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--Apple-Mail-10-703251176 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Jim Wolford > <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, John Gilhen <GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca> > Subject: leopard frog, wood frog, marsh fauna, C. goose incubating? > > APRIL 17, 2014 - There MAY have been a singing chipping sparrow? in > an evergreen shrub at home in Wolfville, but I never got a look at > it. My home feeders still are attracting a chipmunk, but currently > no red squirrel, and no rats, thankfully. > > Weather somewhat spring-like: brilliantly sunny day today, but the > wind out of the north was constant and cold at 0 to +6 C. where I was. > > Stella's Pond n. of New Minas next to Cornwallis River: Canada > goose lying on the nest-site-area on the island and perhaps > incubating? > > Miner's Marsh in Kentville (trail only slightly flooded in one > spot): 3 muskrats, but no lodges seen (were present during winter); > one leopard frog calling (snoring like distant outboard motor); 1+3 > Canada geese (the single was on an island by itself for a while, > then went swimming by itself); 3 mallards (1 m + a f,m pair); 2 > buffleheads (m,f pair); 1 pied-billed grebe (heard and then seen); > 10+ tree swallows foraging over the open water; 5 male red-winged > blackbirds, 1 c. grackle; several crows; same for starlings. > > Palmeter's/Evergreen Home in west Kentville: I walked for one > minute west along rail trail to the wood frog swamp (south side of > trail), which is now all unfrozen, but only a single wood frog was > chirping/clucking occasionally. I'll bet, however, that over the > past two warm days there was a good chorus of wood frogs there. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-10-703251176 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; "><div><div><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>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>>, Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = John Gilhen <<a = href=3D"mailto:GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca">GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca</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>leopard frog, wood frog, marsh fauna, C. goose = incubating?</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"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>APRIL 17, 2014</b> - There MAY have been = a <b>singing chipping sparrow?</b> in an evergreen shrub at home in = Wolfville, but I never got a look at it. My home feeders still are = attracting a <b>chipmunk</b>, but currently no red squirrel, and no = rats, thankfully.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial">Weather somewhat spring-like: brilliantly <b>sunny day = today, but</b> the wind out of the north was constant and <b>cold</b> at = 0 to +6 C. where I was.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b>Stella's Pond</b> n. of New Minas next to Cornwallis = River: <b>Canada goose</b> lying on the nest-site-area on the island and = perhaps<b> incubating?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; = "><b></b><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Miner's Marsh</b> in Kentville (trail = only slightly flooded in one spot): 3 <b>muskrats</b>, but no lodges = seen (were present during winter); one<b> leopard frog calling</b> = (snoring like distant outboard motor); 1+3 <b>Canada geese</b> (the = single was on an island by itself for a while, then went swimming by = itself); 3<b> mallards</b> (1 m + a f,m pair); 2<b> buffleheads</b> (m,f = pair); 1<b> pied-billed grebe</b> (heard and then seen); 10+<b> tree = swallows</b> foraging over the open water; 5 male <b>red-winged = blackbirds</b>, 1 <b>c. grackle</b>; several <b>crows</b>; same for = <b>starlings</b>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b>Palmeter's/Evergreen Home</b> in west Kentville: I = walked for one minute west along rail trail to the <b>wood frog swamp = (</b>south side of trail), which is now all unfrozen, but only a single = wood frog was chirping/clucking occasionally. I'll bet, however, = that over the past two warm days there was a good chorus of wood frogs = there.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">Cheers from Jim = in Wolfville.</font></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-10-703251176--
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