[NatureNS] big tide alert for today, right now, here in The Valley

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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:09:25 -0400
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> Subject: big tide alert for today
>
> According to the Blomidon Naturalists Society 2014 Calendar, on  
> sale at various locations in the Wolfville-Greenwich-Port Williams  
> area for $15, TODAY has the New Moon coinciding with a close  
> perigee (short Earth-Moon distance), so that TOMORROW'S HIGH TIDE,  
> the biggest tide of the year (fide Rick Whitman), is at 1 p.m. at  
> Wolfville to Horton Bluff and measures 16.2 metres in amplitude  
> (high tide to low tide height).  You do the math to figure our how  
> many yards or feet that equals.
>
> BNS Calendars are for sale in Wolfville at Herbin's Jewelry and Eos  
> health-food store and Blomidon Inn, at Greenwich at Noggins and  
> Hennigar's and other Farm Markets, in Port Williams at Shur Gain  
> Feed & Seeds, etc.?
>
> And don't forget the Sheffield Mills EAGLE WATCH WEEDEND II on  
> Saturday and Sunday.  On Eagle Watch weekends there are usually 2  
> or 3 feedings per day at the feeding site at the north end of  
> Middle Dyke Road (vs. one feeding a day during the week all winter  
> long, courtesy of the Swetnam poultry business).  I recommend  
> occasional visits to the feeding site from 8 a.m. to 3 or even 4 p.m.
>
> Report your sightings to Jim at the Hall or on these Internet sites.
>
> A bunch of us biologists/naturalists will be making our first  
> attempt at a 2014 count of bald eagles, other raptors, etc., on  
> Sunday, Feb. 2, from 10 to 11 a.m.  Last year we had 293 bald  
> eagles, but it took three attempts.  Some of the results will be  
> posted at the Sheffield Mills Community Hall on Sunday, but it  
> usually takes a couple of days to get the results from all of the  
> 16 field parties.
>
> For the count we have assigned areas to cover, like a Christmas  
> Count, and we cover roughly the same large area for both counts,  
> from the base of the North Mountain south to Black River Lake, and  
> from Avonport west to Kentville.
>
> Besides the area from Sheffield Mills to Canning and Kingsport, for  
> the Eagle Watch check out the Gaspereau Valley, and east of  
> Wolfville to Grand Pre, North Grand Pre, Hortonville, and Avonport,  
> plus along the whole length of Middle Dyke Road from New Minas to  
> the north end.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.


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<div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">According to the Blomidon Naturalists Society 2014 =
Calendar, on sale at various locations in the Wolfville-Greenwich-Port =
Williams area for $15, TODAY has the New Moon coinciding with a close =
perigee (short Earth-Moon distance), so that TOMORROW'S HIGH TIDE, the =
biggest tide of the year (fide Rick Whitman), is at 1 p.m. at Wolfville =
to Horton Bluff and measures 16.2 metres in amplitude (high tide to low =
tide height).<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </span>You do =
the math to figure our how many yards or feet that equals.</div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">BNS =
Calendars are for sale in Wolfville at Herbin's Jewelry and Eos =
health-food store and Blomidon Inn, at Greenwich at Noggins and =
Hennigar's and other Farm Markets, in Port Williams at Shur Gain Feed =
&amp; Seeds, etc.?</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; ">And don't forget the Sheffield =
Mills EAGLE WATCH WEEDEND II on Saturday and Sunday.<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </span>On Eagle Watch weekends =
there are usually 2 or 3 feedings per day at the feeding site at the =
north end of Middle Dyke Road (vs. one feeding a day during the week all =
winter long, courtesy of the Swetnam poultry business).<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </span>I recommend occasional =
visits to the feeding site from 8 a.m. to 3 or even 4 p.m.</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; ">Report =
your sightings to Jim at the Hall or on these Internet sites.</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; ">A bunch =
of us biologists/naturalists will be making our first attempt at a 2014 =
count of bald eagles, other raptors, etc., on Sunday, Feb. 2, from 10 to =
11 a.m.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </span>Last year we =
had 293 bald eagles, but it took three attempts.<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </span>Some of the results will =
be posted at the Sheffield Mills Community Hall on Sunday, but it =
usually takes a couple of days to get the results from all of the 16 =
field parties.</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; ">For the count we have assigned areas to cover, like =
a Christmas Count, and we cover roughly the same large area for both =
counts, from the base of the North Mountain south to Black River Lake, =
and from Avonport west to Kentville.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; marg