[NatureNS] Blomidon & Scots' Bay eagle nests both active, + geese,

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2016 12:58:57 -0300
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THANKS, DOUG!  I knew that nest was active, and all records are useful.  Jim

On Apr 1, 2016, at 9:08 PM, Doug Linzey <doug.linzey@gmail.com> wrote:

> The Church St eagle nest had a sitting adult both times I went by this week (last time Thursday).
> 
> Doug Linzey
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> On 01-Apr-16 5:49 PM, Jim Wolford wrote:
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>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> *From: *Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>>
>>> *Subject: **Blomidon & Scots' Bay eagle nests both active, + geese, ducks, grackles*
>>> *Date: *April 1, 2016 at 5:47:57 PM ADT
>>> *To: *Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca <mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>>
>>> *Cc: *"Jim Wolford ." <jimwolford@eastlink.ca <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>>, Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca <mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>>, Pam Mills <millspl@gov.ns.ca <mailto:millspl@gov.ns.ca>>, Kimberley Huskins <HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca <mailto:HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca>>
>>> 
>>> *APRIL 1, 2016* - very windy and balmy (18-20+ C. in Wolfville) and drizzly, rainy day.
>>> 
>>> I checked the Greenwich *Noggins Farm bald eagle nest*, and it is *still unoccupied* (no adult visible in or near the nest).
>>> 
>>> In*Canning* at the aboiteau and toward town, I saw about *70 Canada geese *and 12+ *green-winged teals*, plus a few mallards and black ducks.
>>> 
>>> *Blomidon bald eagle nest *(along cliff well south of prov. park): an *adult was in the nest* in incubation position.
>>> 
>>> *Scots’ Bay bald eagle nest *(Huntley Rd.): an *adult was apparently incubating in the nest *on my arrival at 3:45 p.m., but, shortly after I arrived, I saw that adult stand up in the nest, spread its wings, and then take off on a *short flight *of less than a minute, *after which it landed back on the nest* and settled down into apparent incubation.  I didn’t watch the flight, so I can’t be absolutely sure that the same adult landed and re-settled on the nest — but it’s possible that the first eagle’s mate is the one who flew to the nest and continued incubating.
>>> 
>>> Along the road to Scots’ Bay, just north of the Stewart Mountain Road junction, I saw *2 Canada geese *(perhaps a non-breeding pair of yearlings?)**and *2 mallards *(m,f pr) at a small farm pond, and nearby were *3 common grackles* on the power line.
>>> 
>>> *Saxon Street Pond: *no waterfowl at all, just*2 bald eagles* perched together (1 ad., 1 imm.).
>>> 
>>> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>>> 
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