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--001a11c23d9c6da8e30516efee07 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Miner's Marsh Tree Swallows - yes, 9 of 10 accessible boxes (2 are unreachable, on islands) are occupied and have eggs currently. Range is 1-6 eggs per (incomplete) clutch as of today. James On Monday, May 25, 2015, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jimwolford@eastlink.ca');>> wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > *Subject: **[ValleyNature] Miner's Marsh plants, leps, herps, birds, > mammals today* > *Date: *May 25, 2015 at 7:16:06 PM ADT > *To: *Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > > *MAY 25, 2015 - MINER=E2=80=99S MARSH* =E2=80=94 beautiful sunny and very= warm day, but > quite windy (thus difficult to hear birds & amphibians again today). > > - *plants with flowers* included *red elderberry, cuckoo-flower, and red > oak* with dangling catkins =E2=80=94 I also found some undispersed parach= ute-*seeds > of common milkweed* and liberated them to today=E2=80=99s dispersive wind= ! > (illegal? since c. milkweed is considered by some to be a noxious weed? > nah!). > > - *lepidopterans *today were somewhat notable: 5 *whites* seen (none well > enough for definite ident., but at least some were mustard whites), 1 > *sulphur* seen (prob. clouded sulphur?), and a single *black swallowtail* > back in the parking lot. > > - 6 *painted turtles* basking, 1* leopard frog* heard snoring. > > -* birds*: at least 2 *pied-billed grebes* (in 2 very separated pars of > marsh); *Canada goose* still *on nest* on island (and male mate nearby in > marsh); 5 *mallards* (3 males + 1 m/f pair)(*duckling photos* on Facebook > dated May 24 (and earlier?)); 6 *tree swallows*; 1 *eastern kingbird*; 1 = *yellow > warbler*; 15 *red-winged blackbirds* (one observer saw a red-winged > blackbird land on the hole of swallow nest-box and saw what he called a > young swallow poke its head out of the hole =E2=80=94 I assured him it=E2= =80=99s too early > for baby swallows, and it must have been an adult swallow, perhaps with > eggs now?). > > - *mammals: *only humans of various ages and their diverse kinds of dogs. > > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists= .ca > > > --=20 Sent from Gmail Mobile. --001a11c23d9c6da8e30516efee07 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Miner's Marsh=C2=A0Tree Swallows - yes, 9 of 10 accessible=C2=A0box= es (2 are unreachable,=C2=A0on islands) are occupied and have eggs currentl= y.=C2=A0Range is=C2=A01-6 eggs per (incomplete) clutch as of today.=C2=A0<d= iv><br></div><div>James<span></span></div><div><br>On Monday, May 25, 2015,= Jim Wolford <<a href=3D"javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jimwol= ford@eastlink.ca');" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>> w= rote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;borde= r-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"= ><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"ci= te"><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'">Ji= m Wolford <<a>jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br></span></div><div style= =3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><spa= n style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subjec= t: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>[ValleyNat= ure] Miner's Marsh plants, leps, herps, birds, mammals today</b><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;m= argin-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= 9;">May 25, 2015 at 7:16:06 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top= :0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"fon= t-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span= style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'">Nature BNS <<a>nature@blomido= nnaturalists.ca</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style=3D"word-wrap:br= eak-word"><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:14px"><b>MAY 25, 2015 - MINER= =E2=80=99S MARSH</b> =E2=80=94 beautiful sunny and very warm day, but quite= windy (thus difficult to hear birds & amphibians again today).</div><d= iv style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:14px;min-height:17px"><br></div><div style= =3D"margin:0px;font-size:14px">- <b>plants with flowers</b> included <b>red= elderberry, cuckoo-flower, and red oak</b> with dangling catkins =E2=80=94= I also found some undispersed parachute-<b>seeds of common milkweed</b> an= d liberated them to today=E2=80=99s dispersive wind! (illegal? since c. mil= kweed is considered by some to be a noxious weed?=C2=A0 nah!).</div><div st= yle=3D"margin:0px;font-size:14px;min-height:17px"><br></div><div style=3D"m= argin:0px;font-size:14px">- <b>lepidopterans </b>today were somewhat notabl= e: 5 <b>whites</b> seen (none well enough for definite ident., but at least= some were mustard whites), 1 <b>sulphur</b> seen (prob. clouded sulphur?),= and a single <b>black swallowtail</b> back in the parking lot.</div><div s= tyle=3D"margin:0px;font-size:14px;min-height:17px"><br></div><div style=3D"= margin:0px;font-size:14px">- 6 <b>painted turtles</b> basking, 1<b> leopard= frog</b> heard snoring.</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:14px;min-h= eight:17px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:14px">-<b> birds</= b>: at least 2 <b>pied-billed grebes</b> (in 2 very separated pars of marsh= ); <b>Canada goose</b> still <b>on nest</b> on island (and male mate nearby= in marsh); 5 <b>mallards</b> (3 males + 1 m/f pair)(<b>duckling photos</b>= on Facebook dated May 24 (and earlier?)); 6 <b>tree swallows</b>; 1 <b>eas= tern kingbird</b>; 1 <b>yellow warbler</b>; 15 <b>red-winged blackbirds</b>= (one observer saw a red-winged blackbird land on the hole of swallow nest-= box and saw what he called a young swallow poke its head out of the hole = =E2=80=94 I assured him it=E2=80=99s too early for baby swallows, and it mu= st have been an adult swallow, perhaps with eggs now?).</div><div style=3D"= margin:0px;font-size:14px;min-height:17px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0= px;font-size:14px">- <b>mammals: </b>only humans of various ages and their = diverse kinds of dogs.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.<br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>__________________= _____________________________<br>Nature mailing list<br><a>Nature@blomidonn= aturalists.ca</a><br><a href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listi= nfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca" target=3D"_blank">http://blomidonnatural= ists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca</a><br></div></block= quote></div><br></div></blockquote> </div><br><br>-- <br>Sent from Gmail Mobile.<br> --001a11c23d9c6da8e30516efee07--
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