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--Apple-Mail=_50B52CD1-8205-45F0-8DDB-409004549DD1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: about eagles and 2016 EAGLE WATCH, Jan. 30-31 & Feb. 6-7 (a = bit long) > Date: January 27, 2016 at 3:09:44 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Richard Hennigar = <hennigar@xcountry.tv> >=20 > JAN. 25, 2015 - With the Sheffield Mills Eagle Watch quickly = approaching (Jan. 30-31 & Feb. 6-7)(www.eaglens.ca), in early afternoon = I drove out to the feeding site in the big open field at the north end = of Middle Dyke Road. When I arrived at 1:30 p.m., there were about 25+ = bald eagles perched in the trees and flying about and interacting and = still feeding. One eagle had food on the ground, and several others had = carried parts of chicken carcasses into the trees and feeding there, = with watching ravens perched nearby. Also a few of the expected great = black-backed gulls were also present on the ground. >=20 > And of course there were perhaps 5-10 cars and a dozen or more = would-be photographers on hand. >=20 > Usually the Swetnams (poultry farmers) put out the food between 9 and = 10 a.m., and sometimes on the Eagle Watch weekends there can be multiple = feedings. >=20 > Remember that the feedings take place every day through the winter, = not just on those two weekends. >=20 > A lot of luck and endurance is involved in being there at the right = times =97 it=92s the eagles who decide how long to wait before actively = going after the food, and, being expert thieves, trying to steal food = from other eagles etc. >=20 > There are many other places, scattered around the county, where the = eagles get fed and where they can be found perched in groups. And = King=92s County eagles are used to gawkers, both in cars and on foot. = Other areas to search include Avonport, the Gaspereau River Valley, = White Rock, Lumsden Reservoir, Cornwallis River Valley (Kentville to = Wolfville), Fred Thomas Road, Saxon Street, Canard Road, Hwy. 221, = Canning & Kingsport & northward. Sheffield Mills is west from Canning. >=20 > I don=92t know how many farmers now feed the eagles etc., but the = eagles do know, and they also know who is putting out the largest dead = chickens (daily mortalities in those big long barns). =46rom mid to = late afternoon and overnihg, eagles roost communally, and who knows how = much of their conversation is about where to find food?! =20 >=20 > For those who don=92t know where the Sheffield Mills Community Hall = is, it is straight east from the feeding field. The road at the north = end of M. Dyke Road is Bains Road =97 go to the right (east) and follow = the bends to a stop sign. Turn right (south) there and look for the = hall on your left after about a half-kilometre? >=20 > On those two weekends, be prepared for a massive traffic jam at the = feeding field. Be patient and very courteous to others present. I hope = we will soon get some more snow and cold, both of which will help to = concentrate the birds at the feeding sites. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail=_50B52CD1-8205-45F0-8DDB-409004549DD1 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>about eagles and = 2016 EAGLE WATCH, Jan. 30-31 & Feb. 6-7 (a bit = long)</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';">January 27, 2016 at = 3:09:44 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>>, = Richard Hennigar <<a = href=3D"mailto:hennigar@xcountry.tv">hennigar@xcountry.tv</a>><br></spa= n></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>JAN. 25, 2015</b> - With the <b>Sheffield = Mills Eagle Watch</b> quickly approaching (Jan. 30-31 & Feb. 6-7)(<a = href=3D"http://www.eaglens.ca/">www.eaglens.ca</a>), in early afternoon = I drove out to the feeding site in the big open field at the north end = of Middle Dyke Road. When I arrived at 1:30 p.m., there were about = <b>25+ bald eagles </b>perched in the trees and flying about and = interacting and still feeding. One eagle had food on the ground, = and several others had carried parts of chicken carcasses into the trees = and feeding there, with watching ravens perched nearby. Also a few = of the expected great black-backed gulls were also present on the = ground.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div>