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--Apple-Mail=_0F819EE5-0598-497F-8553-955F8D140CD3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] goldeneyes, gadwall, etc. -- Pt. Wms. sewer = ponds > Date: January 15, 2015 at 3:28:25 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 > JANUARY 15, 2015 - PORT WILLIAMS SEWER/SEWAGE PONDS: In early = afternoon I tried the stealthy approach suggested by George Forsyth and = others in the past. WARNING: the circular driveway has some rocks that = showed my Honda=92s bottom is closer to the ground than I thought! = Anyway, I parked below the sewage treatment building, then donned my = binocs & spotting scope, then walked up and hid behind the south part of = the building, in order to view the north pond, which has open water and = usually lots of ducks. Today was no exception, but the approximately 50 = goldeneyes there (no doubt mostly common goldeneyes) wasted no time in = taking off in three different groups before I could get any kind of a = look at them. >=20 > With them were the usual approx. 100 mallards, with about 5 black = ducks, and a single male gadwall (which I spotted because he was = separate from the masses of mallards)(this gadwall was a bit abnormal in = that his black posterior area was much smaller than usual, but I did see = the characteristic white mark on each speculum when he climbed up on the = ice). >=20 > I also saw 2 separate red-tailed hawks (one near the sewage ponds, the = other just east of hwy. 358 and north of the railroad tracks. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_0F819EE5-0598-497F-8553-955F8D140CD3 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><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] = goldeneyes, gadwall, etc. -- Pt. Wms. sewer = ponds</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';">January 15, 2015 at = 3:28:25 PM AST<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>JANUARY 15, 2015 - PORT WILLIAMS SEWER/SEWAGE = PONDS:</b> In early afternoon I tried the stealthy approach suggested by = George Forsyth and others in the past. WARNING: the circular = driveway has some rocks that showed my Honda=92s bottom is closer to the = ground than I thought! Anyway, I parked below the sewage treatment = building, then donned my binocs & spotting scope, then walked up and = hid behind the south part of the building, in order to view the north = pond, which has open water and usually lots of ducks. Today was no = exception, but the approximately <b>50 goldeneyes</b> there (no doubt = mostly <b>common goldeneyes</b>) wasted no time in taking off in three = different groups before I could get any kind of a look at = them.</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;">With them were the usual approx. = 100 <b>mallards</b>, with about 5 <b>black ducks</b>, and a single male = <b>gadwall </b>(which I spotted because he was separate from the masses = of mallards)(this gadwall was a bit abnormal in that his black posterior = area was much smaller than usual, but I did see the characteristic white = mark on each speculum when he climbed up on the ice).</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;">I also saw 2 separate <b>red-tailed hawks</b> (one = near the sewage ponds, the other just east of hwy. 358 and north of the = railroad tracks.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: = 13px; font-family: Arial;">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=_0F819EE5-0598-497F-8553-955F8D140CD3--
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