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--047d7b3a7d92dac1aa0511834c13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There was an adult Bald eagle sitting on/ in the nest by the Leung's house at the W. end of N.Grand Pre Road this afternoon. Richard On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote= : > > *Subject: **[ValleyNature] news on b. eagle nests, + snow buntings + > redpolls, King's Co.* > *Date: *March 17, 2015 at 5:56:49 PM ADT > *To: *Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > > *MARCH 12, 2015* - Today I checked some local *BALD EAGLE NESTS*: > - Greenwich, n. of Noggins Farm =E2=80=94 an adult eagle was standing on/= in the > nest and apparently consuming a chicken carcass (from ?); > - Eagle Landing subdivision, n. Kentville =E2=80=94 earlier Richard Stern= reported > this nest is gone =E2=80=94 my visit found that the nest-tree is still th= ere, but > the branch that supported the nest is now gone; > - Nova Drive nest, in w. New Minas =E2=80=94 no eagles in sight. > > *MARCH 13, 2015* - more *Bald Eagle Nests *checked: > - east of Wolfville, sw. of Eye Rd. jct. with Hwy. 1 =E2=80=94 an adult (= female?) *eagle > was sitting deeply in the nest,* so that only her head was visible in my > scope =E2=80=94 this position is probably *=E2=80=9Cpseudo- incubation=E2= =80=9D*, as mentioned in > Stokes=E2=80=99 field guide to bird behaviour (no way to tell when eggs b= ecome > present); > - west Long Island, N. Grand Pre [Leung=E2=80=99s house] - no eagles visi= ble at > nest; > - Lower Church Street - one adult eagle standing on/in nest; > - Lower Canard Road - no eagles visible. > > *MARCH 15, 2015 *- In today=E2=80=99s blizzard and very cold winds, again= we had > about 100 *snow buntings*. > > *MARCH 16, 2015* - Today at our apartment in east Wolfville I counted > about 50 *common redpolls* on the ground together, where our Samaritan > neighbour Sylvia Holmes dutifully puts out seeds etc. on the ground for > them, no matter what the weather! > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists= .ca > > > --=20 ################# Dr.R.B.Stern, P.O. Box 300, Port Williams, N.S., Canada, B0P 1T0 Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --047d7b3a7d92dac1aa0511834c13 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>There was an adult Bald eagle sitting on/ in the nest= by the Leung's house at the W. end of N.Grand Pre Road this afternoon.= <br><br></div>Richard<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D= "gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Jim Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr= "><<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">jimwolfor= d@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st= yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div = style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div styl= e=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><sp= an style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subje= ct: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>[ValleyNa= ture] news on b. eagle nests, + snow buntings + redpolls, King's Co.</b= ><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bott= om:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';colo= r:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helv= etica'">March 17, 2015 at 5:56:49 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"= margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span st= yle=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" target=3D"_blank">nature@blomidon= naturalists.ca</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style=3D"word-wrap:bre= ak-word"><span class=3D""><div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>MARCH 12, 2015</b> -= Today I checked some local <b>BALD EAGLE NESTS</b>:</div><div style=3D"mar= gin:0px"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>- Greenwich, n. of No= ggins Farm =E2=80=94 an adult eagle was standing on/in the nest and <span s= tyle=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>apparently consuming a chicken carca= ss (from ?);</div><div style=3D"margin:0px"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-= wrap"> </span>- Eagle Landing subdivision, n. Kentville =E2=80=94 earlier R= ichard Stern reported this nest is <span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> <= /span>gone =E2=80=94 my visit found that the nest-tree is still there, but = the branch that supported <span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>the= nest is now gone;</div><div style=3D"margin:0px"><span style=3D"white-spac= e:pre-wrap"> </span>- Nova Drive nest, in w. New Minas =E2=80=94 no eagles = in sight.</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div sty= le=3D"margin:0px"><b>MARCH 13, 2015</b> - more <b>Bald Eagle Nests </b>chec= ked:=C2=A0</div></span><div style=3D"margin:0px"><span style=3D"white-space= :pre-wrap"> </span>- east of Wolfville, sw. of Eye Rd. jct. with Hwy. 1 =E2= =80=94 an adult (female?) <b>eagle was sitting deeply in the <span style=3D= "white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>nest,</b> so that only her head was visibl= e in my scope =E2=80=94 this position is probably <b>=E2=80=9Cpseudo-<span = style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>incubation=E2=80=9D</b>, as ment= ioned in Stokes=E2=80=99 field guide to bird behaviour (no way to tell when= eggs <span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>become present);</div= ><span class=3D""><div style=3D"margin:0px"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-= wrap"> </span>- west Long Island, N. Grand Pre [Leung=E2=80=99s house] - no= eagles visible at nest;</div><div style=3D"margin:0px">