[NatureNS] B. orioles, shrew tracks & carcasses, towhee, pileated woodpecker,

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 16:12:56 -0400
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> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: B. orioles, shrew tracks & carcasses, towhee, pileated =
woodpecker, n. harrier
> Date: February 1, 2016 at 4:12:18 PM AST
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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> JAN. 28, 2016 - Glenys Gibson reports that in Canning she & Ian =
Paterson have been seeing a Baltimore oriole for about a week. =20
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> JAN. 29, 2016 - Pat (Hawes) tells me that Chris Herbin at Grand Pre =
also has recently seen a Baltimore oriole =97 no details yet.
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> Also today I was approached by a local farmer, Sam (unknown last =
name), who had an interesting and perplexing observation.  On his farm =
at Blomidon, he has been finding SHREW tracks on the snow, and several =
times he has followed them for about 10 metres on top of the snow, only =
to find the dead carcass (prob. short-tailed shrew?) at the end of the =
tracks.  He says this has happened about 10 times.  He knows these are =
shrews, not voles or mice, but wonders what is going on here?
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> OTHER RECENT BIRD SIGHTINGS:
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> TOWHEE (eastern?) =97 a male, at Evangeline Beach, seen several times =
over a week or more, up to about Jan. 20/16, by Barb Moore & Jim =
Sacouman;
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> PILEATED WOODPECKER =97 a female or immature seen Jan. 30/16 by me at =
Saxon Street Pond;
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> NORTHERN HARRIER =97 a female seen by me, flying Jan. 31 at the Port =
Williams river bridge.
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> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.


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after-white-space;"><br><div style=3D""><br><div>Begin forwarded =
message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
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style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;<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>B. orioles, shrew =
tracks &amp; carcasses, towhee, pileated woodpecker, n. =
harrier</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';">February 1, 2016 at =
4:12:18 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 &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a>&gt;<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 &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;<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>JAN. 28, 2016</b> - =
Glenys Gibson reports that in Canning she &amp; Ian Paterson have been =
seeing a <b>Baltimore oriole</b> for about a week. &nbsp;</div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;"><b>JAN. 29, 2016</b> - Pat (Hawes) tells me that Chris Herbin at =
Grand Pre also has recently seen a <b>Baltimore oriole </b>=97 no =
details yet.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Also today I was approached =
by a local farmer, Sam (unknown last name), who had an interesting and =
perplexing observation.&nbsp; On his farm at Blomidon, he has been =
finding <b>SHREW tracks on the snow</b>, and several times he has =
followed them for about 10 metres on top of the snow, only to find the =
<b>dead carcass (prob. short-tailed shrew?)</b> at the end of the =
tracks.&nbsp; He says this has happened about 10 times.&nbsp; He knows =
these are shrews, not voles or mice, but wonders what is going on =
here?</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>OTHER RECENT BIRD SIGHTINGS:</b></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;"><b>TOWHEE (eastern?)</b> =97 a male, at Evangeline Beach, seen =
several times over a week or more, up to about Jan. 20/16, by Barb Moore =
&amp; Jim Sacouman;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>PILEATED WOODPECKER =
</b>=97 a female or immature seen Jan. 30/16 by me at Saxon Street =
Pond;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>NORTHERN HARRIER</b> =97 a female seen by me, =
flying Jan. 31 at the Port Williams river bridge.</div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Cheers from =
Jim in Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>=

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