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--Apple-Mail-13--291846149 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Belated report from very snowy last Sunday -- Heather Drope was right when she said its forecast looked to be a good day to stay indoors! Despite the grim forecast for this Saturday, some of us will probably attempt another Count of Raptors on Sunday. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Date: February 4, 2013 1:40:55 PM AST Subject: Eagles/Raptors Count report etc. On Sunday afternoon, Feb. 3/13, I got enough reports from field parties to report on today's poor attempt at our annual COUNT OF EAGLES/RAPTORS RESULTS, based on what was seen in 13 of 16 areas of coverage. Viewing conditions (and road conditions) were barely adequate at 10 a.m. in some areas, but deteriorated to very bad during the hour of counting, so that A SECOND ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE NEXT SUNDAY, FEB. 10, again at 10 to 11 a.m. TOTAL BIRDS OF PREY SEEN ON THE COUNT were 204 BALD EAGLES (122 adults, 62 immatures, 20 undetermined ages), 15 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, and 2 or 3 BARRED OWLS. Other critters noted were 3 pheasants, 100 Bohemian waxwings, 35 robins, 2 cardinals, 20 snow buntings, 5 purple finches, 200 redpolls, 5+ evening grosbeaks. THANKS to everyone who tried this in very poor weather conditions. P.S. The snowing and limited visibility plus wind resulted in extremely few people doing the Eagle Watch at Sheffield Mills today, in marked contrast to yesterday's huge crowds. For next week's second attempt, we may be able to nostalgically meet and report our results in Cyril's old kitchen at Gaspereau, if that is OK with Zelda? (to be confirmed or otherwise). Below I have pasted in my report on the last day of the Eagle Watch for this year: FEB. 3, 2013 - SUPER BOWL SUNDAY -- and last day of 22nd annual Eagle Watch at Sheffield Mills, and first attempt at 32nd annual count of eagles and other raptors in eastern King's County -- BUT the WEATHER did not cooperate, with a snowfall that started in morning and got heavier during the hour of our count -- temperatures -6 to -3 C., not much wind but it seemed to swing around to be from the east at Sheffield Mills at noon. I heard from Bob Cote that he heard there were about 40 or more eagles at the viewing site at about 9:30 a.m., and some of the eagles were on the ground at the chicken carcasses then (but sensibly not many people showed up for either the eagles or the breakfast & displays -- roads were quite problematic, and visibility was poor to worse -- later, a bit after noon, I counted 42 + bald eagles at the viewing site, but only 2 were on the ground at the chickens with a few ravens and great black-backed gulls. Concerning our attempt at a count of eagles/raptors, only 6-7 out of 17 field parties got to the Hall to report their sightings, and there was a GLITCH, too, for which I will take part of the responsibility: two different parties covered the same area, since one group didn't get my "FINAL? ROSTER" list of areas & observers. Anyway, conditions were so poor that I'm sure we will have to repeat the count a week from today on Sunday, Feb.10. During our attempt at a count of eagles etc., Pat & I found a nice flock of about 100 Bohemian waxwings, near Melanson and north of the Gaspereau River. At home in Wolfville, our multiflora rose bushes and hips were being visited by 15+ robins. ---------------------- Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-13--291846149 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">Belated = report from very snowy last Sunday -- Heather Drope was right when she = said its forecast looked to be a good day to stay indoors! Despite = the grim forecast for this Saturday, some of us will probably attempt = another Count of Raptors on Sunday. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</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">Begin forwarded message:</font></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>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca"><font color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"color: = #001ee6">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</font></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" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5">February 4, 2013 1:40:55 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" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5"><b>Eagles/Raptors Count report etc.</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = color: rgb(0, 28, 213); 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" color=3D"#001cd5" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5">On Sunday afternoon, = Feb. 3/13, I got enough reports from field parties to report on today's = poor attempt at our annual <b>COUNT OF EAGLES/RAPTORS RESULTS</b>, based = on what was seen in 13 of 16 areas of coverage. Viewing conditions = (and road conditions) were barely adequate at 10 a.m. in some areas, but = deteriorated to very bad during the hour of counting, so that <b>A = SECOND ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE NEXT SUNDAY, FEB. 10, again at 10 to 11 = a.m.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); 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" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5">TOTAL BIRDS OF PREY SEEN ON THE COUNT were 204 BALD EAGLES (122 = adults, 62 immatures, 20 undetermined ages), 15 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 1 = PEREGRINE FALCON, and 2 or 3 BARRED OWLS.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = color: rgb(0, 28, 213); 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" color=3D"#001cd5" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5">Other critters noted = were 3 <b>pheasants</b>, 100 <b>Bohemian waxwings</b>, 35<b> robins</b>, = 2 <b>cardinals</b>, 20 <b>snow buntings</b>, 5 <b>purple finches</b>, = 200<b> redpolls</b>, 5+ <b>evening grosbeaks</b>.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = color: rgb(0, 28, 213); 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" color=3D"#001cd5" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5"><b>THANKS to everyone = who tried</b> this in very poor weather conditions. P.S. The = snowing and limited visibility plus wind resulted in extremely few = people doing the Eagle Watch at Sheffield Mills today, in marked = contrast to yesterday's huge crowds.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); = 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" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001cd5"><b>For next week's second attempt</b>, we may = be able to nostalgically meet and report our results in <b>Cyril's old = kitchen</b> at Gaspereau, if that is OK with Zelda? (to be confirmed or = otherwise).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); 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" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5">Below I have pasted in my report on the last day of the Eagle = Watch for this year:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); 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" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5"><b>FEB. 3, 2013 - SUPER BOWL SUNDAY -- and last day of 22nd = annual Eagle Watch at Sheffield Mills, and first attempt at 32nd annual = count of eagles and other raptors in eastern King's County -- BUT the = WEATHER did not cooperate, with a snowfall</b> that started in morning = and got heavier during the hour of our count -- temperatures -6 to -3 = C., not much wind but it seemed to swing around to be from the east at = Sheffield Mills at noon. I heard from Bob Cote that he heard there = were about 40 or more eagles at the <b>viewing site</b> at about <b>9:30 = a.m.</b>, and some of the eagles were on the ground at the chicken = carcasses then (but sensibly not many people showed up for either the = eagles or the breakfast & displays -- roads were quite problematic, = and visibility was poor to worse -- later, a bit after noon, I counted = <b>42+ bald eagles </b>at the viewing site, but only 2 were on the = ground at the chickens with a few ravens and great black-backed = gulls.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); 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" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5"><b>Concerning our attempt at a count of eagles/raptors</b>, = only 6-7 out of 17 field parties got to the Hall to report their = sightings, and there was a GLITCH, too, for which I will take part of = the responsibility: two different parties covered the same area, since = one group didn't get my "FINAL? ROSTER" list of areas & = observers. Anyway, conditions were so poor that I'm sure we will = have to repeat the count a week from today on Sunday, = Feb.10.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); 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" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5">During our attempt at a count of eagles etc., Pat & I found = a nice flock of about 100 <b>Bohemian waxwings</b>, near Melanson and = north of the Gaspereau River.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); 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" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5">At home in Wolfville, our multiflora rose bushes and hips were = being visited by 15+ <b>robins</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"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001cd5">----------------------</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"#001cd5" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5"><br></font></div> </body></html>= --Apple-Mail-13--291846149--
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