 30 cedar waxwings very  
closely, as they fed upon lots of mountain-ash berries on a lawn --  
how long those berries were on the ground, I can't say, but probably  
for at least weeks? -- I saw one case of one waxwing feeding another  
(courtship feeding?).

I checked two more local bald eagle nests, nos. 8 & 9 for my list  
from yesterday:

(8) straight south of or slightly southwest from the Stirling's Farm  
Market, Greenwich -- the view is quite distant, across the large open  
field, and the nest is in a pine just behind a conspicuous dead tree  
that has lost most of its branches -- there definitely was an adult  
eagle at the nest, but I couldn't discern its position -- probably  
not incubating yet?; and

(9) KenWo Golf Course, New Minas, along north side of fairway on hole  
#14 (east from the clubhouse) -- nest in a big white pine in a small  
forest of white pines with oodles of cones on the ground -- no eagles  
were visible at the nest, but I was looking upward at the nest rim  
couldn't see what might have been in the nest cup -- probably no  
occupancy yet?

Concerning other known King's County bald eagle nests:

(10) Ian McKay has told us the eagles at Scots' Bay have been  
attending that nest for a week or so;

(11) Perhaps Rob Stevens? can let us know if the eagles are again  
attending the cliff nest at Blomidon (well south of the prov. park)?;

(12) And I will check on another nest I know that is north and a bit  
west of Waterville.

I am probably forgetting about another nest site or two -- one we  
know of is just northwest of the Windsor Causeway -- Pat Kelly, is  
that one occupied yet?

If anyone knows of other local eagle nest sites especially for  
eastern King's County, please let me know, and I will keep the  
provincial Dept. of Nat. Resources on this.  Thanks in advance!

Most of the nests I know can be checked with a scope without leaving  
my car, but not the two I checked today at Greenwich and New Minas.
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Also I took four digital photos of at least two varieties, yellow vs.  
rusty orange, of flowering witch-hazel (planted), in the Clock Park  
of Wolfville, across Main St. from the Baptist Church. 
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13, 2012</b> - Close to home I saw about 30 <b>cedar waxwings</b> very =
closely, as they fed upon lots of <b>mountain-ash berries on a lawn =
</b>-- how long those berries were on the ground, I can't say, but =
probably for at least weeks? -- I saw one case of one<b> waxwing feeding =
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size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">I checked two more local =
bald eagle nests, nos. 8 &amp; 9 for my list from =
yesterday:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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12.0px Helvetica">(8) straight <b>south of</b> or slightly southwest =
from the <b>Stirling's Farm Market, Greenwich</b> -- the view is quite =
distant, across the large open field, and the nest is in a pine just =
behind a conspicuous dead tree that has lost most of its branches -- =
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<b>KenWo Golf Course, New Minas</b>, along north side of fairway on =
<b>hole #14 </b>(east from the clubhouse) -- nest in a big white pine in =
a small forest of white pines with oodles of cones on the ground -- =
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the nest rim couldn't see what might have been in the nest cup -- =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Concerning other known King's County bald eagle =
nests:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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Scots' Bay</b> have been attending that nest for a week or =
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the eagles are again attending the <b>cliff nest at Blomidon</b> (well =
south of the prov. park)?;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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