next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
--Apple-Mail=_2CA25BEA-1E53-48B8-B6AE-AF1FCE504228 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: gulls & tractor, red-tails, b. eagles, Can. geese, hooded = merganser > Date: December 2, 2015 at 5:54:43 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >=20 > DECEMBER 1, 2015 - On the northeast Grand Pre dykelands, I found a = tractor ploughing the soil of a field and it was attended by 300++ = gulls, which were a mixture of about half herring gulls, half = ring-billed gulls, and a handful of great black-backed gulls (less than = 10). >=20 > Concerning raptors, on a power-pole was a probable mated pair of adult = red-tailed hawks. Also I saw a possible n. harrier, but it was distant = and soaring high above the fields. Also I saw 2 separate bald eagles, a = subadult and an immature, both sitting on the ground. >=20 > DEC. 2, 2015 - Both Canard Pond and Saxon St. Pond were ice-covered, = with no water birds, but at the latter pond there were at least 17 bald = eagles perched together in the trees along the west shore of the pond =97 = this is a long-standing spot for variable numbers of bald eagles to = perch socially for long periods during the day. >=20 > The ice on those two ponds did not discourage me from checking out = Silver Lake at Lakeville, where there was a mostly sleeping flock of = 150+ Canada geese (no variants nor neck-collars) and, separately, a = single male hooded merganser. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail=_2CA25BEA-1E53-48B8-B6AE-AF1FCE504228 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>gulls & = tractor, red-tails, b. eagles, Can. geese, hooded = merganser</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';">December 2, 2015 at = 5:54:43 PM AST<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';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.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 style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>DECEMBER 1, 2015</b> = - On the northeast Grand Pre dykelands, I found a <b>tractor = ploughing</b> the soil of a field and it was attended by <b>300++ = gulls</b>, which were a mixture of about half <b>herring gulls</b>, half = <b>ring-billed gulls</b>, and a handful of <b>great black-backed = gulls</b> (less than 10).</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Concerning raptors, on a = power-pole was a probable mated pair of adult <b>red-tailed = hawks</b>. Also I saw a <b>possible n. harrier</b>, but it was = distant and soaring high above the fields. Also I saw 2 separate = <b>bald eagles</b>, a subadult and an immature, both sitting on the = ground.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><b></b><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>DEC. 2, 2015 = </b>- Both <b>Canard Pond</b> and <b>Saxon St. Pond</b> were = ice-covered, with no water birds, but at the latter pond there were at = least 17<b> bald eagles</b> perched together in the trees along the west = shore of the pond =97 this is a long-standing spot for variable numbers = of bald eagles to perch socially for long periods during the = day.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">The ice on those two ponds did not discourage me = from checking out <b>Silver Lake at Lakeville</b>, where there was a = mostly sleeping flock of 150+ <b>Canada geese </b>(no variants nor = neck-collars) and, separately, a single male <b>hooded = merganser</b>.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_2CA25BEA-1E53-48B8-B6AE-AF1FCE504228--
next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects