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rees about 30 feet to the north of our --Apple-Mail=_AE5560DB-6FEB-4E32-B9A7-4F3C4773862B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 The timing (season) and habitat are right for early returning (male?) = woodcocks, I think, although more usually the earliest reports are later = in March. =20 For those who don=92t know, Wyman Road is in Yarmouth or near there, I = think, for John=92s report. =20 Cheers from Jim, in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Woodcock? > Date: March 5, 2016 at 3:44:45 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > Possible. Pretty dark-looking, but against sunlit snow, most colours = are dark! > =20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of James King > Sent: March 5, 2016 3:11 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Woodcock? > =20 > Snipe? > =20 > =20 > James King > Sou'west House > 273 Dauphinee Drive RR#2 > Hubbards, Nova Scotia, Canada > B0J 1T0 > 1-902-857-1189 (Home) > 1-902-857-1926 (Fax) > 1-902-448-9899 (Mobile) > jamesking@eastlink.ca > =20 >=20 > =20 > On Mar 5, 2016, at 12:36 PM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> = wrote: > =20 > There=92s a line of youngish spruce trees about 30 feet to the north = of our house on Wyman Road. About 11 A.M., my gaze fell on a dark, = jay-to-flicker-sized bird shape on the ground on the sunlit (yup!) snow = in front of the trees. The bird turned its head and showed a very long = bill. Then it flipped under the spruces, never to be seen again. > =20 > Didn=92t have much tail. > =20 > Can=92t think of anything else it could have been, other than a = woodcock. > =20 > This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by = Avast.=20 > www.avast.com > =20 >=20 > This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by = Avast.=20 > www.avast.com --Apple-Mail=_AE5560DB-6FEB-4E32-B9A7-4F3C4773862B 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;">The = timing (season) and habitat are right for early returning (male?) = woodcocks, I think, although more usually the earliest reports are later = in March. <div><br></div><div>For those who don=92t know, Wyman = Road is in Yarmouth or near there, I think, for John=92s report. = </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim, in = Wolfville.<br><div><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';">John and Nhung <<a = href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca">nhungjohn@eastlink.ca</a>><br></s= pan></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>RE: [NatureNS] = Woodcock?</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';">March 5, 2016 at = 3:44:45 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';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></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>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><div lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class=3D"WordSection1" = style=3D"page: WordSection1;"><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: = rgb(31, 73, 125);">Possible. Pretty dark-looking, but against = sunlit snow, most colours are dark!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times = New Roman', serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, = 125);"> </span></div><div><div style=3D"border-style: solid none = none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; = padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span = lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, = sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: = 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.c= a</a> [<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebuc= to.ns.ca</a>]<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On = Behalf Of<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>James = King<br><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>March 5, 2016 3:11 = PM<br><b>To:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca&