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--Apple-Mail=_2F6E3CE1-4643-4DD6-91AC-2EB8630FB4EA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] nature: eaglets (4 nests), C. geese on nests, = flowering plants, mustard whites, etc. > Date: May 21, 2015 at 6:12:57 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Pam Mills <millspl@gov.ns.ca>, Kimberley Huskins = <HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca>, Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca> >=20 > I saw my first bald eaglet for this year on May 1 near Windsor. A = couple of days ago, Ian McKay reported an eaglet in the Scots=92 Bay = nest, and yesterday I reported an eaglet in the Blomidon cliff-top nest. = Two more eaglet reports follow below: >=20 > MAY 21, 2015 - Noggins bald eagle nest, Greenwich: at least one = eaglet, young, small, with creamy whitish down (7-10 days old?) =97 this = eaglet seemed to be unattended, at noon (?); >=20 > Lower Church St. bald eagle nest, n. of Pt. Wms.: one adult eagle = (prob. female) in the nest, plus at least one eaglet, but quite large, = much larger than Noggins eaglet, with darkish gray down (2-3 weeks old, = sitting on nest-rim already). >=20 > Canard Pond: 1 adult bald eagle, 1 m/f pr mallards, Canada goose still = on nest atop muskrat lodge along east edge of main pond, and Canada = goose mate? standing on shore nearby, and 1 spotted sandpiper. >=20 > [NOTE: Canada goose was off its nest on Stella=92s Pond a couple of = days ago, and perhaps its eggs had hatched?] >=20 > MINER=92S MARSH: plants in bloom included red-berried elderberry, = ground ivy, shadbush, Norway maple, dandelions, and red oak with open = dangling catkins. >=20 > Sunny & fairly warm today, but the wind from the west was extremely = strong in open areas, making it difficult to hear other sounds. = However, I MAY have heard a sora whinny once, and I=92m pretty sure that = a few leopard frogs were still calling. I definitely heard a = pied-billed grebe, and saw 2 separate ones in different parts of the = marsh. >=20 > A Canada goose appeared to still be on a nest on an island, and nearby = a second C. goose was seen (the mate?). An eastern kingbird was seen, = plus 3+ tree swallows, and a song sparrow was foraging among the = cattails. Red-winged blackbirds of both sexes were abundant and = everywhere as usual. >=20 > Finally, I got good looks at 2 whites (butterflies) together, and they = were both mustard whites. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_2F6E3CE1-4643-4DD6-91AC-2EB8630FB4EA 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] = nature: eaglets (4 nests), C. geese on nests, flowering plants, mustard = whites, etc.</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 = 6:12:57 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><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>Cc: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Pam Mills <<a = href=3D"mailto:millspl@gov.ns.ca">millspl@gov.ns.ca</a>>, Kimberley = Huskins <<a = href=3D"mailto:HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca">HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca</a>>, Mark = Elderkin <<a = href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">elderkmf@gov.ns.ca</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>I = saw my first bald eaglet for this year on May 1 near Windsor. A = couple of days ago, Ian McKay reported an eaglet in the Scots=92 Bay = nest, and yesterday I reported an eaglet in the Blomidon cliff-top nest. = Two more eaglet reports follow = below:</div><div><br></div><div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MAY 21, = 2015 </b>- <b>Noggins bald eagle nest</b>, Greenwich: at least one = <b>eaglet,</b> young, small, with <b>creamy whitish down </b>(7-10 days = old?) =97 this eaglet seemed to be <b>unattended</b>, at noon = (?);</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>Lower Church St. bald eagle nest</b>, n. of = Pt. Wms.: one <b>adult eagle</b> (prob. female) in the nest, plus at = least one <b>eaglet,</b> but quite large, much larger than Noggins = eaglet, with <b>darkish gray down </b>(2-3 weeks old, sitting on = nest-rim already).</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>Canard Pond: </b>1 adult = <b>bald eagle</b>, 1 m/f pr <b>mallards</b>, <b>Canada goose still on = nest </b>atop muskrat lodge along east edge of main pond, and <b>Canada = goose mate?</b> standing on shore nearby, and 1 <b>spotted = sandpiper.</b></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b><br></b></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>[NOTE: Canada goose was off its nest on = Stella=92s Pond a couple of days ago, and perhaps its eggs had = hatched?]</b></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><b></b><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MINER=92S MARSH: = </b>plants in bloom included red-berried elderberry, ground ivy, = shadbush, Norway maple, dandelions, and red oak with open dangling = catkins.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Sunny & fairly warm = today, but the wind from the west was <b>extremely strong</b> in open = areas, making it <b>difficult to hear</b> other sounds. However, I = MAY have heard a <b>sora</b> whinny once, and I=92m pretty sure that a = few <b>leopard frogs</b> were still calling. I definitely heard = a<b> pied-billed grebe</b>, and saw 2 separate ones in different parts = of the marsh.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><b></b><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>A </b>Canada = goose appeared to <b>still be on a nest </b>on an island, and nearby a = <b>second C. goose</b> was seen (the mate?). An <b>eastern = kingbird </b>was seen, plus 3+<b> tree swallows</b>, and a <b>song = sparrow</b> was foraging among the cattails. <b> Red-winged = blackbirds</b> of both sexes were abundant and everywhere as = usual.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">Finally, I got good looks at 2 <b>whites = (butterflies)</b> together, and they were both <b>mustard = whites</b>.</div></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=_2F6E3CE1-4643-4DD6-91AC-2EB8630FB4EA--
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