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--Apple-Mail-13--442825913 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] b. eagle nest-checks, Can. geese, feeder > birds -- a bit long, sorry > > MARCH 21, 2013 - Back in the Wolfville area after being away since > March 13, I checked on three BALD EAGLE NESTS very locally, and all > three had apparently incubating single adult eagles on them: > Noggins Farm at Greenwich; just east of Wolfville; and the family > campground just south of Evangeline Beach, North Grand Pre. > > Our local cardinal(s) was/were singing strongly today at home. > > MARCH 22, 2013 - One lonely? common redpoll at our feeders today -- > also 3 blue jays, a red squirrel, juncos and white-throated > sparrows, bl.-c. chickadees of course (at least 4), 2 mourning > doves, and a single female pheasant. > > MARCH 23, 2013 - In late morning at home Pat & I saw a flying flock > of about 75 very probable Bohemian waxwings go by our yard very > rapidly, and they perched in a large tree about a block away for > several minutes before flying off again. > > This evening at about 8 p.m. I heard Canada geese flying over our > house; I couldn't see or count them, but from the sound they were > flying toward the northeast. > > MARCH 24, 2013 - Pat & I saw 10+ robins and then 25+ more waxwings > (prob. Bohemian?) in or near our yard. > > MARCH 25, 3013 - Pat Hawes and Erica Garrett heard a calling n. > flicker in our neighbourhood (none seen at our feeders for last few > days, and still true as of March 27). > > (See March 11 & 21/13 for six earlier eagle-nest-checks) This > afternoon I made a quick tour of five BALD EAGLE NESTS between > Wolfville and Canard Street to the north: > > (a) Greenwich, s. of Stirling's Farm Market: yes, the white head on/ > in the nest was obvious, possibly incubating; > > (b) Greenwich, n. of Noggins Farm Market: yes, adult bird in > incubating position on/in nest, and only the head was visible from > Hwy. 1; > > (c) Lower Church St., e. of Hwy. 358: 2 adults were on/in the nest > when I arrived, then one flew and perched close by, other one > settled into possible incubation position; > > (d) Starr's Point, Chris Cox's Seaview Poultry farm: yes, head of > adult visible at long range in the nest; > > (e) Lower Canard Rd. (Hwy. 341), e. of Jawbone Corner/Hwy. 358: no > eagles visible at all, which is a surprise -- it is still possible > that a sitting eagle was just invisible from my vantage point, or > maybe the adults were away just very temporarily (I will keep > checking), but so far with nest-checks on March 11 & 21 and today I > have seen no definite evidence of any eagle attendance (but see > Mar. 27). > > MARCH 26,2013 - At the home feeders, we had 5 female pheasants at > once, then 2 (more?) later in the day. On March 27, a single > female visited. Also present today were m&f cardinals, 2 mourning > doves, about 6 each of juncos & white-throated sparrows, a song > sparrow (singing, of course), and a single goldfinch showing yellow > patches. > > MARCH 27, 2013 - One mourning dove 'singing' at home in a.m. > > At noon I drove around, first to Lower Canard Road to check that > BALD EAGLE NEST -- still no eagle visible on or in the nest, BUT > just on the north side of the road, only perhaps 150 m. n. of nest, > were 2 adult bald eagles perched together in a tree adjacent to the > farmhouse -- thus maybe they are just late this year in their > nesting cycle? > > Then I checked Wellington Dyke, Porter's Point, and the lower > Habitant River -- no geese seen there -- BUT there were 300+ CANADA > GEESE in that river upstream from the Canning Aboiteau. > > Finally I was surprised to find only a single male mallard in the > Habitant River in Canning. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-13--442825913 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><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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] b. eagle nest-checks, = Can. geese, feeder birds -- a bit long, sorry</b></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"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>MARCH = 21, 2013</b> - Back in the Wolfville area after being away since March = 13, I checked on<b> three BALD EAGLE NESTS</b> very locally, and <b>all = three had apparently incubating single adult eagles on them</b>: Noggins = Farm at Greenwich; just east of Wolfville; and the family campground = just south of Evangeline Beach, North Grand Pre.</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">Our local = <b>cardinal(s)</b> was/were <b>singing</b> strongly today at = home.</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 22, 2013</b> - One lonely? common redpoll at = our feeders today -- also 3 blue jays, a red squirrel, juncos and = white-throated sparrows, bl.-c. chickadees of course (at least 4), 2 = mourning doves, and a single female pheasant.</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 = 23, 2013</b> - In late morning at home Pat & I saw a flying flock of = about 75 very probable <b>Bohemian waxwings</b> go by our yard very = rapidly, and they perched in a large tree about a block away for several = minutes before flying off again.</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">This evening at about 8 = p.m.<b> I heard Canada geese flying over </b>our house; I couldn't see = or count them, but from the sound they were flying toward the = northeast.</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 24, 2013</b> - Pat & I saw 10+<b> robins = </b>and then 25+ more <b>waxwings</b> (prob. Bohemian?) in or near our = yard.</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 25, 3013</b> - Pat Hawes and Erica Garrett = heard a <b>calling n. flicker</b> in our neighbourhood (none seen at our = feeders for last few days, and still true as of March = 27).</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">(See March 11 & 21/13 for six earlier = eagle-nest-checks) This afternoon I made a quick <b>tour of five BALD = EAGLE NESTS between Wolfville and Canard Street to the = north</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; 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">(a) Greenwich, s. of Stirling's Farm Market: yes, the = white head on/in the nest was obvious, possibly = incubating;</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) Greenwich, n. of Noggins Farm Market: yes, adult = bird in incubating position on/in nest, and only the head was visible = from Hwy. 1;</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">(c) Lower Church St., e. of Hwy. 358: 2 adults were = on/in the nest when I arrived, then one flew and perched close by, other = one settled into possible incubation position;</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">(d) = Starr's Point, Chris Cox's Seaview Poultry farm: yes, head of adult = visible at long range in the nest;</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">(e) Lower Canard Rd. (Hwy. = 341), e. of Jawbone Corner/Hwy. 358: no eagles visible at all, which is = a surprise -- it is still possible that a sitting eagle was just = invisible from my vantage point, or maybe the adults were away just very = temporarily (I will keep checking), but so far with nest-checks on March = 11 & 21 and today I have seen no definite evidence of any eagle = attendance (but see Mar. 27).</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 26,2013</b> - <b>At the home feeders</b>, we = had 5 female pheasants at once, then 2 (more?) later in the day. = On March 27, a single female visited. Also present today = were m&f cardinals, 2 mourning doves, about 6 each of juncos = & white-throated sparrows, a song sparrow (singing, of course), and = a single goldfinch showing yellow patches.</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 = 27, 2013 </b>- One<b> mourning dove 'singing' </b>at home in = a.m.</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 noon I drove around, first to <b>Lower Canard = Road</b> to check that <b>BALD EAGLE NEST</b> -- still no eagle visible = on or in the nest, BUT just on the north side of the road, only perhaps = <b>150 m. n. of nest, were 2 adult bald eagles </b>perched together in a = tree adjacent to the farmhouse -- thus maybe they are just late this = year in their nesting cycle?</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">Then I checked Wellington Dyke, Porter's Point, and = the lower Habitant River -- no geese seen there -- BUT there were = <b>300+ CANADA GEESE</b> in that river upstream from the Canning = Aboiteau.</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">Finally I was surprised to find only a single male = <b>mallard </b>in the Habitant River in Canning.</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"><br></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">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-13--442825913--
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