[NatureNS] merlin, yg. cardinals, yg. downy w., clammy locusts

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Begin forwarded message:

> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: June 27, 2013 10:56:36 AM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] merlin, yg. cardinals, yg. downy w., clammy  
> locusts
>
> JUNE 26, 2013 - At 3 p.m. I saw a merlin flying over Wolfville's  
> Main St. and heading toward University Hall, coming from the ne.  
> direction of where Judy Tufts alerted us to a probable nest  
> location in a tall spruce just ne. of Alumni House and on the west  
> edge of the Festival Theatre parking lot.
>
> JUNE 27, 2013 - Jake MacDonald told me that , as of June 25, he now  
> has three fledged juvenile cardinals at his feeders in east  
> Wolfville; he has seen them together, so they are probably a brood,  
> and were being attended by both parents, but the male has now taken  
> over the shepherding duties (while the female presumably is  
> starting another batch nearby?).
>
> Yesterday John Martens, a close neighbour of mine, watched downy  
> woodpeckers at his sunflower-seed feeder with a fledged youngster.   
> John was surprised by the large size of the fledgling.  Also he  
> said the adults would take a single seed from the feeder, go off a  
> couple of metres to take the hull off the seed, and then come back  
> to feed the seed to the baby.
>
> Also yesterday I chanced to walk past the Festival Theatre parking  
> lot and glanced at the clammy locusts (Robinia viscosa) there,  
> which are very noticeable and at their peak of flowering.  I also  
> noted that Zinck (1998) uses the common name "Rose Acacia" for this  
> species but also for the bristly locust (Robinia hispida).  Also at  
> the theatre building are lots of other flowers there to ogle.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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a</a>&gt;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] merlin, yg. =
cardinals, yg. downy w., clammy locusts</b></font></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:=
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face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JUNE =
26, 2013</b> -&nbsp;</font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">At 3 p.m. I saw a<b> merlin</b> flying over =
Wolfville's Main St. and heading toward University Hall, coming from the =
ne. direction of where Judy Tufts alerted us to a probable nest location =
in a tall spruce just ne. of Alumni House and on the west edge of the =
Festival Theatre parking lot.&nbsp;</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>JUNE 27, 2013</b> - Jake =
MacDonald told me that , as of June 25, he now has <b>three fledged =
juvenile cardinals</b> at his feeders in <b>east Wolfville</b>; he has =
seen them together, so they are probably a brood, and were being =
attended by both parents, but the male has now taken over the =
shepherding duties (while the female presumably is starting another =
batch nearby?).&nbsp;</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 =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Yesterday John Martens, a close neighbour of mine, =
watched<b> downy woodpeckers </b>at his sunflower-seed feeder with a<b> =
fledged youngster</b>.&nbsp; John was surprised by the large size of the =
fledgling.&nbsp; Also he said the adults would take a single seed from =
the feeder, go off a couple of metres to take the hull off the seed, and =
then come back to feed the seed to the baby.</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 =
yesterday I chanced to walk past the Festival Theatre parking lot and =
glanced at the <b>clammy locusts </b>(<i>Robinia viscosa</i>) there, =
which are very noticeable and at their peak of flowering.&nbsp; I also =
noted that Zinck (1998) uses the common name "Rose Acacia" for this =
species but also for the bristly locust (<i>Robinia hispida</i>).&nbsp; =
Also at the theatre building are lots of other flowers there to =
ogle.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div =
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