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--Apple-Mail=_6A13D3F9-2D5D-42D2-B63A-25A4572CFBA6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] Miner's Marsh Sept. 16/14, muskrat, = beggar-ticks, grebes, blackbirds, nest-boxes > Date: September 17, 2014 at 5:11:36 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 > SEPT. 16, 2014 - MINER=92S MARSH, Kentville =97 one muskrat swimming = down the river (a stroller on the bridge saw one recently carrying an = apple in its mouth in the river) =97 I wonder why I have seen almost no = muskrats this summer in the marsh =97 beggar-ticks (probably Bidens = frondosa)(we have at least two common species locally) common and in = bloom along the trail (this plant produces pesky seeds with two prongs = that are great at catching in human clothing as we walk in marshy or = waste areas in autumn) =97 at least 3 pied-billed grebes seen (prob. all = full-grown youngsters from this year=92s breeding season (James = Churchill and others had evidence of three consecutive broods being = produced, by at least two nesting pairs, this year =97 I heard and saw = at least 4 red-winged blackbirds roosting? in the cattails in early = afternoon =97 finally, I counted at least 9 or 10 brand-new nest-boxes = for tree swallows (or other species) that were just placed very = professionally there along the edge of the easternmost pond this past = Saturday, Sept. 13, by the Young Naturalists Club with able assistance = from George Forsyth and Ed Sulis of the Blomidon Naturalists Society. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_6A13D3F9-2D5D-42D2-B63A-25A4572CFBA6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><br><div style=3D""><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;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] = Miner's Marsh Sept. 16/14, muskrat, beggar-ticks, grebes, blackbirds, = nest-boxes</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">September 17, 2014 = at 5:11:36 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>><br></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;"><b>SEPT. 16, 2014 - MINER=92S MARSH</b>, Kentville = =97 one muskrat swimming down the river (a stroller on the bridge saw = one recently carrying an apple in its mouth in the river) =97 I wonder = why I have seen almost no muskrats this summer in the marsh =97 = <b>beggar-ticks</b> (probably <i>Bidens frondosa</i>)(we have at least = two common species locally) common and in bloom along the trail (this = plant produces pesky seeds with two prongs that are great at catching in = human clothing as we walk in marshy or waste areas in autumn) =97 at = least 3 <b>pied-billed grebes</b> seen (prob. all full-grown youngsters = from this year=92s breeding season (James Churchill and others had = evidence of three consecutive broods being produced, by at least two = nesting pairs, this year =97 I heard and saw at least 4 <b>red-winged = blackbirds</b> roosting? in the cattails in early afternoon =97 finally, = I counted at least 9 or 10 brand-new nest-boxes for tree swallows (or = other species) that were just placed very professionally there along the = edge of the easternmost pond this past Saturday, Sept. 13, by the Young = Naturalists Club with able assistance from George Forsyth and Ed Sulis = of the Blomidon Naturalists Society.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>N= ature mailing list<br><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a><br>http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnat= uralists.ca<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_6A13D3F9-2D5D-42D2-B63A-25A4572CFBA6--
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