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--Apple-Mail=_A2A9122C-A207-4F20-B185-4351243F2216 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: prob. peregrine falcon, Greenwich, King's Co. > Date: February 19, 2015 at 2:53:47 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, "Jim Wolford ." = <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Cc: Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca> >=20 > FEB. 19, 2015 - While driving along Hwy. 1 in Greenwich, just south of = Noggins Farm Market, a clearly saw a flying smallish falcon. It was = flying unlike a merlin, much more like a small (male) peregrine falcon. = I had no opportunity to stop or to see any colour =97 the bird was just = a silhouette, but close to the road and to me. Thus I have to call this = a peregrine falcon, but it has to remain as =93probable=94. I hope = someone else sees and diagnoses this bird. Noggins Market farm attracts = a lot of birds, esp. starlings and house sparrows, so it=92s quite = likely to be revisited by this falcon. Our recent Eagles/Raptors Count = had 2 merlins but no other falcons, although in recent years at least = one peregrine has been detected several times on that count and/or on = other winter days. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail=_A2A9122C-A207-4F20-B185-4351243F2216 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>prob. peregrine = falcon, Greenwich, King's Co.</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 19, 2015 at 2:53:47 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>>, "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>Cc: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Mark Elderkin <<a = href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">elderkmf@gov.ns.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. 19, 2015 </b>- While driving along Hwy. 1 = in Greenwich, just south of Noggins Farm Market, a clearly saw a = <b>flying smallish falcon</b>. It was flying unlike a merlin, much = more like a <b>small (male) peregrine falcon</b>. I had no = opportunity to stop or to see any colour =97 the bird was just a = silhouette, but close to the road and to me. Thus I have to call = this a peregrine falcon, but it has to remain as =93probable=94. I = hope someone else sees and diagnoses this bird. Noggins Market = farm attracts a lot of birds, esp. starlings and house sparrows, so it=92s= quite likely to be revisited by this falcon. Our recent = Eagles/Raptors Count had 2 merlins but no other falcons, although in = recent years at least one peregrine has been detected several times on = that count and/or on other winter days.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers = from Jim in = Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_A2A9122C-A207-4F20-B185-4351243F2216--
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