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--Apple-Mail-14-82960587 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: April 2, 2013 6:06:23 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] 2 bats, eagle & raven nests, road muskrat, > feeder birds, etc. -- long > > MARCH 30, 2013 - Sunny and relatively warm again. A few days ago > someone told me that crocuses were in bloom in a nearby garden, > which we walked by today -- surely enough, we saw lots of crocuses > in two different gardens, and at least a few honeybees attending them. > > Jake MacDonald called to report his first two grackles of the > Spring had arrived, at his feeders on lower Maple Ave. in east > Wolfville. Later in the day he called again about a grackle, a > brown-headed cowbird, and a cardinal all at one time at his feeders. > > Also flower-buds were very swollen on both silver maple and red > maple along the Wolfville streets, and they should be opening up soon. > > MARCH 31, 2013 - Sunny and warm AGAIN (4th day), up to 10+ degrees > C. Pat & I did our Sunday walk in Miner's Marsh in Kentville: 2 > Canada geese were acting like very big puddle ducks by "tipping up" > to feed well below the surface of the managed water-level (Ducks > Unlimited). One male red-winged blackbird was singing from the > trees adjacent to the marsh. And seeds of cattails were blowing in > the wind from the marsh. > > Also in a flock of gulls south of Port Williams on the dykeland > fields, we saw a flying white-winged gull, probably an immature > Iceland gull? (but maybe a glaucous gull?). > > Dianne Thorpe and Brenda & Bill Thexton saw two flying bats at > Scots' Bay today. The bats were seen from the car and were far > enough apart that the observers were confident about there being > two different individuals. > > Also the bald eagle nest in Scots' Bay had both adult eagles > present -- one in the nest and the other perched close by. > > APRIL 1, 2013 - A strong cold wind from the northeast plus a light > rain made today miserable, despite occasional peaks of the Sun. A > single robin, a new arrival?, on our lawn provided a nice contrast > to the unwelcoming weather. > > Brenda and Bill Thexton in east Wolfville had a single male brown- > headed cowbird at their feeder today. Jake MacDonald, also in east > Wolfville, had a single cowbird on March 30/13. > > Yesterday a single pine siskin visited my feeder, with a single > goldfinch. > > APRIL 2, 2013 - Sunny but very cold today, with a strong wind from > the west and only about +2 C. minus the wind-chill. > > The Chronicle Herald's front page had a big photo and article, "Our > fine feathered friend", about the CRESTED CARACARA which showed up > at West Lawrencetown on March 30 and attracted oodles of birders > from far and wide to see and photograph this distinctive southern > hawk, first seen and photographed by Frank Gummett. The caracara > is still being seen today at West Lawrencetown, across the highway > from the tea house. > > At 12:45 p.m. in Greenwich, along Hwy. 1 just west of Avery's > Market, there was a traffic jam of very slow cars and trucks, > caused by a MUSKRAT waddling on the pavement. All the drivers let > the muskrat decide where and how fast to go (quite slowly but safely). > > Again I checked four BALD EAGLE NESTS today: > > (a) New Minas, KenWo Golf Course, between 13th green and 14th > fairway, in white pine: no sign of eagle occupancy (same as last > year); > > (b) Greenwich, Noggins Farm Market nest: adult eagle on nest, and > another adult (mate?) flew by; > > (c) Blomidon nest (1.3 km. n. of Mill Creek traffic sign): adult > eagle sitting in incubation position in nest; > > (d) Lower Canard St. nest: FINALLY an adult eagle is on the nest in > incubation position (quite a late start this year, relative to > recent years of steady occupancy). > > I also checked on two RAVEN NESTS: > > (a) Canning, in planted pine just west of the Gibson/Borden House: > an adult raven was presumably incubating in the nest; > > (b) Just north of Acadia Arena, Wolfville: nest occupied by > presumably incubating raven. > > About 100+ Canada geese were foraging in open fields just east of > Canning (not far from Canning Aboiteau, where the Thextons saw 300+ > yesterday). > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-14-82960587 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; "> <br><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">April 2, 2013 6:06:23 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">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</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>[ValleyNature] 2 bats, eagle & = raven nests, road muskrat, feeder birds, etc. -- = long</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 30, 2013 </b>- Sunny and relatively warm = again. A few days ago someone told me that <b>crocuses </b>were in = bloom in a nearby garden, which we walked by today -- surely enough, we = saw lots of crocuses in two different gardens, and at least a few<b> = honeybees</b> attending them.</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">Jake MacDonald called to report his first two<b> = grackles</b> of the Spring had arrived, at his feeders on lower Maple = Ave. in east Wolfville. Later in the day he called again about a = grackle, a<b> brown-headed cowbird</b>, and a cardinal all at one time = at his feeders.</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">Also<b> flower-buds </b>were very swollen on both = <b>silver maple and red maple</b> along the Wolfville streets, and they = should be opening up soon.</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 31, 2013 - Sunny and warm AGAIN </b>(4th = day), up to 10+ degrees C. Pat & I did our Sunday walk in<b> = Miner's Marsh</b> in Kentville:<b> 2 Canada geese</b> were acting like = very big puddle ducks by "tipping up" to feed well below the surface of = the managed water-level (Ducks Unlimited). One male<b> red-winged = blackbird</b> was singing from the trees adjacent to the marsh. = And <b>seeds of cattails</b> were blowing in the wind from the = marsh.</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">Also in a flock of gulls south of Port Williams on the = dykeland fields, we saw a flying <b>white-winged gull</b>, probably an = immature Iceland gull? (but maybe a glaucous gull?).</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">Dianne = Thorpe and Brenda & Bill Thexton saw<b> two flying bats at Scots' = Bay</b> today. The bats were seen from the car and were far enough = apart that the observers were confident about there being two different = individuals.</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">Also the<b> bald eagle nest in Scots' Bay </b>had both = adult eagles present -- one in the nest and the other perched close = by.</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>APRIL 1, 2013</b> - A strong cold wind from the = northeast plus a light rain made today miserable, despite occasional = peaks of the Sun. A single<b> robin</b>, a new arrival?, on our = lawn provided a nice contrast to the unwelcoming = weather.</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">Brenda and Bill Thexton in east Wolfville had a single = male<b> brown-headed cowbird </b>at their feeder today. Jake = MacDonald, also in east Wolfville, had a single <b>cowbird</b> on March = 30/13.</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">Yesterday a single <b>pine siskin</b> visited my = feeder, with a single goldfinch.</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>APRIL 2, 2013 </b>- = Sunny but very cold today, with a strong wind from the west and only = about +2 C. minus the wind-chill. </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">The = Chronicle Herald's front page had a big photo and article, "Our fine = feathered friend", about the <b>CRESTED CARACARA</b> which showed up at = West Lawrencetown on March 30 and attracted oodles of birders from far = and wide to see and photograph this distinctive southern hawk, first = seen and photographed by Frank Gummett. The caracara is still = being seen today at West Lawrencetown, across the highway from the tea = house.</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 12:45 p.m. in <b>Greenwich,</b> along Hwy. 1 just = west of Avery's Market, there was a<b> traffic jam </b>of very slow cars = and trucks, caused by a <b>MUSKRAT waddling on the pavement.</b> = All the drivers let the muskrat decide where and how fast to go (quite = slowly but safely).</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">Again I checked four <b>BALD EAGLE NESTS</b> = today:</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) New Minas,<b> KenWo Golf Course</b>, between 13th = green and 14th fairway, in white pine: no sign of eagle occupancy (same = as last 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; 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, <b>Noggins Farm Market nest</b>: adult = eagle on nest, and another adult (mate?) flew by;</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) = <b>Blomidon nest </b>(1.3 km. n. of Mill Creek traffic sign): adult = eagle sitting in incubation position in 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">(d)<b> = Lower Canard St. nest</b>: FINALLY an adult eagle is on the nest in = incubation position (quite a late start this year, relative to recent = years of steady occupancy).</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">I also checked on two <b>RAVEN = NESTS</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; "><b></b><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)<b> Canning</b>, in planted pine just west of the = Gibson/Borden House: an adult raven was presumably incubating 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">(b) Just north of <b>Acadia Arena, Wolfville</b>: nest = occupied by presumably incubating raven.</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">About = 100+ <b>Canada geese</b> were foraging in open fields just east of = Canning (not far from Canning Aboiteau, where the Thextons saw 300+ = yesterday).</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; 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