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--Apple-Mail=_D4601E94-0010-4BE3-867C-089BF3411DCE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: 275 Can. geese at Lakeville, other nature notes, mostly water = birds > Date: November 7, 2016 at 5:06:14 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >=20 > OCT. 19, 2016 - About 100 Canada geese were in Silver Lake at = Lakeville, and 10 more Canada geese were in Gesner=92s Pond ne. of = Kentville. Also seen in Gesner=92s Pond were a single juvenile = double-crested cormorant and about 20 mallards. Gesner=92s Pond is near = the Gesner memorial plaque along Middle Dyke Road, south of Chipman = Corner (Church St.). >=20 > OCT. 20, 2016 - Several blue jays and a male cardinal seen at Van = Nostrand=92s Pond, Starr=92s Point. >=20 > Canard Pond: several dozens of green-winged teals, with at least 2 = pintails and small numbers of mallards and black ducks. >=20 > OCT. 21, 2016 - 6 or 7 hooded mergansers (all in f or imm plumage) = diving actively together in the Habitant River at Bruce Spicer Park in = Canning =97 probably a family group of hoodies? >=20 > NOV. 3, 2016 - Lakeville, Silver Lake, late afternoon: 5 hooded = mergansers (4 males, 1 female or immature). =20 >=20 > Kentville rail trail: close to the curling club, Pat & I very probably = saw the n. mockingbird that Richard Stern reported there earlier =97 = also several blue jays were together in the same area. >=20 > NOV. 7, 2016 - Lakeville, Silver Lake, mid-afternoon: about 275 CANADA = GEESE =97 no other kinds of geese seen, nor any ducks. Also note big = bunches of Canada holly? berries in bushes along shores of lake. >=20 > Miner=92s Marsh, Kentville: very bright sunlight and low sun in = mid-afternoon made viewing difficult =97 no definite grebes seen; at = least one hooded merganser (f or imm); dozens of mallards; small numbers = of green-winged teals; at least 2 yellowlegs (prob. greater); at least 3 = Wilson=92s snipes =97 the shorebirds were seen with only binoculars and = fairly distantly. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail=_D4601E94-0010-4BE3-867C-089BF3411DCE 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""><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>275 Can. geese at = Lakeville, other nature notes, mostly water = birds</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';">November 7, 2016 at = 5:06:14 PM AST<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';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.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; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;"><b>OCT. 19, 2016</b> - About 100 <b>Canada = geese</b> were in Silver Lake at Lakeville, and 10 more Canada geese = were in Gesner=92s Pond ne. of Kentville. Also seen in Gesner=92s = Pond were a single juvenile <b>double-crested cormorant</b> and about 20 = <b>mallards</b>. Gesner=92s Pond is near the Gesner memorial = plaque along Middle Dyke Road, south of Chipman Corner (Church = St.).</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;"><b>OCT. 20, 2016</b> - Several = <b>blue jays</b> and a male <b>cardinal </b>seen at Van Nostrand=92s = Pond, Starr=92s Point.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">Canard Pond: several dozens = of <b>green-winged teals</b>, with at least 2 <b>pintails</b> and small = numbers of <b>mallards </b>and <b>black ducks</b>.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;"><b>OCT. 21, 2016</b> - 6 or 7 <b>hooded = mergansers</b> (all in f or imm plumage) diving actively together in the = Habitant River at Bruce Spicer Park in <b>Canning</b> =97 probably a = family group of hoodies?</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: = 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><i></i><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;"><b>NOV. 3, = 2016 - Lakeville</b>, Silver Lake, late afternoon: 5 <b>hooded = mergansers</b> (4 males, 1 female or immature). </div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;"><b>Kentville rail trail</b>: close to the curling = club, Pat & I very probably saw the <b>n. mockingbird</b> that = Richard Stern reported there earlier =97 also several blue jays were = together in the same area.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: = 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;"><b>NOV. 7, = 2016 - Lakeville,</b> Silver Lake, mid-afternoon: about <b>275 CANADA = GEESE</b> =97 no other kinds of geese seen, nor any ducks. Also = note big bunches of <b>Canada holly? berries </b>in bushes along shores = of lake.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;"><b>Miner=92s Marsh</b>, Kentville: = very bright sunlight and low sun in mid-afternoon made viewing difficult = =97 no definite grebes seen; at least one <b>hooded merganser</b> (f or = imm); dozens of mallards; small numbers of green-winged teals; at least = 2 <b>yellowlegs (prob. greater)</b>; at least 3 <b>Wilson=92s snipes</b> = =97 the shorebirds were seen with only binoculars and fairly = distantly.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D4601E94-0010-4BE3-867C-089BF3411DCE--
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