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--Apple-Mail-2-254610138 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: February 21, 2014 5:30:44 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] local eagles, robins, cedar waxwings, > King's County > > FEB. 21, 2014 - Brenda Thexton and her son Bob drove around locally > during the last two days; yesterday they saw 40+ bald eagles, and > today there were over 30 bald eagles in the Grand Pre area. It > would be interesting to know roughly what the ratio of > adult:immature eagles was, since back on Feb. 2 our annual count of > eagles and other raptors had a ratio of 60 adults; 40 immatures. > This month we guess that a proportion of the overwintering adults > disperse back toward wherever their nesting territories are. Of > course, many of the wintering adults here are probably also local > nesters (we guess there must be perhaps at least 25 local nests and > quite possibly many more than that -- another reason to be > interested in the results of the 2nd Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas. > > Brenda & Bob also report that, 3 days ago, there were about 35+ > robins in easternmost Wolfville. This is probably part of the same > assemblage seen in western and eastern Wolfville on Feb. 12 by > myself and Jake MacDonald, respectively. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-2-254610138 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; "> <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><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>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 21, 2014 5:30:44 PM = AST</font></div><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>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>></font></div><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] local eagles, robins, = cedar waxwings, King's County</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"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>FEB. = 21, 2014 </b>- Brenda Thexton and her son Bob drove around locally = during the last two days; yesterday they saw <b>40+ bald eagles</b>, and = today there were <b>over 30 bald eagles</b> in the Grand Pre area. = It would be interesting to know roughly what the ratio of adult:immature = eagles was, since back on Feb. 2 our annual count of eagles and other = raptors had a ratio of 60 adults; 40 immatures. This month we = guess that a proportion of the overwintering adults disperse back toward = wherever their nesting territories are. Of course, many of the = wintering adults here are probably also local nesters (we guess there = must be perhaps at least 25 local nests and quite possibly many more = than that -- another reason to be interested in the results of the 2nd = Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">Brenda & Bob also report = that, 3 days ago, there were about <b>35+ robins</b> in easternmost = Wolfville. This is probably part of the same assemblage seen in = western and eastern Wolfville on Feb. 12 by myself and Jake MacDonald, = respectively.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-2-254610138--
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