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--Apple-Mail=_A1993E03-EC0C-44CB-875B-2231942B8A01 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] King's Co. ponds, ducks, geese, cormorants, = roads > Date: April 28, 2015 at 6:10:24 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 > APRIL 28, 2015 - Continuing nasty =93spring=94 weather =97 cold, = windy, with frequent rain and wet snow. I drove around through it and = checked out several ponds. Most local ponds are either totally open now = or well into opening up. >=20 > Port Williams sewage/sewer ponds: 15 ring-necked ducks consisted of 3 = m/f prs + 12 =91extra=92 males; 3 greater scaups were a single male and = a m/f pair, but the female was weird-looking, with a poorly defined = light patch behind the beak and another poorly defined light patch on = the cheek (sort of scoter-like)(this head pattern is shown in Sibley as = a non-breeding female); no sign of the male long-tailed duck or oldsquaw = that was reported earlier; also no puddle ducks, nor red-winged = blackbirds, nor swallows. Beware that the access road is passable but = very tricky to avoid the deepest low spots. >=20 > Stella=92s Pond (nw. New Minas, adjacent to Cornwallis River): 2 = Canada geese (female prominently on a nest on west end of island) with = her mate dutifully nearby in the water; also 2 double-crested cormorants = (and 1 more seen flying somewhere else today). >=20 > Canard Pond: totally open water, but the only waterfowl were a pair of = Canada geese =97 one goose was on top of a large muskrat lodge (perhaps = will be a nest-site?). BEWARE that the access path still has a = treacherous snow bank at its east end, where I got stuck today. I was = very lucky that 3 teenagers noticed my predicament and were very = generous to extricate me! >=20 > Saxon St. Pond: totally open, but no birds at all. >=20 > Gesner=92s Pond (M. Dyke Rd., n. of Belcher St.): not yet completely = open, and no birds seen there today. >=20 > Kidston=92s Pond (upper Church St.): not quite open water yet, and no = birds. >=20 > Van Nostrand=92s Pond (the new part)(ne. of Pt. Wms., near Starr=92s = Point): water open, but no birds seen (I saw the usual pair of Canada = geese there a couple of days ago, and they usually nest there, perhaps = on the cattail island) =97 also speckled alder was in flower there = earlier. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_A1993E03-EC0C-44CB-875B-2231942B8A01 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] = King's Co. ponds, ducks, geese, cormorants, = roads</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';">April 28, 2015 at = 6:10:24 PM ADT<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>APRIL 28, 2015</b> - = Continuing nasty =93spring=94 weather =97 cold, windy, with frequent = rain and wet snow. I drove around through it and checked out = several ponds. Most local ponds are either totally open now or = well into opening up.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>Port Williams = sewage/sewer ponds</b>: 15 <b>ring-necked ducks</b> consisted of 3 = m/f prs + 12 =91extra=92 males; 3 <b>greater scaups</b> were a single = male and a m/f pair, but the female was weird-looking, with a poorly = defined light patch behind the beak and another poorly defined light = patch on the cheek (sort of scoter-like)(this head pattern is shown in = Sibley as a non-breeding female); no sign of the male long-tailed duck = or oldsquaw that was reported earlier; also no puddle ducks, nor = red-winged blackbirds, nor swallows. <b>Beware</b> that the = <b>access road</b> is passable but very tricky to avoid the deepest low = spots.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>Stella=92s Pond</b> (nw. New Minas, adjacent = to Cornwallis River): 2 <b>Canada geese</b> (female prominently <b>on a = nest </b>on west end of island) with her mate dutifully nearby in the = water; also 2 <b>double-crested cormorants</b> (and 1 more seen flying = somewhere else today).</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>Canard Pond</b>: totally = open water, but the only waterfowl were a pair of <b>Canada geese </b>=97 = one goose was on top of a large muskrat lodge (perhaps will be a = nest-site?). <b>BEWARE</b> that the <b>access path</b> still has a = treacherous snow ban