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14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" One adult eagle on the Church St nest today at 4pm. I'd estimate about 1000 Canada Geese in two fields north of the river between Canning and the aboiteau today. Doug Linzey On 14-Mar-16 4:57 PM, Jim Wolford wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> *From: *Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca >> <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>> >> *Subject: **bald eagle nest-checks, King's County (+ Can. geese)* >> *Date: *March 14, 2016 at 4:56:47 PM ADT >> *To: *Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca >> <mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>> >> *Cc: *Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca <mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>>, >> "Jim Wolford ." <jimwolford@eastlink.ca <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>> >> >> *MARCH 12, 2016* - I checked on two*bald eagle nests* this afternoon. >> First, the *Eye Road nest* just east of Wolfville had an adult eagle, >> presumably the female, sitting in the nest in incubation position — >> however, this could well just be “pseudo-incubation”, which is >> reported to occur in this species before they actually lay eggs. >> >> The second nest was just north of *Noggins Farm Market* (Greenwich), >> and I could not detect any occupancy at that time; however, the view >> from Hwy. 1 is poorer and at a worse angle than for the Eye Road nest. >> >> *MARCH 13, 2016* - Two more*bald eagle nests *checked by Pat & >> myself. The nest just south of *lower Canard Road* (Hwy. 341), east >> of Jawbone Corner, had an *adult eagle in the nest*, but the nest on >> *lower Church St.*, north of Port Williams, showed no eagles at all. >> But timing is everything in these early checks, and I will continue >> occasional monitoring as the seasons progress. >> >> Bob & Brenda Thexton checked the Long Island Leungs’ nest at >> *northwest Grand Pre*, and found an adult eagle on the nest. (They >> also saw the *400 Canada geese* at Canning — these were reported >> yesterday there by someone else.) >> >> *MARCH 14, 2016 *- I drove around and checked several former *nesting >> sites for bald eagles*. >> >> - at Leungs’ nest at northwest Grand Pre (west Long Island), an adult >> eagle was on the nest rim but not in the nest; >> >> - at nest se. of jct. of *Eye Rd. & Hwy. 1*, east of Wolfville, again >> an *adult was in the nest* in incubation or pseudo-incubation posture; >> >> - no visible eagles at the nest north of *Noggins Farm Market*; >> >> - in New Minas, Nova Dr., off Crescent Rd., an *adult eagle was in >> the nest* but quite difficult to see; >> >> - I drove to *KenWo Golf Course*, and, just for an excuse for a sunny >> walk, checked the old nest-site in the tall pine between the 13th tee >> and 14th fairway — this nest is still present but has not been used >> for several years — it is difficult to see, best viewed from just >> south of the 13th tee — nest is still there but no sign of occupancy >> today (however, an eagle could sit in the cup and not be seen from >> the ground) — anyway, no golfers there today to worry about! >> >> On my walk at KenWo, I met John Gurka, who lives nearby, and his >> dog. John tells me that Bill Hettema knows of *another local eagle >> nest *— I will have to call Bill for info’ on that. >> >> - a couple more nests to be checked soon are at Blomidon and at >> Scots’ Bay. >> >> Also there are more eagle nests near Lumsden Dam, near Black River, >> and on Black River Lake. Also I know of two others in the Falmouth >> and Chester Road areas (latter is off Redden Road). >> >> Cheers from Jim, in Wolfville. >> >
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