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--Apple-Mail=_BB686357-5C39-4CD0-A889-3BDE7E503E84 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > Subject: [ValleyNature] robin in Wolfville (+ polar bears in Labrador) > Date: March 4, 2015 at 2:32:20 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 > MARCH 4, 2015 - At 2 p.m. I was just leaving the Acadia Arena, when a = bright spring-like AMERICAN ROBIN landed close by on a power line in the = bright sunlight of this relatively balmy day. This robin was apparently = alone and coloured as brightly as male robins can be. He lingered and = gave me great looks; binoculars were unrequired. Of course, there is no = way to tell if this bird was a new arrival or had just given the slip to = an overwintering flock. He may have been looking, perhaps futilely, for = a spot to hunt for earthworms? (tired of multiflora rose-hips?). >=20 > This is not related, but an interesting report on =93Stories =46rom = Here=94 on CBC Radio in the past hour mentioned that 9 polar bears were = present at Black Tickle in Labrador. This must be quite early in the = year for the bears to have come off the sea ice to be anywhere near = land, which should happen in perhaps April or later when the ice is = breaking up in the North. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_BB686357-5C39-4CD0-A889-3BDE7E503E84 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>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] robin in Wolfville = (+ polar bears in Labrador)</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';">March 4, 2015 at = 2:32:20 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;"><b>MARCH 4, 2015 </b>- = At 2 p.m. I was just leaving the Acadia Arena, when a bright spring-like = <b>AMERICAN ROBIN</b> landed close by on a power line in the bright = sunlight of this relatively balmy day. This robin was apparently = alone and coloured as brightly as male robins can be. He lingered = and gave me great looks; binoculars were unrequired. Of course, = there is no way to tell if this bird was a new arrival or had just given = the slip to an overwintering flock. He may have been looking, = perhaps futilely, for a spot to hunt for earthworms? (tired of = multiflora rose-hips?).</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">This is not related, but an = interesting report on =93Stories =46rom Here=94 on CBC Radio in the past = hour mentioned that 9 <b>polar bears</b> were present <b>at Black Tickle = in Labrador</b>. This must be quite early in the year for the = bears to have come off the sea ice to be anywhere near land, which = should happen in perhaps April or later when the ice is breaking up in = the North.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">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=_BB686357-5C39-4CD0-A889-3BDE7E503E84--
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