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--Apple-Mail=_EE2F83CC-0101-46C6-83CD-F8F627B74CE3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: nature notes May 17,18,19/16 - swifts, bull frogs, toad, new? ea= gle nest, pigeons, 2nd Breeding Bird Atlas, etc. > Date: May 19, 2016 at 4:42:20 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, John Gilhen <GILHENJA@gov= .ns.ca> > Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, "Ally (Allison) Manthorne" <ama= nthorne@bsc-eoc.org>, Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>, Pam Mills <millsp= l@gov.ns.ca>, Kimberley Huskins <HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca> >=20 > MAY 17, 2016 - MINER=92S MARSH in mid-afternoon =97 sunny, but windy & co= ol. >=20 > - red elderberry in bloom in at least 3 places; >=20 > - 2 male bull frogs jug-a-rumming and well spaced apart in the marsh =97 = this seems early to me for bull frogs to be calling already?; >=20 > - 1 American toad was trilling near the picnic table near the river bridg= e; >=20 > [on May 14/16 there were nice afternoon choruses of trilling toads in tw= o places: Van Nostrand=92s Pond at Starr=92s Point, and in Gesner=92s Pond= (n. of Kentville along Middle Dyke Rd.); >=20 > - 1 pied-billed grebe calling but not seen; > - 2 muskrats seen; > - lots of red-winged blackbirds (one female nest-building) and grackles, = but no swallows seen. > =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 > Earlier I went to the New Minas former potato-chip factory location (ACA = Co-op) to take some photos of the new? bald eagle nest in a pine on the top= of the bank of the Cornwallis River. I checked in the office of the ACA C= o-op, and those who were there didn=92t even know about the presence of thi= s nest, just to the north of the truck depot =97 this suggests that this ne= st is indeed new? =97 again no eagles of any age were seen there today. >=20 > - low-bush blueberry was in bloom on top of the riverbank. > =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 > MAY 18, 2016 - Yesterday evening at dusk Claire Diggins somehow counted 4= 08 CHIMNEY SWIFTS entering the chimney of Middleton Regional High School! = And Ken McKenna saw almost as many, 378? (number needs to be checked?), ent= ering the chimney of the former Temperance St. School in New Glasgow. >=20 > Today in Wolfville I got a bad report on the rock pigeons that are nestin= g on a lamp under the canopy of the Robie Tufts Nature Centre. Anna Chisli= ng is the kind one-person guardian of the pigeons and other birds associate= d with the nature centre, and today she had to helplessly watch one or two = crows capture and eat one of the two nearly-full-grown nestling pigeons. N= ature often can be unesthetic. Now the pigeon Anna says is the male is gat= hering sticks for another nesting attempt, even though there is still one l= arge nestling in the nest. >=20 > CHIMNEY SWIFTS at dusk at Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville =97 suns= et time 8:39 p.m. =97 I arrived at sunset time =97 sky completely clear, no= wind, and cool (8 to 7 C.). Bright waxing Moon fairly high in south-south= east, and high and due south was bright Jupiter.=20=20 >=20 > I think a single SWIFT DEPARTED? from the chimney at 9:02. Then at 9:05 = about 35 SWIFTS descended and dropped into the chimney over less than a min= ute of time =97 then laggards joined them at 9:08 (1), 9:12 (2), and 9:14 (= 2), after which it was just too dark to continue watching. Thus tonight=92= s total for Wolfville=92s RTNC was 40 CHIMNEY SWIFTS. > =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 >=20 > MAY 19, 2016 - MINER=92S MARSH during the noon hour, when I walked and li= stened to CBC Radio=92s Maritime Noon at the same time =97 today=92s call-i= n was about plight of many North American birds and also the recent and ong= oing release of the new coffee-table book, =93The Second Atlas of Breeding = Birds of the Maritime Provinces=94 (copyright 2015, but being released/laun= ched in several locations, e.g. Moncton tonight). Marnoon guests were Laur= a Tranquilla and Greg Campbell? of Bird Studies Canada. Folks who wish to = listen to the calls and responses can get the entire show at cbc.ca/maritim= enoon/. >=20 > During my walk around the marsh, I noticed pin cherry in bloom + red elde= rberry. Also I saw 2 + 1 pied-billed grebes, two of which were courting an= d probably copulating on a nest-like platform in the cattails. And I saw 1= + 2 Canada Geese =97 the pair also had the brood of 6 goslings in tow with= them. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 --Apple-Mail=_EE2F83CC-0101-46C6-83CD-F8F627B74CE3 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 style=3D""><b= r><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline= "><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0p= x; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helve= tica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style=3D"font-f= amily:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.c= a">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></s= pan><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>nature notes May 17,18,19/1= 6 - swifts, bull frogs, toad, new? eagle nest, pigeons, 2nd Breeding Bird A= tlas, 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:'He= lvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style=3D"fon= t-family:'Helvetica';">May 19, 2016 at 4:42:20 PM ADT<br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-lef= t: 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= .ca</a>>, John Gilhen <<a href=3D"mailto:GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca">GILHENJA= @gov.ns.ca</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-ri= ght: 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"f= ont-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastl= ink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, "Ally (Allison) Manthorne" <<a h= ref=3D"mailto:amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org">amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org</a>>, Mark = Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca&g= t;, Pam Mills <<a href=3D"mailto:millspl@gov.ns.ca">millspl@gov.ns.ca</a= >>, 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-Typ= e" content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: br= eak-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"= ><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MAY 17, 2016 - MINER=92S MARSH</b> in mid-a= fternoon =97 sunny, but windy & cool.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; m= in-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- <b>red elderberry= </b> in bloom in at least 3 places;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-hei= ght: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- 2 male<b> bull frogs</b= > jug-a-rumming and well spaced apart in the marsh =97 this seems early to = me for bull <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </spa= n>frogs to be calling already?;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height:= 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- 1 <b>American toad</b> was = trilling near the picnic table near the river bridge;</div><div style=3D"ma= rgin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span c= lass=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>[<b>on May 14/16<= /b> there were nice afternoon <b>choruses of trilling toads</b> in two plac= es: Van Nostrand=92s <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pr= e"> </span>Pond at Starr=92s Point, and in Gesner=92s Pond (n. of Kentville= along Middle Dyke Rd.);</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"= ><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- 1 pied-billed grebe calling but no= t seen;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- 2 muskrats seen;</div><div style= =3D"margin: 0px;">- lots of red-winged blackbirds (one female nest-building= ) and grackles, but no swallows seen.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97= =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Earli= er I went to the <b>New Minas former potato-chip factory location (ACA Co-o= p)</b> to take some photos of the <b>new? bald eagle nest </b>in a pine on = the top of the bank of the Cornwallis River. I checked in the office = of the ACA Co-op, and those who were there didn=92t even know about the pre= sence of this nest, just to the north of the truck depot =97 this suggests = that this nest is indeed new? =97 again no eagles of any age were seen ther= e today.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">-<b> low-bush blueberry</b> was in bloom on top of t= he riverbank.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97= =97=97=97=97</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MAY 18, 2016</b> - Yesterd= ay evening at dusk Claire Diggins somehow counted 408 CHIMNEY SWIFTS enteri= ng the chimney of Middleton Regional High School! And Ken McKenna saw= almost as many, 378? (number needs to be checked?), entering the chimney o= f the former Temperance St. School in New Glasgow.</div><div style=3D"margi= n: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Today in W= olfville I got a bad report on the <b>rock pigeons</b> that are <b>nesting<= /b> on a lamp under the canopy of the Robie Tufts Nature Centre. Anna= Chisling is the kind one-person guardian of the pigeons and other birds as= sociated with the nature centre, and today she had to helplessly watch one = or two <b>crows</b> capture and eat one of the two nearly-full-grown nestli= ng pigeons. Nature often can be unesthetic. Now the pigeon Anna= says is the male is gathering sticks for another nesting attempt, even tho= ugh there is still one large nestling in the nest.</div><div style=3D"margi= n: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>CHIMNEY= SWIFTS</b> at dusk at Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville =97 sunset ti= me 8:39 p.m. =97 I arrived at sunset time =97 sky completely clear, no wind= , and cool (8 to 7 C.). Bright waxing Moon fairly high in south-south= east, and high and due south was bright Jupiter. </div><div style=3D"= margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">I thi= nk a single SWIFT DEPARTED? from the chimney at 9:02. Then at 9:05 ab= out 35 SWIFTS descended and dropped into the chimney over less than a minut= e of time =97 then laggards joined them at 9:08 (1), 9:12 (2), and 9:14 (2)= , after which it was just too dark to continue watching. Thus tonight= =92s total for Wolfville=92s RTNC was 40 CHIMNEY SWIFTS.</div><div style=3D= "margin: 0px;">=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97</div><div style=3D"margin:= 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MAY 19, 2= 016 - MINER=92S MARSH</b> during the noon hour, when I walked and listened = to CBC Radio=92s <b>Maritime Noon</b> at the same time =97<b> today=92s cal= l-in</b> was about plight of many North American birds and also the recent = and ongoing release of the <b>new coffee-table book, =93The Second Atlas of= Breeding Birds of the Maritime Provinces=94 (copyright 2015</b>, but being= released/launched in several locations, e.g. Moncton tonight). Marno= on guests were Laura Tranquilla and Greg Campbell? of Bird Studies Canada.&= nbsp; Folks who wish to listen to the calls and responses can get the entir= e show at <a href=3D"http://cbc.ca/maritimenoon/"><font color=3D"red"><b>Ma= ilScanner warning: numerical links are often malicious:</b></font> cbc.ca/m= aritimenoon/</a>.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></= div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">During my walk around the marsh, I noticed = <b>pin cherry in bloom</b> + red elderberry. Also I saw 2 + 1 <b>pied= -billed grebes</b>, two of which were <b>courting</b> and probably copulati= ng on a nest-like platform in the cattails. And I saw 1 + 2 <b>Canada= Geese</b> =97 the pair also had the <b>brood of 6 goslings</b> in tow with= them.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px= ;">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquo= te></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_EE2F83CC-0101-46C6-83CD-F8F627B74CE3--
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