next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
--047d7b3a953ec842a805316087af Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jim - last week Krista Melville photographed a barred owl at Miners Marsh. Last year one was present for many weeks and tended to hoot mid morning, i= n the area where all the Private keep out signs are. Likely the same bird. R. On Tuesday, 26 April 2016, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jimwolford@eastlink.ca');>> > *Subject: **barred owl calling at Miner's Marsh, + killifish, > sticklebacks, leopard frogs, painted turtles, etc.* > *Date: *April 26, 2016 at 1:20:53 AM ADT > *To: *Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca');>> > *Cc: *Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jimwolford@eastlink.ca');>> > > *APRIL 24, 2016 - MINER=E2=80=99S MARSH*: at least 3* leopard frogs calli= ng* > (long snores, then chuckles); male *red-winged blackbirds* were > =E2=80=98everywhere=E2=80=99 (10+ & singing), 2* pied-billed grebes* seen= ; 3 *muskrats *seen; > several *c. grackles *seen, and one *harassed a couple of crows*. > > *APRIL 25, 2016* - *MINER=E2=80=99S MARSH* on sunny but very cool afterno= on > (strong nw. wind): along the north side trail, I met a group of walkers w= ho > said they heard *an owl calling* =E2=80=94 I expressed skepticism but the= n > described a barred owl call, and one of them said, =E2=80=98that=E2=80=99= s it=E2=80=99 =E2=80=94 a bit > further on, where the gravel trail forks and heads away from the marsh an= d > upward to the north, sure enough, a single *barred owl was calling*, > repeatedly, =E2=80=98who-cooks-for-you, who-cooks-for-you?=E2=80=99, and = kept it up as long > as I was within ear-shot (besides barred owl, the only other possibility > would have been a recording or Bernard Forsythe); only one *Canada goose* > seen; about 4 *mallards* seen, including a female; 3 basking* painted > turtles*; only one *leopard frog* calling; oodles of probable* banded* > *killifish* in big schools in the shallows along the trail, plus several = *stickleback > fishes*, the latter probably territorial male three-spined sticklebacks; > no grebes seen, nor tree swallows. > > *GESNER=E2=80=99S POND*: at least 5 basking *painted turtles*; 4 *Canada = geese* > all together; a single male *green-winged teal* and, not with the male, a > female teal (prob. green-winged). > > *KIDSTON=E2=80=99S POND*: 1 male* n. pintail*; 1 male *ring-necked duck*;= plus > black ducks and a few mallards. > > *LOWER CHURCH STREET: an adult bald eagle was on the rebuilt nest *next > to the road (Lisa Eye has checked it regularly and sometimes saw both > adults there); nothing reportable at the red fox den-site found a week ag= o > (checked yesterday and again today). > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > > --=20 Richard stern Sent from Gmail Mobile On my IPhone --047d7b3a953ec842a805316087af Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jim - last week Krista Melville photographed a=C2=A0barred owl at Miners Ma= rsh. Last year one was present for many weeks and tended to hoot =C2=A0mid = morning,=C2=A0<span></span>in the area where all the Private keep out signs= are.=C2=A0Likely the same bird.<div><div><br></div><div>R.<br><br>On Tuesd= ay, 26 April 2016, Jim Wolford <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca= ">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote= " style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><= div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded messag= e:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-r= ight: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"f= ont-family:'Helvetica'">Jim Wolford <<a href=3D"javascript:_e(%7= B%7D,'cvml','jimwolford@eastlink.ca');" target=3D"_blank">j= imwolford@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-fam= ily:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span= style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>barred owl calling at Miner&#= 39;s Marsh, + killifish, sticklebacks, leopard frogs, painted turtles, etc.= </b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-b= ottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';c= olor:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'H= elvetica'">April 26, 2016 at 1:20:53 AM ADT<br></span></div><div style= =3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><spa= n 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"javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nature@blomidonnaturalists= .ca');" target=3D"_blank">nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</a>><br></sp= an></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;ma= rgin-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 <<a href=3D"javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jimwol= ford@eastlink.ca');" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><b= r></span></div><br><div><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div style=3D"m= argin:0px"><b>APRIL 24, 2016 - MINER=E2=80=99S MARSH</b>: at least 3<b> leo= pard frogs calling</b> (long snores, then chuckles); male <b>red-winged bla= ckbirds</b> were =E2=80=98everywhere=E2=80=99 (10+ & singing), 2<b> pie= d-billed grebes</b> seen;=C2=A0 3 <b>muskrats </b>seen; several <b>c. grack= les </b>seen, and one <b>harassed a couple of crows</b>.</div><div style=3D= "margin:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>APRIL 2= 5, 2016</b> - <b>MINER=E2=80=99S MARSH</b> on sunny but very cool afternoon= (strong nw. wind): along the north side trail, I met a group of walkers wh= o said they heard <b>an owl calling</b> =E2=80=94 I expressed skepticism bu= t then described a barred owl call, and one of them said, =E2=80=98that=E2= =80=99s it=E2=80=99 =E2=80=94 a bit further on, where the gravel trail fork= s and heads away from the marsh and upward to the north, sure enough, a sin= gle <b>barred owl was calling</b>, repeatedly, =E2=80=98who-cooks-for-you, = who-cooks-for-you?=E2=80=99, and kept it up as long as I was within ear-sho= t (besides barred owl, the only other possibility would have been a recordi= ng or Bernard Forsythe); only one <b>Canada goose</b> seen;=C2=A0 about 4 <= b>mallards</b> seen, including a female;=C2=A0 3 basking<b> painted turtles= </b>; only one <b>leopard frog</b> calling; oodles of probable<b> banded</b= > <b>killifish</b> in big schools in the shallows along the trail, plus sev= eral <b>stickleback fishes</b>, the latter probably territorial male three-= spined sticklebacks; no grebes seen, nor tree swallows.</div><div style=3D"= margin:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>GESNER= =E2=80=99S POND</b>: at least 5 basking <b>painted turtles</b>; 4 <b>Canada= geese</b> all together; a single male <b>green-winged teal</b> and, not wi= th the male, a female teal (prob. green-winged).=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"m= argin:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>KIDSTON= =E2=80=99S POND</b>: 1 male<b> n. pintail</b>; 1 male <b>ring-necked duck</= b>; plus black ducks and a few mallards.</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;min-= height:14px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>LOWER CHURCH STREET: an= adult bald eagle was on the rebuilt nest </b>next to the road (Lisa Eye ha= s checked it regularly and sometimes saw both adults there); nothing report= able at the red fox den-site found a week ago (checked yesterday and again = today).</div><div style=3D"margin:0px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0px">= Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div= ></blockquote></div></div><br><br>-- <br>Richard stern<br>Sent from Gmail M= obile<br>On my IPhone<br> --047d7b3a953ec842a805316087af--
next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects