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> Subject: [ValleyNature] Waterville feeder-birds + Acadia seminar on  
> rock-rose
>
> FEB. 27, 2014 - First I went to the Acadia Biology Seminar by  
> Rodger Evans on two types of flowers, open vs. closed (latter self- 
> fertilized), in the rock-rose or longbranch frostweed, Helianthemum  
> canadense, a native but rare and declining flowering plant of sand- 
> barrens in King's County (mainly the Forces base at Greenwood) and  
> Queen's County.  It was excellent and sexy & genetic  in terms of  
> reproductive strategies.
>
> Then after a few errands I drove to Waterville and the home of Ruby  
> & Al Lawrence at 978 Northview Drive (got directions at the post  
> office -- another reason to save rural post offices).  Most of  
> their feeders (many) are in the back yard, and it is a bit tricky  
> to choose an area to stand where most of the feeders are in view,  
> including the one with mixed finch seeds on their back deck, a  
> favourite of the field sparrow that I hoped to see -- nostalgic for  
> me because my undergraduate university campus in central Indiana  
> had a lot of habitat and plenty of field sparrows, but none had  
> been seen by me after leaving there in the early 1960s.
>
> It was a beautiful day, -2 C., wind light, but I cursed the off-and- 
> on sunlight, which was always at the wrong angle, and I welcomed  
> the overcast times.
>
> I did see the field sparrow but only very briefly, twice, but Al  
> told me it sat for a long time in an apple tree where I didn't  
> notice it.
>
> Here is a list of my other sightings there:
>
> mallard - 50+ in fly-overs, north to south & vice versa;
> pheasant - none seen, but one cock heard??;
>
> sharp-shinned hawk? - 1? probable seen and dove at a sparrow or  
> junco, then must have perched, because there was no bird activity  
> for at least ten minutes;
>
> mourning dove - 5;
> downy woodpecker - 1 male;
> robin - 50+ mostly in fly-overs toward east & west;
> starling - 10;
> junco - 5+;
> white-throated sparrow - 3+;
> FIELD SPARROW - 1;
> song sparrow - zero(?);
> goldfinch - 15;
> squirrel - zero.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>
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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
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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] Waterville =
feeder-birds + Acadia seminar on rock-rose</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. =
27, 2014 </b>- First I went to the <b>Acadia Biology Seminar</b> by =
Rodger Evans on two types of flowers, open vs. closed (latter =
self-fertilized), in the<b> rock-rose</b> or longbranch frostweed, =
<i>Helianthemum canadense</i>, a native but rare and declining flowering =
plant of sand-barrens in King's County (mainly the Forces base at =
Greenwood) and Queen's County.&nbsp; It was excellent and sexy &amp; =
genetic&nbsp; in terms of reproductive strategies. =
&nbsp;</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">Then after a few errands I drove<b> to Waterville</b> =
and the home of Ruby &amp; Al Lawrence at 978 Northview Drive (got =
directions at the post office -- another reason to save rural post =
offices).&nbsp; Most of their feeders (many) are in the back yard, and =
it is a bit tricky to choose an area to stand where most of the feeders =
are in view, including the one with mixed finch seeds on their back =
deck, a favourite of the<b> field sparrow</b> that I hoped to see -- =
nostalgic for me because my undergraduate university campus in central =
Indiana had a lot of habitat and plenty of field sparrows, but none had =
been seen by me after leaving there in the early 1960s.</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">It was a =
beautiful day, -2 C., wind light, but I cursed the off-and-on sunlight, =
which was always at the wrong angle, and I welcomed the overcast times. =
&nbsp;</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">I did see the<b> field sparrow</b> but only very =
briefly, twice, but Al told me it sat for a long time in an apple tree =
where I didn't notice it.</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">Here is a list of my other sightings =
there:</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">mallard - 50+ in fly-overs, north to south &amp; vice =
versa;</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">pheasant - none seen, but =
one cock heard??;</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">sharp-shinned hawk? - 1? probable seen and dove at a =
sparrow or junco, then must have perched, because there was no bird =
activity for at least ten minutes;</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">mourning dove - =
5;</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">downy woodpecker - 1 =
male;</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">robin - 50+ mostly in =
fly-overs toward east &amp; west;</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">starling =
- 10;</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">junco - 5+;</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">white-throated sparrow - 3+;</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"><b>FIELD SPARROW - 1</b>;</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">song sparrow - zero(?);</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">goldfinch - 15;</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">squirrel =
- zero.&nbsp;</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><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; =
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