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--Apple-Mail-5--698214161 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed MARCH 15, 2012 - The IDES OF MARCH -- Today Lisa & Dale Eye reported that where she lives north of Port Williams along Lower Church St., a close neighbour recently has a nasty incident with a couple of COYOTES: a small dog approached a couple of coyotes, and the coyote (s) attacked the dog and bit it severely in the abdomen; the dog survived but required some stitches. Lisa also said that up to 5 coyotes at once have been seen in her area. Since someone feeds dead chickens to eagles regularly near her home, Lisa suggests this as one reason why coyotes may linger in the area. Speaking of coyotes, in the Chronicle Herald today was a short article about a Newfoundland hunter shooting a huge coyote that weighed 37 kg., which is about 80 pounds. After just having written that our back-yard cardinals have disappeared for 10 days or more, of course in late afternoon Pat spotted a male and a female at our feeders briefly. Also a white- breasted nuthatch visited briefly -- this is a species we see only rarely. Richard Stern reported on March 13 that there are probable new spring migrant male grackles and red-winged blackbirds north of Kentville, and Sherman Williams reported the same thing March 15 for Avonport, plus flocks of apparently new robins feeding on dumped waste apple pulp at the Haliburton farm. MARCH 16, 2012 - During my monthly walk across the Acadia campus putting up Sherman Williams' posters advertising next Monday's Blomidon Naturalists Society meeting (www.blomidonnaturalists.ca) -- speaker is Simon Gadbois of Dal. Univ. Psych. on the use of sniffer dogs on field work finding and tracking rare species of snakes and turtles -- he may also talk about behaviour of coyotes -- I found a flock of about 20+ Am. robins foraging for invertebrates on the open lawn just across University Avenue from the Irving Centre. And some of the robins were getting stuff, perhaps even earthworms? But I still can't say with any certainty that these robins were not birds that had overwintered somewhere in N.S. or elsewhere in Canada. At the bottom of University Avenue, I heard gurgling starlings and what I thought was a starling mimicking a blue jay, but then I saw the single calling blue jay in the same bare tree-top. --Apple-Mail-5--698214161 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>MARCH = 15, 2012 - The IDES OF MARCH</b> -- Today <b>Lisa & Dale Eye</b> = reported that where she lives <b>north of Port Williams</b> along Lower = Church St., a close neighbour recently has a nasty incident with a = couple of <b>COYOTES</b>: a small dog approached a couple of coyotes, = and the coyote(s) attacked the dog and bit it severely in the abdomen; = the dog survived but required some stitches. Lisa also said that = up to 5 coyotes at once have been seen in her area. Since someone = feeds dead <b>chickens </b>to <b>eagles </b>regularly near her home, = Lisa suggests this as one reason why coyotes may linger in the = area.</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">Speaking of coyotes, in the Chronicle Herald today was = a short article about a <b>Newfoundland</b> hunter shooting a <b>huge = coyote</b> that weighed 37 kg., which is about 80 = pounds.</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">After just having written that <b>our back-yard = cardinals</b> have disappeared for 10 days or more, of course in late = afternoon Pat spotted a male and a female at our feeders briefly. = Also a <b>white-breasted nuthatch</b> visited briefly -- this is a = species we see only rarely.</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">Richard Stern reported on March 13 that there are = probable new spring migrant male<b> grackles and red-winged = blackbirds</b> north of Kentville, and Sherman Williams reported the = same thing March 15 for Avonport, plus flocks of apparently new = <b>robins</b> feeding on dumped waste apple pulp at the Haliburton = farm.</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"><b>MARCH 16, 2012</b> - During my monthly walk across = the Acadia campus putting up Sherman Williams' posters advertising = <b>next Monday's Blomidon Naturalists Society meeting</b> (<a = href=3D"http://www.blomidonnaturalists.ca">www.blomidonnaturalists.ca</a>)= -- speaker is <b>Simon Gadbois </b>of Dal. Univ. Psych. on the use of = sniffer dogs on field work finding and tracking rare species of snakes = and turtles -- he may also talk about behaviour of coyotes -- I found a = flock of about <b>20+ Am. robins</b> foraging for invertebrates on the = open lawn just across University Avenue from the Irving Centre. = And some of the robins were getting stuff, perhaps even = earthworms? But I still can't say with any certainty that these = robins were not birds that had overwintered somewhere in N.S. or = elsewhere in Canada.</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">At the bottom of University Avenue, I heard = <b>gurgling starlings and </b>what I thought was a starling mimicking a = blue jay, but then I saw the single <b>calling blue jay</b> in the same = bare tree-top. </font></div> </body></html>= --Apple-Mail-5--698214161--
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