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--Apple-Mail-1-513862242 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Jim, I wonder if the term gawkers is fair? Paul Ruggles On 2015-02-07, at 4:10 PM, Jim Wolford wrote: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> Subject: Eagle Watch Weekend II report + feeder-birds (cowbird, snow = buntings, flicker) >> Date: February 7, 2015 at 2:18:50 PM AST >> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >> Cc: "Jim Wolford ." <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>=20 >> FEB. 7, 2015 - Again today at our east Wolfville apartment, = presumably the same flock of SNOW BUNTINGS was back and getting fed. To = our menagerie of feeder-birds, add one flicker. >>=20 >> Weather today was nice for the continuing Eagle Watch at Sheffield = Mills =97 cold, about -7 to -8 C., brightly overcast with good = visibility, wind from west still present but much less than last = weekend. And lots of heaped-up snow everywhere from the three storms we = had over the past 10 days or so. The snow plus the cold combine to get = the eagles to the chicken-feeding locations (which are several in = addition to the main site at the north end of Middle Dyke Road. >>=20 >> In mid-morning I drove to Sheffield Mills via a devious route and saw = oodles of bald eagles, mostly perched and in groups, probably a total of = about 75, mostly in three areas: (1) along Sutton Road north from the = Port Williams school; (2) along Church St., east of hwy. 358, n. of Pt. = Wms.; and along Middle Dyke Road nw. of its corner with Canard Road or = hwy. 341. >>=20 >> =46rom Bob Cote I heard that gawkers and photographers packed the = north Middle Dyke Road eagle-feeding site in mid-morning, and that there = were also lots of eagles there (I didn=92t get a number). I don=92t = know how many breakfasts were sold and eaten, but my 1.5 hours at the = Hall in late morning saw pretty slow activity in the way of visitors to = the upstairs displays & videos plus photos & carvings for sale. >>=20 >> At noon I left the Hall to listen to Quirks & Quarks and visit the = site at n. M. D. Road. I was surprised to see that most photographers = and gawkers had left the feeding site by noon. On the ground were great = black-backed gulls & a few ravens, and about 30 bald eagles were mostly = perched in groups (very social species in the non-breeding season) with = a few flying about. >>=20 >> Toward the end of Quirks & Quarks I visited a feeder at the corner of = M. D. Rd. & hwy. 221 (Malcolm Lake), where I saw 3 bl.-c. chickadees, 2+ = song sparrows, an Am. tree sparrow, 2 blue jays, and 30 mourning doves = with 2 starlings and a single male brown-headed cowbird =97 I recall = that last winter Malcolm had multiple cowbirds at his feeder.=20 >>=20 >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville & Sheffield Mills >=20 --Apple-Mail-1-513862242 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Jim, = I wonder if the term gawkers is fair?<div>Paul = Ruggles</div><div><br><div><div>On 2015-02-07, at 4:10 PM, Jim Wolford = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><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><b>From: </b>Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= 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>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Eagle Watch = Weekend II report + feeder-birds (cowbird, snow buntings, = flicker)</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';">February 7, 2015 at = 2:18:50 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><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>Cc: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">"Jim Wolford ." = <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</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;"><b>FEB. 7, 2015 </b>- = Again today at our east Wolfville apartment, presumably the same flock = of <b>SNOW BUNTINGS</b> was back and getting fed. To our menagerie = of feeder-birds, add one <b>flicker.</b></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 14px;"><b></b><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><b>Weather</b> today was nice for the continuing <b>Eagle Watch at = Sheffield Mills</b> =97 cold, about -7 to -8 C., brightly overcast with = good visibility, wind from west still present but much less than last = weekend. And lots of heaped-up snow everywhere from the three = storms we had over the past 10 days or so. The snow plus the cold = combine to get the eagles to the chicken-feeding locations (which are = several in addition to the main site at the north end of Middle Dyke = Road.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">In mid-morning <b>I drove to Sheffield Mills via = a devious route and saw oodles of bald eagles</b>, mostly perched and in = groups, probably a total of about 75, mostly in three areas: (1) along = Sutton Road north from the Port Williams school; (2) along Church St., = east of hwy. 358, n. of Pt. Wms.; and along Middle Dyke Road nw. of its = corner with Canard Road or hwy. 341.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=46rom Bob Cote = I heard that gawkers and photographers packed the <b>north Middle Dyke = Road eagle-feeding site in mid-morning</b>, and that there were also<b> = lots of eagles there</b> (I didn=92t get a number). I don=92t know = how many breakfasts were sold and eaten, but my 1.5 hours at the Hall in = late morning saw pretty slow activity in the way of visitors to the = upstairs displays & videos plus photos & carvings for = sale.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">At noon I left the Hall to listen to Quirks & = Quarks and visit the<b> site at n. M. D. Road</b>. I was surprised = to see that most photographers and gawkers had left the feeding site by = noon. On the ground were great black-backed gulls & a few = ravens, and about 30 bald eagles were mostly perched in groups (very = social species in the non-breeding season) with a few flying = about.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">Toward the end of Quirks & Quarks I visited a = <b>feeder </b>at the corner of M. D. Rd. & hwy. 221 (Malcolm Lake), = where I saw 3 bl.-c. chickadees, 2+ song sparrows, an Am. tree sparrow, = 2 blue jays, and 30 mourning doves with 2 starlings and a single male = <b>brown-headed cowbird</b> =97 I recall that last winter Malcolm had = multiple cowbirds at his feeder. </div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville = & Sheffield = Mills</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br= ></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1-513862242--
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