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, but it usually takes a couple of days to get the ---1663062914-70527300-1391444338=:48156 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable And a great spot that is Jamie!=0Aeven if the ides are only 9.6 feet! =0ANe= ar the Blockhouse I think - the spot where the=0Afly of that name originate= d. Caught many a trout for me and=0A=A0and I hope many more.=0AMy question = is how is the height arrived at. Where is 0.0 meter?=0AIs it the last low t= ide or is it some arbitrary mark?=0AEnjoy the nice Feb weather=0APaul=0A=0A= =0A=0AOn Monday, February 3, 2014 11:49:35 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot <desolat= echair@gmail.com> wrote:=0A =0AMy dad lives on the Northumberland Strait, = just where Hillsborough Bay meets the mouth of the Charlottetown harbour. = =A0The tides there on the weekend were abnormally high at 9.6 feet - quite = a difference from 16.2 meters! =0A=0A=0A=0AOn 31 January 2014 13:09, James = W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:=0A=0A=0A>=0A>Subject: big tide a= lert for today=0A>>=0A>> =0A>>According to the Blomidon Naturalists Society= 2014 Calendar, on sale at various locations in the Wolfville-Greenwich-Por= t Williams area for $15, TODAY has the New Moon coinciding with a close per= igee (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).= =A0 You do the math to figure our how many yards or feet that equals. =0A>>= =0A>>=0A>>BNS Calendars are for sale in Wolfville at Herbin's Jewelry and E= os 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.= ? =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>And don't forget the Sheffield Mills EAGLE WATCH WEEDEND I= I on Saturday and Sunday.=A0 On Eagle Watch weekends there are usually 2 or= 3 feedings per day at the feeding site at the north end of Middle Dyke Roa= d (vs. one feeding a day during the week all winter long, courtesy of the S= wetnam poultry business).=A0 I recommend occasional visits to the feeding s= ite from 8 a.m. to 3 or even 4 p.m. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Report your sightings to= Jim at the Hall or on these Internet sites. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>A bunch of us b= iologists/naturalists will be making our first attempt at a 2014 count of b= ald eagles, other raptors, etc., on Sunday, Feb. 2, from 10 to 11 a.m.=A0 L= ast year we had 293 bald eagles, but it took three attempts.=A0 Some of the= results will be posted at the Sheffield Mills Community Hall on Sunday, bu= t it usually takes a couple of days to get the results from all of the 16 f= ield parties. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>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. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Besides the area from Sheff= ield Mills to Canning and Kingsport, for the Eagle Watch check out the Gasp= ereau Valley, and east of Wolfville to Grand Pre, North Grand Pre, Hortonvi= lle, and Avonport, plus along the whole length of Middle Dyke Road from New= Minas to the north end. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. =0A>= =0A=0A=0A-- =0A=0AJamie Simpson=0AHantsport, NS ---1663062914-70527300-1391444338=:48156 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:14pt"><div><span>And a great spot that is Jamie!</span></div><div><= span>even if the ides are only 9.6 feet! </span></div><div><span>Near the B= lockhouse I think - the spot where the</span></div><div><span>fly of that n= ame originated. Caught many a trout for me and</span></div><div><span><em>&= nbsp;<font face=3D"HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida = Grande, sans-serif">and I hope many more.</font></em></span></div><div><spa= n><em>My question is how is the height arrived at. Where is 0.0 meter?</em>= </span></div><div><span><em>Is it the last low tide or is it some arbitrary= mark?</em></span></div><div><span><em>Enjoy the nice Feb weather</em></spa= n></div><div><span><em>Paul</em></span></div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" st= yle=3D"display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue= , Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14= pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, = Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <fon= t face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Monday, February 3, 2014 11:49:35 AM, Shout= y McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <= div class=3D"y_msg_container"><div id=3D"yiv5666455235"><div><div dir=3D"lt= r">My dad lives on the Northumberland Strait, just where Hillsborough Bay m= eets the mouth of the Charlottetown harbour. The tides there on the w= eekend were abnormally high at 9.6 feet - quite a difference from 16.2 mete= rs!</div>=0A<div class=3D"yiv5666455235gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"none"><br = clear=3D"none"><div class=3D"yiv5666455235yqt0246892419" id=3D"yiv566645523= 5yqt30475"><div class=3D"yiv5666455235gmail_quote">On 31 January 2014 13:09= , James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastl= ink.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto= :jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br cl= ear=3D"none">=0A<blockquote class=3D"yiv5666455235gmail_quote" style=3D"mar= gin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204,= 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div style=3D"-ms= -word-wrap: break-word;"><br clear=3D"none"><div><blockquote type=3D"cite">=