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--Apple-Mail=_0E880149-FEE8-4A20-B68E-A35651D3266F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] re former Canard Poultry plant -- was prob. = peregrine falcon, Greenwich, King's Co. > Date: February 20, 2015 at 3:26:40 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Joan Czapalay <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca>, Jake Walker = <jakenwalker@yahoo.ca>, Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca> >=20 > In another post I had falsely mentioned that this plant is now a = mink-processing plant, which makes no sense since the mink farms are = mostly quite distant from there. Mark has set me straight, and now the = rest of us too. Thanks, Mark! =20 >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: "Elderkin, Mark" <Mark.Elderkin@novascotia.ca> >> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Fwd: prob. peregrine falcon, Greenwich, = King's Co. >> Date: February 19, 2015 at 10:03:09 PM AST >> To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Nature BNS = <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >> Cc: Jake Walker <jakenwalker@yahoo.ca> >>=20 >> The former Maple Leaf Meat processing facility in Canard was = converted into a rendering plant several years ago that utilizes animal = waste products from agriculture and other sources. S.F. Rendering = Limited produces fox and mink food as products. Mark Elderkin >> From: Jim Wolford [jimwolford@eastlink.ca] >> Sent: February-19-15 3:47 PM >> To: Nature BNS; Jim Wolford . >> Cc: Elderkin, Mark; Jake Walker >> Subject: Fwd: [NatureNS] Fwd: prob. peregrine falcon, Greenwich, = King's Co. >>=20 >> THANKS TO BOTH JAKE AND MARK for lots of further info=92 re = peregrines, merlins, and sharpies etc. Jake, I have heard that the = former Canard Poultry plant at the corner of Canard Rd. & Fred Thomas = Rd. is now a processing plant for farmed mink. Can anyone comment on = this? Jim in Wolfville. >>=20 >>> From: Jake Walker <jakenwalker@yahoo.ca> >>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Fwd: prob. peregrine falcon, Greenwich, = King's Co. >>> Date: February 19, 2015 at 3:37:46 PM AST >>> To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>>=20 >>> Hi Jim, >>>=20 >>> I live right near there on Eden Row. There is a regular Merlin in = the area this winter (often perched near Elderkin's market), that buzzes = my feeders once in a while, but not daily like the sharpies. There is = also a Peregrine that has been hunting along the Cornwallis River (looks = to be a male), so I guess it could have been either. I have seen up to = 2 Peregrines regularly this winter at the facility on the corner of = Canard Rd and Fred Thomas Rd, where all the starlings, crows, and gulls = hang out. I assume this is some sort of meat processing plant? =20 >>>=20 >>> Jake Walker >>>=20 >>> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>> To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20 >>> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 2:54 PM >>> Subject: [NatureNS] Fwd: prob. peregrine falcon, Greenwich, King's = Co. >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>> 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. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_0E880149-FEE8-4A20-B68E-A35651D3266F 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] re = former Canard Poultry plant -- was 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 20, 2015 at = 3:26:40 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';">Joan Czapalay <<a = href=3D"mailto:joancz@ns.sympatico.ca">joancz@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>, = Jake Walker <<a = href=3D"mailto:jakenwalker@yahoo.ca">jakenwalker@yahoo.ca</a>>, 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;">In = another post I had falsely mentioned that this plant is now a = mink-processing plant, which makes no sense since the mink farms are = mostly quite distant from there. Mark has set me straight, and now = the rest of us too. Thanks, Mark! <div><br></div><div>Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville<br><div><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;"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">"Elderkin, Mark" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:Mark.Elderkin@novascotia.ca">Mark.Elderkin@novascotia.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;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>RE: [NatureNS] Fwd: 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;"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">February 19, 2015 at = 10:03:09 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;"><b>To: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = 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;"><b>Cc: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jake Walker <<a = href=3D"mailto:jakenwalker@yahoo.ca">jakenwalker@yahoo.ca</a>><br></spa= n></div><br><div><div fpstyle=3D"1" ocsi=3D"0" style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div = style=3D"direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">The = former Maple Leaf Meat processing facility in Canard was converted into = a rendering plant several years ago that utilizes animal waste products = from agriculture and other sources. S.F. Rendering Limited = produces fox and mink food as products. Mark Elderkin<br><div = style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><hr = tabindex=3D"-1"><div id=3D"divRpF889311" style=3D"direction: ltr;"><font = face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jim Wolford [<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>]<br><b>S= ent:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>February-19-15 = 3:47 PM<br><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Nature BNS; Jim Wolford = .<br><b>Cc:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Elderkin, Mark; Jake = Walker<br><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fwd: [NatureNS] Fwd: prob. = peregrine falcon, Greenwich, King's = Co.<br></font><br></div><div></div><div>THANKS TO BOTH JAKE AND MARK for = lots of further info=92 re peregrines, merlins, and sharpies etc. = Jake, I have heard that the former Canard Poultry plant at the = corner of Canard Rd. & Fred Thomas Rd. is now a processing plant for = farmed mink. Can anyone comment on this? Jim in = Wolfville.<div><br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;">Jake Walker <<a = href=3D"mailto:jakenwalker@yahoo.ca" = target=3D"_blank">jakenwalker@yahoo.ca</a>><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Subject:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Fwd: prob. peregrine = falcon, Greenwich, King's Co.</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;">February 19, 2015 at 3:37:46 PM = AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;">"<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Reply-To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></span></div><br><div><di= v style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: = HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', = Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40909">Hi Jim,</div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40908"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40820">I live right near there on Eden = Row. There is a regular Merlin in the area this winter (often = perched near Elderkin's market), that buzzes my feeders once in a while, = but not daily like the sharpies. There is also a Peregrine that = has been hunting along the Cornwallis River (looks to be a male), so I = guess it could have been either. I have seen up to 2 Peregrines = regularly this winter at the facility on the corner of Canard Rd and = Fred Thomas Rd, where all the starlings, crows, and gulls hang = out. I assume this is some sort of meat processing = plant? </div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_41224" = dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_41225" = dir=3D"ltr">Jake Walker<br></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40815"><span></span></div><br><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40819" style=3D"font-family: = HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', = Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40818" style=3D"font-family: = HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', = sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40817"= dir=3D"ltr"><hr id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40816" size=3D"1"><font = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_41226" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><b><span= style=3D"font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" = target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><b><span = style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b><span = style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, February 19, 2015 = 2:54 PM<br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: = bold;">Subject:</span></b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NatureNS] Fwd: prob. = peregrine falcon, Greenwich, King's Co.<br></font></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40931" class=3D"y_msg_container"><br><div= id=3D"yiv8213811633"><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40930"><br><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40929"><blockquote = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40928" type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>From:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;">Jim Wolford <<a rel=3D"nofollow" = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" = target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Subject:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>prob. peregrine falcon, Greenwich, = King's Co.</b><br></span></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_41144" style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_41143" style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;">February 19, 2015 at 2:53:47 PM AST<br></span></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40927" style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40926" style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;">Nature BNS <<a id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1424366291389_40925" = rel=3D"nofollow" href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca" = target=3D"_blank">nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</a>>, "Jim Wolford ." = <<a rel=3D"nofollow" href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" = target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Cc:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;">Mark Elderkin <<a rel=3D"nofollow" = href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">elderkmf@gov.ns.ca</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div= style=3D"word-wrap: break-word;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>FEB. = 19, 2015<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>- While = driving along Hwy. 1 in Greenwich, just south of Noggins Farm Market, a = clearly saw a<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>flying = smallish falcon</b>. It was flying unlike a merlin, much more like = a<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><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></div></div></div></div></d= iv></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></bl= ockquote></div><br></div></div>___________________________________________= ____<br>Nature 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=_0E880149-FEE8-4A20-B68E-A35651D3266F--
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