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--Apple-Mail-9-628847757 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 9, 2013 1:48:36 AM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] Spring birds, midges, fishes, turtles, > muskrats > > APRIL 7, 2013 - Our fox sparrow (here since Apr. 3) was still > attending our feeders at dusk today. > > APRIL 8, 2013 - Today I saw my first flock of grackles, 6 of them, > mostly or all males, at the bottom of Chestnut Ave. in Wolfville. > > Stella's Pond (Ducks Unlim. Can., riverside pond n. of New Minas): > the island now has an apparently incubating Canada goose, and her > male mate was swimming close by. > > Miner's Marsh, Kentville: nice warm day (up to 13 C.) & partly > Sunny; lots of schooling small fishes along the banks, probably > banded killifish?; hundreds of probably male midges in a flying, > dancing, mating swarm (woe be to an attracted female!); 6 very > unwary basking painted turtles very close to the path; perhaps 15+ > mallards, mostly in m,f pairs; 2 wood ducks (m,f pair); at least 15 > male red-winged blackbirds (lovely choruses, some in the marsh now > vs. the bordering trees); a flicker called repeatedly; a male > cardinal; 2 crows; 2 blue jays; a herring gull; an unidentified > sparrow; and 2 muskrats. > > Kidston's Pond (upper Church St.): 4 male ring-necked ducks. > > Just east of there, at the dog groomer's home, a red-tailed hawk > was in/on the nest in the planted pine not far from the house -- > the hawk was actively "doing stuff" in the nest, perhaps just > redecorating? > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-9-628847757 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 9, 2013 1:48:36 AM = 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] Spring birds, midges, = fishes, turtles, muskrats</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>APRIL 7, 2013 </b> - = Our<b> fox sparrow </b>(here since Apr. 3)<b> </b>was still attending = our feeders at dusk 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"><b>APRIL 8, 2013</b> - </font><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">Today I saw my = first flock of <b>grackles</b>, 6 of them, mostly or all males, at the = bottom of Chestnut Ave. in Wolfville.</span></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>Stella's Pond</b> (Ducks Unlim. Can., riverside pond n. of = New Minas): the island now has an apparently<b> incubating Canada = goose</b>, and her male mate was swimming 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>Miner's Marsh</b>, Kentville: nice warm day (up to 13 C.) = & partly Sunny; lots of schooling small<b> fishes</b> along the = banks, probably <b>banded killifish?</b>; hundreds of probably male<b> = midges</b> in a flying, dancing, <b>mating swarm</b> (woe be to an = attracted female!); 6 very unwary basking <b>painted turtles</b> very = close to the path; perhaps 15+ <b>mallards, mostly</b> in m,f pairs; 2 = <b>wood ducks</b> (m,f pair); at least 15 male<b> red-winged = blackbirds</b> (lovely choruses, some in the marsh now vs. the bordering = trees); a flicker called repeatedly; a male <b>cardinal</b>; 2 crows; 2 = blue jays; a herring gull; an unidentified sparrow; and 2 = <b>muskrats</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"><b>Kidston's Pond</b> (upper Church St.): 4 male<b> = ring-necked ducks</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">Just east of there, at the dog groomer's home, a<b> = red-tailed hawk</b> was<b> in/on the nest </b>in the planted pine not = far from the house -- the hawk was actively "doing stuff" in the nest, = perhaps just redecorating?</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-9-628847757--
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