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--Apple-Mail=_D4637056-58F2-490D-9954-478FE2305EFD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: towhee, eagles, ravens, pine siskin etc. > Date: March 24, 2016 at 5:55:45 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>, Pam Mills <millspl@gov.ns.ca>, = Kimberley Huskins <HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca> >=20 > MAR. 24, 2016 - Barb Moore of Evangeline Beach told me she still (for = weeks if not months) has her male TOWHEE (I still have not quizzed her = as to eastern vs. spotted). To get to her home, drive across the Grand = Pre dykeland, turn right at the T-junction onto East Long Island, then = north (left) on Pheasant Road, to Sandpiper Lane. The cottage there = belongs to Joan & Bob Bearne, and Barb Moore lives in the next house to = the west (left). She thinks her towhee also forages in the yards and = feeders adjacent to her home (all private, of course).=20 >=20 > Today Lisa Eye (north of Port Williams along lower Church St.) told me = =93her=94 bald eagle nest now has an adult eagle in apparent incubation = position in the nest (but probably no eggs there yet?), plus her mate = often perched nearby. She also reports a huge occupied raven nest to = the south of her home.=20 >=20 > As of yesterday, still no sign of bald eagle occupancy of the Noggins = Farm Market nest. >=20 > Pat & I live in the yellow apartment building along Woodman Road, = adjacent to Tideways Retirement Complex in east-end Wolfville. The = northeast corner of our building has Sylvia Holmes=92s bird feeders, = where her customers include a large flock of goldfinches, with at least = one pine siskin today, + song sparrows, mourning doves, starlings, = occasional cardinals and tree sparrows, etc. (rock pigeons, crows, = ravens and eagles as fly-bys). Lately we have had robins nearby for at = least a week and occasional cedar waxwings. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 --Apple-Mail=_D4637056-58F2-490D-9954-478FE2305EFD 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><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>towhee, eagles, = ravens, pine siskin etc.</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 24, 2016 at = 5:55:45 PM ADT<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';">Mark Elderkin <<a = href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">elderkmf@gov.ns.ca</a>>, Pam Mills = <millspl@gov.ns.ca>, = Kimberley Huskins <<a = href=3D"mailto:HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca">HUSKINKD@gov.ns.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>MAR. 24, 2016</b> - Barb Moore of Evangeline = Beach told me she still (for weeks if not months) has her male = <b>TOWHEE</b> (I still have not quizzed her as to eastern vs. = spotted). To get to her home, drive across the Grand Pre dykeland, = turn right at the T-junction onto East Long Island, then north (left) on = Pheasant Road, to Sandpiper Lane. The cottage there belongs to = Joan & Bob Bearne, and Barb Moore lives in the next house to the = west (left). She thinks her towhee also forages in the yards and = feeders adjacent to her home (all private, of course). </div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">Today Lisa Eye (north of Port Williams along <b>lower Church = St.</b>) told me =93her=94 <b>bald eagle nest</b> now has an <b>adult = eagle in apparent incubation position</b> in the nest (but probably no = eggs there yet?), plus her mate often perched nearby. She also = reports a huge occupied <b>raven nest </b>to the south of her = home. </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">As of yesterday, still no = sign of bald eagle occupancy of the Noggins Farm Market nest.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">Pat & I live in the <b>yellow apartment building along Woodman = Road</b>, adjacent to Tideways Retirement Complex in east-end = Wolfville. The northeast corner of our building has Sylvia = Holmes=92s bird feeders, where her customers include a large flock of = goldfinches, with at least one <b>pine siskin</b> today, + song = sparrows, mourning doves, starlings, occasional cardinals and tree = sparrows, etc. (rock pigeons, crows,