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--Apple-Mail-95--856989350 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed [Pulsifer Trail] And add nice fall colours, especially from climbing vines of Virginia creeper in the trees. Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: October 24, 2012 5:49:05 PM ADT > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Cc: Cecil Pulsifer <cecilhpulsifer@gmail.com> > Subject: [NatureNS] mockingbird, robins, Pulsifer Trail, Wolfville > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > OCT. 24, 2012 - Two interesting customers at our back-yard feeders: > (a) the eastern chipmunk is still active, not yet hibernating; and > (b) a beautiful fox sparrow has shown up today. I had my first > definite junco a couple of days ago, but am pretty sure one was > there about a week ago or earlier. > > Sunny, windy, and cool today, but nice weather for an afternoon > walk in Wolfville. I started at the Wolfville Wharf parking lot > and wharf park -- no shorebirds seen, just 6 ring-billed gulls. > Then followed rail trail east, then to Main St. to Oak Avenue, > continued from end of Oak Ave. along what I will dub the "Pulsifer > Trail" through the woods (Cecil Pulsifer improved and maintained > this trail over many years (and same for the popular trail along > Gaspereau River from White Rock Bridge)), parallel to Main St., to > the bridge across to the Woodman Property (where the new apartments > are being constructed, visible from the dykelands). Along that > woodland trail were 20+ robins, plus blue jays, bl.-c. chickadees, > song sparrows. > > Then back to wharf park parking lot, where I sat in my car for a > few minutes, and Richard Stern's mockingbird jumped onto the fence > there right in front of me, where rose-hips are abundant and Can. > holly berries are nearby. I walked over to the fence, and the > mocker allowed close observation and posed on the wire, then flew > the short distance to a puddle and drank from it, again at very > close range. > --Apple-Mail-95--856989350 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"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce"> [Pulsifer = Trail] And add </font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b>nice fall colours</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: = #0a28ce">, especially from climbing vines of </font><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Virginia = creeper</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce"> in the = trees.</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">October 24, 2012 5:49:05 PM = ADT</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: 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>Cc: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cecil Pulsifer <<a = href=3D"mailto:cecilhpulsifer@gmail.com">cecilhpulsifer@gmail.com</a>><= /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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] mockingbird, robins, = Pulsifer Trail, Wolfville</b></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>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b>OCT. 24, 2012</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = color=3D"#0a28ce" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce"> - Two = interesting customers at our back-yard feeders: (a) the </font><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>eastern = chipmunk</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce"> is still active, not yet = hibernating; and (b) a beautiful</font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b> fox sparrow</b></font><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; = color: #0a28ce"> has shown up today. I had my first definite</font><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b> = junco</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce"> a couple of days ago, but = am pretty sure one was there about a week ago or = earlier.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Arial; color: rgb(10, 40, 206); min-height: 15px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = color=3D"#0a28ce" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce">Sunny, = windy, and cool today, but nice weather for an</font><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b> afternoon = walk</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce"> in </font><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px = Arial"><b>Wolfville</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = color=3D"#0a28ce" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce">. I = started at the Wolfville Wharf parking lot and wharf park -- no = shorebirds seen, just 6 ring-billed gulls. Then followed rail = trail east, then to Main St. to Oak Avenue, continued from end of Oak = Ave. along what I will dub the </font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>"Pulsifer Trail"</b></font><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; = color: #0a28ce"> through the woods (Cecil Pulsifer improved and = maintained this trail over many years (and same for the popular trail = along Gaspereau River from White Rock Bridge)), parallel to Main St., to = the bridge across to the Woodman Property (where the new apartments are = being constructed, visible from the dykelands). Along that = woodland trail were 20+ </font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>robins</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: = #0a28ce">, plus blue jays, bl.-c. chickadees, song = sparrows.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Arial; color: rgb(10, 40, 206); min-height: 15px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = color=3D"#0a28ce" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce">Then back = to wharf park parking lot, where I sat in my car for a few minutes, and = Richard Stern's </font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b>mockingbird</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = color=3D"#0a28ce" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce"> jumped = onto the fence there right in front of me, where rose-hips are abundant = and Can. holly berries are nearby. I walked over to the fence, and = the mocker allowed close observation and posed on the wire, then flew = the short distance to a puddle and drank from it, again at very close = range.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce"><br></font></div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-95--856989350--
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