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--Apple-Mail-12--57927380 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] gray squirrel, raven nest, rough-legged > hawk, etc. > > MARCH 14, 2014 - Yesterday evening I helped host a bird-feeding > clinic/workshop in Coldbrook at Scotian Gold. Jeff Knowles and > Rob ? of Scotian Gold opened the store during and after the clinic, > and there were a few door prizes as well, plus bird-feeding stuff > to examine or buy. The inclement weather of freezing rain, snow, & > wind kept our crowd down to a nice number somewhere under twenty. > Mostly it was a question-and-answer discussion session. > > There were two notable sightings reported by those present. First, > a man at Cambridge? (unsure) reported he has seen a gray squirrel > with a red tail. > > And someone else reported a new? nest of a raven or eagle northwest > of Port Williams. I looked for the nest this afternoon. It was > easy to find and not difficult a view, a raven nest with a sitting > raven in it, quite possibly on eggs. If you are driving south from > Church St. on Hwy. 358, just before the highway curves to the left > (east) toward Port Williams, look to the right and ahead and the > high nest is obvious. One spot to view it is at the driveway of > 335 Sutton Road, just south of the highway curve. > > Another nice sighting today by me was a light-phase rough-legged > hawk, hovering over highway 358 a bit south of the Cornwallis River > bridge at Port Williams. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-12--57927380 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><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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] gray squirrel, raven = nest, rough-legged hawk, etc.</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>MARCH = 14, 2014</b> - Yesterday evening I helped host a <b>bird-feeding = clinic/workshop in Coldbrook at Scotian Gold</b>. Jeff Knowles and = Rob ? of Scotian Gold opened the store during and after the clinic, and = there were a few door prizes as well, plus bird-feeding stuff to examine = or buy. The inclement weather of freezing rain, snow, & wind = kept our crowd down to a nice number somewhere under twenty. = Mostly it was a question-and-answer discussion session. = </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">There were two notable sightings reported by those = present. First, a man at Cambridge? (unsure) reported he has seen = a <b>gray squirrel with a red tail</b>.</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">And = someone else reported a new? <b>nest of a raven or eagle northwest of = Port Williams</b>. I looked for the nest this afternoon. It = was easy to find and not difficult a view, a<b> raven nest with a = sitting raven in it, quite possibly on eggs</b>. If you are = driving south from Church St. on Hwy. 358, just before the highway = curves to the left (east) toward Port Williams, look to the right and = ahead and the high nest is obvious. One spot to view it is at the = driveway of 335 Sutton Road, just south of the highway = curve.</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">Another nice sighting today by me was a<b> light-phase = rough-legged hawk</b>, hovering over highway 358 a bit south of the = Cornwallis River bridge at Port Williams.</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-12--57927380--
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