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--Apple-Mail=_CB63FBF9-1834-4E71-9AF8-C23772F2B53D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] Blomidon Park nature + Wolfville chimney = swifts, May 20/15 > Date: May 21, 2015 at 1:57:06 AM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 > MAY 20, 2015 - Blomidon Provincial Park: vernal pond on Jodrey Trail = hugely swollen, which is no surprise after this past winter and very = late spring with oodles of snow; in bloom were quite a few red trilliums = and a few American fly-honeysuckles; almost in bloom were red-berried = elderberry and introduced gooseberries (latter along the road to the = campground from the registration building. >=20 > Below the park, the cliff nest of bald eagles had both adult eagles = plus at least one eaglet, perhaps a week to 10 days old with creamy = whitish down but still quite small. > =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 > At dusk I went to the Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville to watch = and count the roosting CHIMNEY SWIFTS. I arrived at 8:45 p.m. (Herald = sunset time 8:40) and stayed until about 9:12 p.m. A healthy-looking = flock of swifts was flying back and forth at low altitude and a few were = diving at the chimney a bit, but none entered until 8:59. Sky was 2/3 = cloudy/overcast, 1/3 clear, with good lighting that gradually diminished = as time went by. Cool (temp. unmeasured, but was 12 C. an hour later at = home), very windy (from west), but the wind did not seem to affect the = flying swifts, which as usual kept me waiting a long time. =20 >=20 > At 8:50 I was a bit surprised to see ONE SWIFT EXITED from the = chimney. Then at 8:59, about 27 swifts dropped into the chimney, = followed by a lull until 9:03, when about 53 more dropped in. Single = laggard swifts dropped in at 9:07 & 9:08 p.m. I recorded 82+ chimney = swifts, and a bonus was a lovely sliver crescent Moon low in the west. = My =91+=92 sign is for any later laggards that were present and dropped = in after my departure. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_CB63FBF9-1834-4E71-9AF8-C23772F2B53D 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] = Blomidon Park nature + Wolfville chimney swifts, May = 20/15</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 21, 2015 at = 1:57:06 AM 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>MAY 20, 2015</b> - = <b>Blomidon Provincial Park: vernal pond on Jodrey Trail hugely = swollen</b>, which is no surprise after this past winter and very late = spring with oodles of snow; in bloom were quite a few <b>red = trilliums</b> and a few <b>American fly-honeysuckles</b>; almost in = bloom were <b>red-berried elderberry</b> and <b>introduced = gooseberries</b> (latter along the road to the campground from the = registration building.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Below the park, the cliff = <b>nest of bald eagles</b> had both adult eagles plus at least <b>one = eaglet</b>, perhaps a week to 10 days old with creamy whitish down but = still quite small.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97= =97</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">At dusk I went to the <b>Robie = Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville</b> to watch and count the roosting = <b>CHIMNEY SWIFTS</b>. I arrived at 8:45 p.m. (Herald sunset time = 8:40) and stayed until about 9:12 p.m. A healthy-looking flock of = swifts was flying back and forth at low altitude and a few were diving = at the chimney a bit, but none entered until 8:59. Sky was 2/3 = cloudy/overcast, 1/3 clear, with good lighting that gradually diminished = as time went by. Cool (temp. unmeasured, but was 12 C. an hour = later at home), very windy (from west), but the wind did not seem to = affect the flying swifts, which as usual kept me waiting a long time. = </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">At 8:50 I was a bit surprised to see ONE SWIFT = EXITED from the chimney. Then at 8:59, about 27 swifts dropped = into the chimney, followed by a lull until 9:03, when about 53 more = dropped in. Single laggard swifts dropped in at 9:07 & 9:08 = p.m. <b> I recorded 82+ chimney swifts</b>, and a bonus was a = lovely <b>sliver crescent Moon</b> low in the west. My =91+=92 = sign is for any later laggards that were present and dropped in after my = departure.</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=_CB63FBF9-1834-4E71-9AF8-C23772F2B53D--
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