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--Apple-Mail-10-851189516 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] Spring bird notes -- pileated woodpecker > nest, Wolfville, etc. > > APRIL 10, 2013 - Paul Steele reports from Kent Ave. in Wolfville > that a pileated woodpecker has been back in the poplar nest-cavity > in his back yard, AND that flickers are excavating another cavity > about 1.5 metres above the pileated hole. > > Today at home there was a continuous chorus of songs from a > cardinal, song sparrows, mourning doves, juncos, a flicker, a white- > throated sparrow, a robin, and a white-breasted nuthatch. > > Jake MacDonald phoned from east Wolfville where he had his first > male red-winged blackbird at his feeders. > > APRIL 11, 2013 - Nice Sunny day (8 C.) that mandated a drive at > noon to some of the usual areas for waterfowl. > > I checked two red-tailed hawk nests: (a) the nest near the jct. of > Starr's Point Rd. with McGee Road was still empty; but (b) the nest > south of the Canard River along Hwy. 358 now has an adult on/in it. > > Van Nostrand's Pond (new part): a single Canada goose in the pond > probably signifies an unseen mate on a nest, perhaps on the cattail > island? > > Canning Aboiteau: 175+ Canada geese, 4 common mergansers (2 prs.), > 6 green-winged teals (3 prs.), 2 black ducks (1 pr.). > > Saxon St. Pond: 2 hooded mergansers (m,f pr.), 2 mallards (pr.). > > Dept. of Transport pond sw. of Canning: 2 American wigeons (a pr.), > 5 mallards (a pr. + 3 males). > > Canard Pond: 1 male gadwall, 6 black ducks (3 prs.), 7 mallards (2 > prs. + 3 males). > > ENJOY THE SPRING, AS PAUL ALWAYS SAYS! from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-10-851189516 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] Spring bird notes -- = pileated woodpecker nest, Wolfville, etc.</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 = 10, 2013</b> - Paul Steele reports from Kent Ave. in Wolfville that a = <b>pileated woodpecker</b> has been back in the poplar = <b>nest-cavity</b> in his back yard, AND that <b>flickers </b>are = excavating another cavity about 1.5 metres above the pileated = hole. </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">Today at home there was a continuous <b>chorus of = songs from</b> a cardinal, song sparrows, mourning doves, juncos, a = flicker, a white-throated sparrow, a robin, and a white-breasted = nuthatch.</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 phoned from east Wolfville where he had = his<b> first male red-winged blackbird </b>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"><b>APRIL 11, 2013</b> - Nice Sunny day (8 C.) that = mandated a drive at noon to some of the usual areas for = waterfowl. </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>I checked two red-tailed hawk nests: </b>(a) the = nest near the jct. of Starr's Point Rd. with McGee Road was still empty; = but (b) the nest south of the Canard River along Hwy. 358 now has an = adult on/in it. </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">Van Nostrand's Pond (new part): a <b>single Canada = goose</b> in the pond probably signifies an unseen mate on a <b>nest, = perhaps</b> on the cattail island?</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">Canning Aboiteau: 175+ = <b>Canada geese</b>, 4 <b>common mergansers</b> (2 prs.), 6 = <b>green-winged teals</b> (3 prs.), 2 <b>black ducks </b>(1 = pr.). </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">Saxon St. Pond: 2<b> hooded mergansers</b> (m,f pr.), = 2 <b>mallards</b> (pr.).</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">Dept. of Transport pond sw. of Canning: 2<b> American = wigeons</b> (a pr.), 5 <b>mallards</b> (a pr. + 3 = males).</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">Canard Pond: 1 male<b> gadwall</b>, 6<b> black = ducks</b> (3 prs.), 7<b> mallards</b> (2 prs. + 3 = males).</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">ENJOY THE SPRING, AS PAUL ALWAYS SAYS! 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; 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