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--Apple-Mail-26-536255102 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed DEC. 4, 2012 - This morning a raptor flew through our yard extremely low to the ground through some brush and trees right below our kitchen window. It was dark gray or brownish-gray on its dorsal (top in flight) parts from head to wings & back and tail. The wings and tail were long, and I strongly suspect it was a large sharp-shinned hawk. But it kept going and my sighting was very brief. At noon I took a drive from Wolfville to Canning area. I checked Canard Pond, where water and/or ice levels were very very low and no waterbirds. Saxon Street Pond also held no waterfowl. In Canning 4 mallards (3m,1f/imm) were in the Habitant River. The same river held no waterfowl nw. of the Canning Aboiteau. There were lots of puddle ducks in the river downstream from the aboiteau, but I didn't scope them at all. I saw a total of about 10 bald eagles (5 along M. Dyke Rd. north of Canard St.) and 3 red-tailed hawks. There was an impressive aggregation of 1000+ starlings at and near Jawbone Corner (hwys. 358/341 jct.), and several hundreds of herring gulls s. of Saxon St. along hwy. 358. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-26-536255102 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"Times New Roman" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Times New = Roman"><b>DEC. 4, 2012</b> - This morning a raptor flew through our yard = extremely low to the ground through some brush and trees right below our = kitchen window. It was dark gray or brownish-gray on its dorsal = (top in flight) parts from head to wings & back and tail. The = wings and tail were long, and I strongly suspect it was a large = <b>sharp-shinned hawk</b>. But it kept going and my sighting was = very brief.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Times New Roman">At noon I took a drive from = Wolfville to Canning area. I checked <b>Canard Pond</b>, where = water and/or ice levels were very very low and <b>no = waterbirds</b>. <b>Saxon Street Pond</b> also held no = waterfowl. In Canning 4 <b>mallards</b> (3m,1f/imm) were in the = Habitant River. The same river held<b> no waterfowl</b> nw. of the = <b>Canning Aboiteau</b>. There were lots of <b>puddle ducks</b> in = the river downstream from the aboiteau, but I didn't scope them at = all. I saw a total of about 10<b> bald eagles</b> (5 along M. Dyke = Rd. north of Canard St.) and 3 <b>red-tailed hawks</b>.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New = Roman'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Times New = Roman">There was an impressive aggregation of 1000+ <b>starlings</b> at = and near Jawbone Corner (hwys. 358/341 jct.), and several hundreds of = <b>herring gulls</b> s. of Saxon St. along hwy. 358.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Times New Roman"><br></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Times New Roman">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</font></div> </body></html>= --Apple-Mail-26-536255102--
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