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--Apple-Mail=_4ACBE574-D662-4FA2-8ECC-C823D8FF00BD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] ~70 Tree Swallows (1 banded), Barred Owl, = Miner's Marsh > Date: May 6, 2015 at 3:46:31 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 > I was there at Miner=92s Marsh probably right after James=92s last = report (below), and here is my own report for this afternoon between = 2:00 and 2:40: >=20 > MAY 6, 2015 - MINER=92S MARSH, Kentville =97 in early morning James = Churchill mentioned clouds of aerial insects =97 still true this = afternoon, and most or all were swarms of probably mostly male midges = (non-biting flies with larvae in marsh bottom) =97 mostly high in the = sky and feeding on the midges were 25+ swallows, all or mostly tree = swallows =97 also a few swallows were on or going in and out of the new = nest-boxes (put there last summer) =97 3 adult double-crested = cormorants, 2 pied-billed grebes (1 seen, 1 calling), 2 Canada geese, = about 8 mallards (incl. 2 m/f prs), 10+ red-winged blackbirds (including = 3+ females), at least 2 calling leopard frogs (long snores, hard to hear = over strong wind and other background noises). >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com> >> Subject: [NatureNS] ~70 Tree Swallows (1 banded), Barred Owl, Miner's = Marsh >> Date: May 6, 2015 at 2:13:15 PM ADT >> To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>=20 >> About 70 Tree Swallows buzzing around Miner's Marsh today at lunch. = Many investigated and perched on several of the new nest boxes. One = entered a box. >>=20 >> The previously photo'd, banded individual (right leg CWS silver band, = left leg dark/black band) was not observed. However, I got a long, = clear, close look through the scope at what is possibly a second banded = bird. This bird was facing the scope, standing on top of the box and = both legs could be seen well; the right leg had a silver CWS band and = the left leg had no bands. The usual alternative explanations are = possible: that the black band fell off the first individual, or it had = slid far enough up the left leg to be hidden by feathers. >>=20 >> A Barred Owl calling also. >>=20 >> cheers, >> James >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> --=20 >> James Churchill >> Kentville, Nova Scotia >> jameslchurchill@gmail.com >> (902) 681-2374 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_4ACBE574-D662-4FA2-8ECC-C823D8FF00BD 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><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] = ~70 Tree Swallows (1 banded), Barred Owl, Miner's = Marsh</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';">May 6, 2015 at = 3:46:31 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;">I was there at Miner=92s Marsh probably right after = James=92s last report (below), and here is my own report for this = afternoon between 2:00 and 2:40:<div><br></div><div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><b>MAY 6, 2015 - MINER=92S MARSH</b>, Kentville =97 in early = morning James Churchill mentioned <b>clouds of aerial insects</b> =97 = still true this afternoon, and most or all were swarms of probably = mostly male <b>midges</b> (non-biting flies with larvae in marsh bottom) = =97 mostly high in the sky and feeding on the midges were 25+ = <b>swallows</b>, all or mostly <b>tree swallows</b> =97 also a few = swallows were on or going in and out of the new nest-boxes (put there = last summer) =97 3 adult <b>double-crested cormorants,</b> 2 = <b>pied-billed grebes</b> (1 seen, 1 calling), 2 <b>Canada geese</b>, = about 8 <b>mallards</b> (incl. 2 m/f prs), 10+ <b>red-winged = blackbirds</b> (including 3+<b> females</b>), at least 2 <b>calling = leopard frogs (long snores</b>, hard to hear over strong wind and other = background noises).</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div><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';">James Churchill = <<a = href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com">jameslchurchill@gmail.com</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>[NatureNS] ~70 Tree Swallows (1 = banded), Barred Owl, Miner's Marsh</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';">May 6, 2015 at = 2:13:15 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;"><b>To: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.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>Reply-To: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><div dir=3D"ltr">About 70 <b>Tree Swallows</b> = buzzing around Miner's Marsh today at lunch. Many investigated and = perched on several of the new nest boxes. One entered a = box.<div><br></div><div>The <b>previously photo'd, banded individual = (right leg CWS silver band, left leg dark/black band) was not = observed</b>. However, I got a long, clear, close look through the scope = at what is <b>possibly a second banded bird</b>. This bird was facing = the scope, standing on top of the box and both legs could be seen well; = the right leg had a silver CWS band and the left leg had no bands. The = usual alternative explanations are possible: that the black band fell = off the first individual, or it had slid far enough up the left leg to = be hidden by feathers.</div><div><br></div><div>A Barred Owl calling = also.</div><div><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div>James</div><div><br></div= ><div><br><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_signature"><div = dir=3D"ltr">James Churchill<br>Kentville, Nova Scotia<br><a = href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">jameslchurchill@gmail.com</a><br>(902) = 681-2374<br><br><br><br></div></div> </div></div></div> = </div></blockquote></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=_4ACBE574-D662-4FA2-8ECC-C823D8FF00BD--
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