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--Apple-Mail-667--595894422 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: chipmunk again, plus pheasant courtship again, Wolfville > > NOV. 3, 2013 - Despite quite cold temperatures, up to about +5 C.?, > our back-yard chipmunk was active again. > > NOV. 4, 2013 - Today at our feeders, a female pheasant was > peacefully feeding on cracked corn on my wooden platform on the > ground, but then a beautiful cock pheasant came out of the wall of > shrubs on the edge of our yard. This male had very red swollen > combs on both sides of his face, and was probably the same one who > was "feeling his oats" back on Oct. 27. He undoubtedly has > undergone testicular recrudescence, meaning fall regrowth of his > gonads plus sex-hormone secretion. He wasted no time in walking > right to the female and parading his features for her. She > appeared to be only interested in feeding. But she had no choice > except to leave the yard on foot, with him closely behind her. A > few minutes later, she came back into the yard, still with the male > close behind her, so she again left the yard with her escort. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-667--595894422 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>chipmunk again, plus pheasant = courtship again,<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> = </span>Wolfville</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>NOV. 3, 2013</b> - = Despite quite cold temperatures, up to about +5 C.?, our back-yard = <b>chipmunk</b> was active 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"><b>NOV. 4, 2013</b> = - Today at our feeders, a <b>female pheasant</b> was peacefully = feeding on cracked corn on my wooden platform on the ground, but then a = beautiful <b>cock pheasant</b> came out of the wall of shrubs on the = edge of our yard. This male had very red swollen combs on both = sides of his face, and was probably the same one who was "feeling his = oats" back on Oct. 27. He undoubtedly has undergone testicular = recrudescence, meaning fall regrowth of his gonads plus sex-hormone = secretion. He wasted no time in walking right to the female and = parading his features for her. She appeared to be only interested = in feeding. But she had no choice except to leave the yard on = foot, with him closely behind her. A few minutes later, she came = back into the yard, still with the male close behind her, so she again = left the yard with her escort. </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-667--595894422--
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