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--Apple-Mail-9--942242009 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] wood frog chorus, chipmunk active, lots of > tree swallows, HAPPY SPRING! > > APRIL 14, 2013 - Pat & I walked Miner's Marsh on a cool & drizzly & > overcast afternoon. Impressive was a flock of 100+ swallows, > nearly all? tree swallows, foraging over the marsh at various > heights -- and we could see groups of midges in the air for them, too. > > Also present were wood ducks and blue-winged teals (a m,f pair of > each), 5 ring-necked ducks (a m,f pair + 3 extra males), plus the > usual numerous mallards, plus male red-winged blackbirds, plus > several swimming muskrats. > > At our feeders at home, our back-yard chipmunk is active again, > also a red squirrel is still present, there were 2 downy > woodpeckers at once (m,f), plus a white-breasted nuthatch, 4 common > redpolls, a single pine siskin, still a few juncos and white- > throated sparrows, plus 3 mourning doves, 3 blue jays, 2+ bl.-c. > chickadees, a couple of starlings, and 2 pheasants. > > APRIL 15, 2013 - A single common redpoll at feeders again. > > In the afternoon I had a lovely walk in west Kentville, from > Palmeter's Woods rail trail behind the Evergreen Home. Today was > Sunny and nearly calm and warm, up to 10 C. via my car > thermometer. The nearby Cornwallis River showed almost no > waterfowl, just a single black duck that I could see. > > Just a few steps west from the parking lot, a shallow wooded pond > along the rail trail had a noisy chorus from several male wood > frogs, very nice to hear and see in this halting Spring. > > Besides a few crows, the only perching birds seen were 2 male robins. > > About 15 minutes' walk west from the parking lot, a wide gravel pad > toward the north takes one to Seven Bridges area of ponds and > bridges and benches, adjacent to the subdivision of the same name > but very accessible from the trail system. One of the ponds had a > pair of Canada geese and single male mallard. > > Just along that gravelly pad to Seven Bridges is a conspicuous, > large, round, dark, dense "witch's broom" high in a tall spruce? -- > my guess is that this is a dwarf mistletoe broom, caused by this > diminutive flowering plant parasitizing the spruce branches and > causing cancer-like growths that can be quite large and tend to be > more common along or near seashores. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-9--942242009 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><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] wood frog chorus, = chipmunk active, lots of tree swallows, HAPPY = SPRING!</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 14, 2013</b> - Pat = & I walked<b> Miner's Marsh</b> on a cool & drizzly & = overcast afternoon. Impressive was a flock of <b>100+ swallows, = nearly all? tree swallows</b>, foraging over the marsh at various = heights -- and we could see groups of <b>midges</b> in the air for them, = too.</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 present were <b>wood ducks</b> and<b> blue-winged = teals </b>(a m,f pair of each), 5 <b>ring-necked ducks</b> (a m,f pair + = 3 extra males), plus the usual numerous mallards, plus male red-winged = blackbirds, plus several swimming <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">At our = feeders at home, our back-yard <b>chipmunk</b> is active again, also a = <b>red squirrel </b>is still present, there were 2 <b>downy = woodpeckers</b> at once (m,f), plus a <b>white-breasted nuthatch</b>, 4 = <b>common redpolls</b>, a single <b>pine siskin</b>, still a few = <b>juncos </b>and <b>white-throated sparrows,</b> plus 3 mourning doves, = 3 blue jays, 2+ bl.-c. chickadees, a couple of starlings, and 2 = pheasants.</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 15, 2013</b> - A single<b> common redpoll = </b>at feeders 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">In the afternoon I had a lovely walk in <b>west = Kentville</b>, from <b>Palmeter's Woods rail trail </b>behind the = Evergreen Home. Today was Sunny and nearly calm and warm, up to 10 = C. via my car thermometer. The nearby Cornwallis River showed = almost no waterfowl, just a single black duck that I could = see.</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 a few steps west from the parking lot, a shallow = wooded pond along the rail trail had a <b>noisy chorus from several male = wood frogs</b>, very nice to hear and see in this halting = Spring.</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">Besides a few crows, the only perching birds seen = were<b> 2 male robins</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">About 15 minutes' walk west from the parking lot, a = wide gravel pad toward the north takes one to <b>Seven Bridges</b> area = of ponds and bridges and benches, adjacent to the subdivision of the = same name but very accessible from the trail system. One of the = ponds had a pair of<b> Canada geese</b> and single male = mallard.</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 along that gravelly pad to Seven Bridges is a = conspicuous, large, round, dark, dense<b> "witch's broom" high in a tall = spruce?</b> -- my guess is that this is a <b>dwarf mistletoe broom</b>, = caused by this diminutive flowering plant parasitizing the spruce = branches and causing cancer-like growths that can be quite large and = tend to be more common along or near seashores.</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--942242009--
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