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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01CE3E9E.D9B9A420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Richard, Can you supply directions to Akin marsh please? Thanks=20 Andy Dean 86 Baden Powell drive, Kentville, N.S. B4N 5P5 (902) 678-6243 aadean@ns.sympatico.ca ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Stern=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 1:54 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Birding and Beavering this morning Hi, Rick Whitman and I did some exploring this morning, starting with nice = looks at the Eastern Phoebe presumably nesting as usual under the White = Rock Bridge.=20 We then went to East Point, Grand Pre, where there were Savannah = Sparrows singing, and 2 G.B.Herons flying across from Boot Island. No = Shorebirds yet. Yesterday I bumped into Patrick Kelly, who told me about Akin Marsh, = near Falmouth. I had never been there before, so we went. There's a nice = trail through the woods, with good looks at some marshy ponds at a = couple of spots. We had some nice Spring migrants, including very close = looks at 2 Hermit Thrushes, also 2 bright Palm Warblers, at least 6 = Swamp Sparrows singing, a Sapsucker, and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, plus a = singing Brown Creeper. We also watched a Beaver swim close to its lodge. We then did the whole traverse of Mines and Butler Roads, from = Falmouth to the New Ross Road - mainly to see if I could get through for = my owl survey. The road is a long, rough, logging road that is very = potholed and soft in places, and very remote if you get stuck - but we = made it. We saw some pretty vigorous Beaver activity along the route, = with large trees felled, and another Beaver by the bridge near the end. = We didn't stop much, but did see a pair of Hooded Mergansers, several = more Hermit Thrushes fly across, Robins and a soaring Bald Eagle. It's a = great road to bird in late May/ June. We heard many choruses of Spring Peepers and also Wood Frogs. Richard --=20 ################# Richard Stern,=20 Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01CE3E9E.D9B9A420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19412"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi Richard,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Can you supply directions to Akin marsh = please? Thanks </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Andy Dean<BR>86 Baden Powell=20 drive,<BR>Kentville, N.S.<BR>B4N 5P5</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>(902) 678-6243<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca">aadean@ns.sympatico.ca</A><BR></FO= NT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsternrichard@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">Richard=20 Stern</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 21, 2013 = 1:54=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Birding and = Beavering=20 this morning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Hi,<BR><BR></DIV>Rick Whitman and I did some exploring this = morning,=20 starting with nice looks at the Eastern Phoebe presumably nesting as = usual=20 under the White Rock Bridge. <BR><BR>We then went to East Point, Grand = Pre,=20 where there were Savannah Sparrows singing, and 2 G.B.Herons flying = across=20 from Boot Island. No Shorebirds yet.<BR><BR></DIV>Yesterday I bumped = into=20 Patrick Kelly, who told me about Akin Marsh, near Falmouth. I had = never been=20 there before, so we went. There's a nice trail through the woods, with = good=20 looks at some marshy ponds at a couple of spots. We had some nice = Spring=20 migrants, including very close looks at 2 Hermit Thrushes, also 2 = bright Palm=20 Warblers, at least 6 Swamp Sparrows singing, a Sapsucker, and a = Ruby-crowned=20 Kinglet, plus a singing Brown Creeper. We also watched a Beaver swim = close to=20 its lodge.<BR><BR></DIV>We then did the whole traverse of Mines and = Butler=20 Roads, from Falmouth to the New Ross Road - mainly to see if I could = get=20 through for my owl survey. The road is a long, rough, logging road = that is=20 very potholed and soft in places, and very remote if you get stuck - = but we=20 made it. We saw some pretty vigorous Beaver activity along the route, = with=20 large trees felled, and another Beaver by the bridge near the end. We = didn't=20 stop much, but did see a pair of Hooded Mergansers, several more = Hermit=20 Thrushes fly across, Robins and a soaring Bald Eagle. It's a great = road to=20 bird in late May/ June.<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV>We heard many choruses of Spring Peepers and also Wood = Frogs.<BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Richard<BR clear=3Dall> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><BR>-- <BR>#################<BR>Richard Stern, <BR>Port Williams, = NS,=20 Canada<BR><A href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com"=20 target=3D_blank>sternrichard@gmail.com</A><BR>###################=20 </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01CE3E9E.D9B9A420--
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