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--Apple-Mail-32-696793724 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] Eagle Watch report > > JAN. 25, 2014 - 22nd annual Sheffield Mills EAGLE WATCH WEEKEND I > -- Sunny breaks in morning but mostly overcast, visibility good, > temperatures started at -10 C. and increased gradually to +2, wind > light in early morning but became strong from the west after mid- > morning. The usual traffic jam occurred at the Swetnam feeding/ > viewing site at the north end of Middle Dyke Road, but this year a > parking lot was created in the field just west of the site to get > some cars off the road, a definite improvement. > > JAN. 26, 2014 (Sunday) -- EAGLE WATCH 1 cont. -- Temperatures much > better today, BUT the WIND was fierce from the west, with lots of > blowing snow. Thus very few people turned out today for the Eagle > Watch. > > Yesterday Malcolm Slake told me that up to 7 brown-headed cowbirds > have been visiting his feeder at Sheffield Mills, on the corner of > Hwy. 221 and Middle Dyke Road (he is just north of the small corner > vineyard). Today at his feeder I saw a single cowbird male, plus > lots of other birds: mourning doves, blue jays, house sparrows, > juncos, white-throated sparrows, song sparrow. > > FEBRUARY 1, 2014 - Beautifully sunny and relatively warm day for > the Eagle Watch Weekend II. Despite another power failure, > apparently related to the power failure a week ago at the same pole > and transformer?, after 9 a.m. the Sheffield Mills Community Hall > was filled with breakfast eaters for a few hours, and lots of > people also wandered through the Hall's upstairs displays and stuff > for sale. Temperatures were -5 C. in early morning, but quickly > rose up to +3 C., and the wind from the west was quite light today. > > But it was just too nice a day for the eagles, which were in very > low numbers (less than 10 at the main feeding site when I checked > twice, and mostly just perched in the trees. A few eagles were > seen flying in the afternoon, and I suspect that the sunny > conditions resulted in many eagles spending hours aloft and perhaps > at high altitude. Maybe they will be extra hungry tomorrow during > our planned count of eagles and other raptors in eastern King's > County. > > On my way back to Wolfville, south of Port Williams on the > dykelands I saw a perched dark-phase rough-legged hawk; and, when I > stopped to view it, a light-phase rough-legged hawk flew past it > (the light-phase was also present last Sunday, Jan. 26). > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-32-696793724 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; "><div><div><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>[ValleyNature] Eagle Watch = report</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>JAN. 25, 2014 - 22nd annual Sheffield Mills EAGLE = WATCH WEEKEND I </b>-- Sunny breaks in morning but mostly overcast, = visibility good, temperatures started at -10 C. and increased gradually = to +2, wind light in early morning but became strong from the west after = mid-morning. The usual traffic jam occurred at the Swetnam = feeding/viewing site at the north end of Middle Dyke Road, but this year = a parking lot was created in the field just west of the site to get some = cars off the road, a definite improvement. </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>JAN. = 26, 2014 (Sunday) -- EAGLE WATCH 1 cont. </b>-- Temperatures much better = today, BUT the WIND was fierce from the west, with lots of blowing = snow. Thus very few people turned out today for the Eagle Watch. = </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">Yesterday<b> Malcolm Slake</b> told me that up to 7 = <b>brown-headed cowbirds</b> have been visiting his feeder at = <b>Sheffield Mills</b>, on the corner of Hwy. 221 and Middle Dyke Road = (he is just north of the small corner vineyard). Today at his = feeder I saw a single cowbird male, plus lots of other birds: mourning = doves, blue jays, house sparrows, juncos, white-throated sparrows, song = sparrow.</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; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: medium;"><b><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-weight: = normal;"><br></span></b></span></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>FEBRUARY 1, 2014 - Beautifully sunny and relatively warm = day for the Eagle Watch Weekend II</b>. Despite another power = failure, apparently related to the power failure a week ago at the same = pole and transformer?, after 9 a.m. the Sheffield Mills Community = <b>Hall was filled with breakfast eaters</b> for a few hours, and lots = of people also wandered through the Hall's upstairs displays and stuff = for sale. Temp