[NatureNS] Eagle Watch report

Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 13:52:45 -0400
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  Hi Jim,

I am sending our report:    29 adult      9 immmature  = 38 eagles
                                         
5 red tail hawks
                                         
1 m/f pair hooded mergansers at Sheffield Mills DU wetland (Dean
Hennigar's)

George Forsyth

Quoting "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>:

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>
>> 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.
>>     _______________________________________________
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>>
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<p>Hi Jim,<br>
<br>
I am sending our report:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 29 adult&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9 immmature&nbsp; = 38 eagles<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5 red tail hawks<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 m/f pair hooded mergansers at Sheffield Mills DU wetland (Dean Hennigar's)<br>
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George Forsyth<br>
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Quoting "James W. Wolford" &lt;jimwolford@eastlink.ca&gt;:</p>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject:</b></font> <font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] Eagle Watch report</b></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="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. &nbsp; 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.&nbsp;</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="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.&nbsp; Thus very few people turned out today for the Eagle Watch. &nbsp;</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="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).&nbsp; 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>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>FEBRUARY 1, 2014 - Beautifully sunny and relatively warm day for the Eagle Watch Weekend II</b>.&nbsp; 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. &nbsp; Temperatures were -5 C. in early morning, but quickly rose up to +3 C., and the wind from the west was quite light today.&nbsp;</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>But it was just too nice a day for the eagles</b>, 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Maybe they will be extra hungry tomorrow during our planned count of eagles and other raptors in eastern King's County.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;">&nbsp;</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">On my way back to Wolfville, south of Port Williams on the dykelands I saw a perched dark-phase <b>rough-legged hawk</b>; 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).</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div>
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