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

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My dad lives on the Northumberland Strait, just where Hillsborough Bay
meets the mouth of the Charlottetown harbour.  The tides there on the
weekend were abnormally high at 9.6 feet - quite a difference from 16.2
meters!


On 31 January 2014 13:09, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:

>
> *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.
>
>
>


-- 
Jamie Simpson
Hantsport, NS

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<div dir=3D"ltr">My dad lives on the Northumberland Strait, just where Hill=
sborough Bay meets the mouth of the Charlottetown harbour. =A0The tides the=
re on the weekend were abnormally high at 9.6 feet - quite a difference fro=
m 16.2 meters!</div>
<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 31 January=
 2014 13:09, James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jimwo=
lford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</span> =
wrote:<br>
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Helvetica"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=
=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>big tide alert for today</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">According to the Blomidon Naturalists Society 2014 Calenda=
r, on sale at various locations in the Wolfville-Greenwich-Port Williams ar=
ea for $15, TODAY has the New Moon coinciding with a close perigee (short E=
arth-Moon distance), so that TOMORROW&#39;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>=A0=
 </span>You do the math to figure our how many yards or feet that equals.</=
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:0=
px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">BNS Calendars are for sale in Wolfvil=
le at Herbin&#39;s Jewelry and Eos health-food store and Blomidon Inn, at G=
reenwich at Noggins and Hennigar&#39;s and other Farm Markets, in Port Will=
iams 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:0=
px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">And don&#39;t forget the Sheffield Mi=
lls EAGLE WATCH WEEDEND II on Saturday and Sunday.<span>=A0 </span>On Eagle=
 Watch weekends there are usually 2 or 3 feedings per day at the feeding si=
te at the north end of Middle Dyke Road (vs. one feeding a day during the w=
eek all winter long, courtesy of the Swetnam poultry business).<span>=A0 </=
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:0=
px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Report your sightings to Jim at the H=
all 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:0=
px;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 rapt=
ors, etc., on Sunday, Feb. 2, from 10 to 11 a.m.<span>=A0 </span>Last year =
we had 293 bald eagles, but it took three attempts.<span>=A0 </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