[NatureNS] Bullock's oriole, Kentville, etc. -- ducks & feeder birds, Wolfville

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Begin forwarded message:

> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: December 2, 2013 2:16:14 PM AST
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Bill Wagstaff  
> <bwagstaff@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] Fwd: Bullock's oriole, Kentville, etc. --  
> ducks & feeder birds, Wolfville
>
> THANKS, BILL!  Birchwood Drive is located off Canaan Ave.  As you  
> drive up or down Canaan Ave. from Hwy. 1 or from Prospect Ave..  
> look for Lacewood, take that, then look for Birchwood.  Jim in  
> Wolfville.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Bill Wagstaff <bwagstaff@eastlink.ca>
>> Date: December 2, 2013 1:24:43 PM AST
>> To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
>> Subject: Re: Bullock's oriole, Kentville, etc. -- ducks & feeder  
>> birds, Wolfville
>>
>> Hi Jim:
>>   Jill spoke to Richard Stern by phone today and said it would be  
>> Ok to let interested people know.
>> Our address is 6 Birchwood Drive, B4N 4Y1, tel 678-5776.
>> I am taking numerous photographs, but thy are opportunistic from  
>> my living room.
>> We also have frequent cardinals, both male and female.
>> Regards
>> Bill
>>
>> Send from Bill Wagstaff's iPad.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 2, 2013, at 12:30 PM, "James W. Wolford"  
>> <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> DECEMBER 1, 2013 - Pat & I today found about 100+ puddle ducks in  
>>> the westernmost pond of the Reservoir Park in Wolfville.  Mostly  
>>> mallards, with much lesser numbers of black ducks.  No binoculars  
>>> today, so need to revisit.
>>>
>>> At our feeders today, a male and female cardinal visited in late  
>>> dusk, when the light was just enough to see them.  Also present  
>>> today were about 10 mourning doves, 8 chickadees, 4 blue jays, 4  
>>> white-throated sparrows, 3 juncos, 1 song sparrow, 4 goldfinches,  
>>> 1 hairy woodpecker.
>>>
>>> Today Dave Faloon and Bill Wagstaff contacted me about a bird  
>>> identification needed for Bill's feeder in Kentville.  One  
>>> mystery bird has been present since Nov. 26, and then a second  
>>> one joined it on Dec. 1.  Bill sent photos, and both birds are  
>>> orioles.  But the one since Nov. 26 is an immature male Bullock's  
>>> oriole, which will be a great addition to Blake Maybank's  
>>> accumulating Winter Bird List.  The second oriole is undetermined  
>>> at present, but is probably a Baltimore oriole.  They are feeding  
>>> on a bird pie and suet.  Bill lives somewhere near the Agric.  
>>> Research Stn. in Kentville, but I haven't asked him yet about  
>>> accepting visitors.
>>>
>>> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>
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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div =
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</fon=
t></div><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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 2, 2013 2:16:14 PM =
AST</font></div><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>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nature BNS &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a>&gt;, Bill Wagstaff &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:bwagstaff@eastlink.ca">bwagstaff@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</font>=
</div><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] Fwd: Bullock's =
oriole, Kentville, etc. -- ducks &amp; feeder birds, =
Wolfville</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; =
"><br></div>  THANKS, BILL! &nbsp;Birchwood Drive is located off Canaan =
Ave. &nbsp;As you drive up or down Canaan Ave. from Hwy. 1 or from =
Prospect Ave.. look for Lacewood, take that, then look for Birchwood. =
&nbsp;Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded =
message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><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>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Bill Wagstaff &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:bwagstaff@eastlink.ca">bwagstaff@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</font>=
</div><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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 2, 2013 1:24:43 PM =
AST</font></div><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>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</fon=
t></div><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>Re: Bullock's oriole, Kentville, =
etc. -- ducks &amp; feeder birds, 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>Hi =
Jim:</div><div>&nbsp; Jill spoke to Richard Stern by phone today and =
said it would be Ok to let interested people know.</div><div>Our address =
is 6 Birchwood Drive, B4N 4Y1, tel 678-5776.&nbsp;</div><div>I am taking =
numerous photographs, but thy are opportunistic from my living =
room.</div><div>We also have frequent cardinals, both male and =
female.</div><div>Regards</div><div>Bill<br><br>Send from Bill =
Wagstaff's&nbsp;iPad.<div><br><div><div><br><div><i><br></i><div><i><br></=
i></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br>On Dec 2, 2013, at 12:30 =
PM, "James W. Wolford" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt; =
wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><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>DECEMBER 1, 2013</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#001ee6"> - Pat &amp; I today found about </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>100+ puddle =
ducks</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6"> in the westernmost =
pond of the </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica"><b>Reservoir Park in Wolfville</b></font><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica; color: #001ee6">.&nbsp; Mostly</font><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b> mallards</b></font><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica; color: #001ee6">, with much lesser numbers of</font><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b> black =
ducks</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">.&nbsp; No binoculars =
today, so need to revisit.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); 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" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#001ee6">At our feeders today, a </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>male and female cardinal =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">visited in late dusk, =
when the light was just enough to see them.&nbsp; Also present today =
were about 10 mourning doves, 8 chickadees, 4 blue jays, 4 =
white-throated sparrows, 3 juncos, 1 song sparrow, 4 goldfinches, 1 =
hairy woodpecker.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); 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" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#001ee6">Today Dave Faloon and Bill Wagstaff contacted me about a bird =
identification needed for Bill's feeder in </font><font face=3D"Helvetica"=
 size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica"><b>Kentville</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#001ee6">.&nbsp; One mystery bird has been present since Nov. 26, and =
then a second one joined it on Dec. 1.&nbsp; Bill sent photos, and both =
birds are orioles.&nbsp; But the one since Nov. 26 is an immature male =
</font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica"><b>Bullock's oriole</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#001ee6">, which will be a great addition to Blake Maybank's =
accumulating Winter Bird List.&nbsp; The second oriole is undetermined =
at present, but is probably a </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Baltimore oriole</b></font><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica; color: #001ee6">.&nbsp; They are feeding on a bird pie and =
suet. &nbsp;Bill lives somewhere near the Agric. Research Stn. in =
Kentville, but I haven't asked him yet about accepting =
visitors.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); min-height: 14px; =
"><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#001EE6"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#000000"><b>Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.</b></font></font></div> =
</div></blockquote></blockquote></div><br><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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