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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0135_01D28183.D802D990 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Paul: =20 It=E2=80=99s harder to achieve a natural balance in nature in this era = of supplemental feeding of eagles through industrial farming practices. = The dead chickens (diseased, in some cases) should be sent to the = rendering plant. A health scare is bound to arise. Perhaps we will = need to eventually think about holding an EagleWatch event with 45 = eagles instead of 400+, and have a similar enjoyment benefit (they are = amazing!), and make just as much money? ? Could this work? I suggest = it must. =20 The =E2=80=98camera on a loon nest=E2=80=99 idea was suggested a few = years back by a former superintendent. I was only lukewarm to the idea, = stressing that loons prefer solitude and I feared extra people becoming = interested in a nesting loon could possibly encourage them to go find = the nest in order to see things up close. Since then, I=E2=80=99ve = started to reconsider other applications of having a camera on a nest, = now that we have a pair of eagles flying up and down the Mersey at the = inlet to Loon Lake (one of our most productive loon nesting lakes, as = you well know). Eagles are populating many other inland lakes in the = southwest where a regular supply of dead chicken is not available. =20 More notes and papers below- =20 http://www.nhaudubon.org/bald-eagle-common-loon-interaction-study/ =20 =20 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3356/JRR-09-72.1?journalCode=3Drapt =20 An email written to Dr Pierre-Yves Daoust >>> "Pokras, Mark" <mailto:Mark.Pokras@tufts.edu> = <Mark.Pokras@tufts.edu> 11/10/15 8:14 PM >>>=20 Pierre -- Wonderful to hear from you! Thanks so much for the excellent = report and photos. The eagle issue is one that many people down here = have been talking about. There is NO doubt from talking to field = biologists that bald eagles are taking an increasingly large number of = loon chicks -- I've even witnessed 2 episodes myself (one chick just = days old, the other one just prefledging). And these are in area where = no one (to my knowledge) is doing any supplemental feeding of eagles.=20 But we also have several documented observations of eagles killing and = preying upon adult loons. I posted a bird last summer (ad F) that was = seen to have been killed on the nest by bald eagle, and necropsied = several loons that had quite suggestive lesions. As eagle populations = increase, there is little doubt that these sorts of problems will = increase.=20 I'd be happy to put you in touch with some of the loon field biologists = I've been working with who can tell you more about what they've been = seeing. It would be good to pool people's observations & knowledge and = perhaps think about a publication on the topic. We'll be discussing = this (among many other issues) at the regional loon meeting in New = Hampshire in mid-March. I wonder if there's any possibility that you or = other Canadian colleagues might join us for that meeting?=20 On a related issue of trauma, I've also started to pay attention to some = of the fatal loon-loon interactions in which adults kill chicks or other = adults. Again, something that's being increasingly noted by field = biologists and that I've been seeing at the necropsy table...love to = chat with you about that sometime as well.=20 Subjectively it has seemed to me that when adult are killing smaller = chicks, many of the injuries are on the head & neck. When adults kill = other adults or larger chicks, a lot of the wounds seem to be to chest = and abdomen -- in many cases looking very much like the sort of wound = one might expect from an arrow. Am attaching a couple of photos of a = chick seen to be killed by an adult this year that had a puncture = directly to the heart.=20 All the best!=20 Mark=20 =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of = rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca Sent: February-07-17 3:38 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: RE: [NatureNS] 36th CKC Eagles/Raptors Count, Feb. 5/17, = preliminary results + Eagle Watch stuff =20 Yes Donna - I've seen eagles chasing common mergansers=20 often enough while fishing to know they will feed on water fowl. Especially the white drakes - I guess they think its a chicken! Did anyone ever try putting a trail camera on a nest? Then you could see what happened. A bit of a chore no doubt! Once I was fishing a small lake where there was a loon with a chick. The loon stayed close and when I released a fish that I had caught the loon dove and came near. Seems like it knew the fish would be a bit disorientated and would be easy to catch. Anyway the chick stayed away until an Owl hooted from a tree by the lake. The adult loon quickly = called the chick and the chick came running over the water. They knew=20 about owls! Interesting post - something to think about. Paul =20 On February 6, 2017 at 10:41 PM Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> = wrote:=20 Thanks for sharing this update, Jim! What an incredible event. Watching 40 eagles all dine at once is quite a spectacle. =20 =20 434 eagles ... one has to wonder! Is there a threshold? =20 I=E2=80=99m already concerned about our loon chick survivorship this = year! Ykes. =20 =20 I=E2=80=99ve been recently scouting out potential sites for some loon = nesting platforms on the Annapolis River, where large water fluctuations = make nesting pretty well impossible, but there should be lots of fish = for loons to feed young. The platforms will rise and fall with the = water, and there has been good success. It=E2=80=99s been suggested = that we should try building little canopies over the platform to deter = eagles and other predators. This latest report provides added = inspiration. Thanks! =20 Donna=20 =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Jim Wolford Sent: February-06-17 8:56 PM To: naturens Subject: [NatureNS] 36th CKC Eagles/Raptors Count, Feb. 5/17, = preliminary results + Eagle Watch stuff =20 =20 =20 Begin forwarded message: =20 From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Subject: 36th CKC Eagles/Raptors Count, Feb. 5/17, preliminary results Date: February 6, 2017 at 3:51:19 PM AST =20 Here are the preliminary results from yesterday=E2=80=99s 36th CKC = Eagles/Raptors Count for Eastern King=E2=80=99s County on Feb. 5, 2017. About 40 people in 16 or 17 or 18 field parties went out to designated = areas just for an hour, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., with nearly perfect = conditions, e.g., very little wind, mostly overcast but with very good = visibility, no precipitation, just a bit of snow on the ground, and all = roads accessible for our vehicles. Also most of the eagles seen were = perched and not flying from area to area =E2=80=94 ideal for us. =20 Bald Eagles seen totalled 434 =E2=80=94 272 adults (64% of aged eagles), = 154 immatures (36%), and 8 of undetermined ages. Also 2 relatively new eagle nests were reported: (a) east of the road = from Avonport to Oak Island; and (b) west of Grand Pre Historic Park = along the railroad tracks in the tall poplars. 55 Red-tailed Hawks (one near Oak Island is very light-coloured). 1-2 Northern Goshawks 1-2 Northern Harriers 1 Rough-legged Hawk 1 Peregrine Falcon Other wildlife reported included a Coyote; 11Canada Geese; 3000 + 40 + = 23 Black Ducks; 2 Mallards; 1 Flicker; 70 Ravens; 15 Crows; 29 Horned = Larks; 250 + 35 + 80 Bohemian Waxwings; 1 + 30 +10 + 10 Cedar Waxwings; = 13 Robins. I still haven=E2=80=99t asked Bernard Forsythe about whether he saw a = Barred Owl at dusk as usual near his feeding tray? =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2= =80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94 Yesterday was the last day of the two EAGLE WATCH weekends at Sheffield = Mills. I think the first three days had relatively very few eagles at = the big feeding field off the north end of Middle Dyke Road. But = yesterday things changed positively in a very big way for a great = conclusion for this year=E2=80=99s Eagle Watch. (Incidentally, I think = the community did very well on all four days in terms of selling oodles = of breakfasts and filling the Hall with eaters/recreators.) I was told that at 10:00 or 10:30 a.m. at the big field on Sunday, 40+ = eagles =E2=80=9Cdecided=E2=80=9D to get hungry and cooperatively swooped = down to the offered chicken carcasses (daily mortalities in the chicken = barns). But then at 2 p.m., when I departed from the Hall, there was a = spectacular assemblage (convocation is the right word) at the big field. = I cannot recall ever seeing more eagles in one spot at one time. I = estimated 75 eagles that were perched (+ some flying about), and 25 more = were on the ground interacting and feeding. Thus whichever gawkers = waited until then or just luckily showed up, like myself, really basked = in the sights that we all hope for when we participate in the Eagle = Watch or go out there on our own. =20 For most of the winter, the offering of dead chickens only happens once = a day in early to mid morning, but during the four Eagle Watch days = there are often multiple offerings in both morning and/or noon and/or = afternoon. =20 =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2= =80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94 Cheers, and thanks to all CKC Counters yesterday!, from Jim in = Wolfville. =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0135_01D28183.D802D990 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta = name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 12 (filtered = medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Helvetica; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p {mso-style-priority:99; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} p.msochpdefault, li.msochpdefault, div.msochpdefault {mso-style-name:msochpdefault; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} span.balloontextchar0 {mso-style-name:balloontextchar; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.emailstyle19 {mso-style-name:emailstyle19; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} span.EmailStyle23 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>Hi Paul:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>It=E2=80=99s harder to achieve a <b>natural balance</b> in nature in = this era of supplemental feeding of eagles through industrial farming = practices.=C2=A0 The dead chickens (diseased, in some cases) should be = sent to the rendering plant.=C2=A0 A health scare is bound to arise. = =C2=A0Perhaps we will need to eventually think about holding an = EagleWatch event with 45 eagles instead of 400+, and have a similar = enjoyment benefit (they are amazing!), and make just as much money? = ?=C2=A0 Could this work?=C2=A0 I suggest it = must.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>=C2=A0 =C2=A0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>The =E2=80=98camera on a loon nest=E2=80=99 idea was suggested a few = years back by a former superintendent.=C2=A0 I was only lukewarm to the = idea, stressing that loons prefer solitude and I feared extra people = becoming interested in a nesting loon could possibly encourage them to = go find the nest in order to see things up close.=C2=A0 Since then, = I=E2=80=99ve started to reconsider other applications of having a camera = on a nest, now that we have a pair of eagles flying up and down the = Mersey at the inlet to Loon Lake (one of our most productive loon = nesting lakes, as you well know).=C2=A0 Eagles are populating many other = inland lakes in the southwest where a regular supply of dead chicken is = not available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>More notes and papers below-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style=3D'background:white'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a = href=3D"http://www.nhaudubon.org/bald-eagle-common-loon-interaction-study= /">http://www.nhaudubon.org/bald-eagle-common-loon-interaction-study/</a>= <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'background:white'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p= ></span></p><p style=3D'background:white'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p= ></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a = href=3D"http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3356/JRR-09-72.1?journalCode=3Dr= apt">http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3356/JRR-09-72.1?journalCode=3Drapt= </a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'color:black'>An email written to Dr Pierre-Yves = Daoust<br>>>> "Pokras, Mark" <a = href=3D"mailto:Mark.Pokras@tufts.edu" = target=3D"_blank"><Mark.Pokras@tufts.edu></a> 11/10/15 8:14 PM = >>> <br><br>Pierre -- Wonderful to hear from you! Thanks = so much for the excellent report and photos. <span = style=3D'background:yellow'>The eagle issue is one that many people down = here have been talking about. There is NO doubt from talking to = field biologists that bald eagles are taking an increasingly large = number of loon chicks -- I've even witnessed 2 episodes myself (one = chick just days old, the other one just prefledging).</span> And = these are in area where no one (to my knowledge) is doing any = supplemental feeding of eagles. <br><br>But we also have several = documented observations of eagles killing and preying upon adult = loons. I posted a bird last summer (ad F) that was seen to have = been killed on the nest by bald eagle, and necropsied several loons that = had quite suggestive lesions. As eagle populations increase, there = is little doubt that these sorts of problems will increase. <br><br>I'd = be happy to put you in touch with some of the loon field biologists I've = been working with who can tell you more about what they've been = seeing. It would be good to pool people's observations & = knowledge and perhaps think about a publication on the topic. = We'll be discussing this (among many other issues) at the regional loon = meeting in New Hampshire in mid-March. I wonder if there's any = possibility that you or other Canadian colleagues might join us for that = meeting? <br><br>On a related issue of trauma, I've also started to pay = attention to some of the fatal loon-loon interactions in which adults = kill chicks or other adults. Again, something that's being = increasingly noted by field biologists and that I've been seeing at the = necropsy table...love to chat with you about that sometime as well. = <br>Subjectively it has seemed to me that when <span = style=3D'background:yellow'>adult are killing smaller chicks, many of = the injuries are on the head & neck.</span> When adults kill = other adults or larger chicks, a lot of the wounds seem to be to chest = and abdomen -- in many cases looking very much like the sort of wound = one might expect from an arrow. Am attaching a couple of photos of = a chick seen to be killed by an adult this year that had a puncture = directly to the heart. <br><br>All the best! = <br><br>Mark </span><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>= </b><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = <b>On Behalf Of </b>rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca<br><b>Sent:</b> = February-07-17 3:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> = naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [NatureNS] 36th CKC = Eagles/Raptors Count, Feb. 5/17, preliminary results + Eagle Watch = stuff<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Yes = Donna - I've seen eagles chasing common mergansers = <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>often enough while = fishing to know they will feed on water = fowl.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Especially the white = drakes - I guess they think its a chicken!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Did anyone ever try putting a trail camera on a nest? = Then you<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>could see what = happened. A bit of a chore no doubt!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Once I was fishing a small lake where there was a loon = with a chick.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>The loon = stayed close and when I released a fish that I had = caught<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>the loon dove and = came near. Seems like it knew the fish would = be<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>a bit disorientated and = would be easy to catch. Anyway the chick = stayed<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>away until an Owl = hooted from a tree by the lake. The adult loon quickly = called<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>the chick and the = chick came running over the water. They knew = <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>about = owls!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Interesting post - = something to think about.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Paul<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote = style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm = 8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p = class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On February 6, 2017 at = 10:41 PM Donna Crossland <<a = href=3D"mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca">dcrossland@eastlink.ca</a>> = wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>Thanks for sharing this update, Jim! What an incredible = event.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>Watching 40 eagles all dine at once is quite a spectacle. = </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>434 eagles ... one has to wonder! Is there a = threshold?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>I=E2=80=99m already concerned about our loon chick survivorship this = year! Ykes. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>I=E2=80=99ve been recently scouting out potential sites for some loon = nesting platforms on the Annapolis River, where large water fluctuations = make nesting pretty well impossible, but there should be lots of fish = for loons to feed young. The platforms will rise and fall with the = water, and there has been good success. It=E2=80=99s been = suggested that we should try building little canopies over the platform = to deter eagles and other predators. This latest report provides = added inspiration. Thanks!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>Donna </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm;border-color:currentColor currentColor;border-image: none'><p = class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>= </strong><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca</a> [<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebu= cto.ns.ca</a>] <strong><span = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>On Behalf Of = </span></strong>Jim Wolford<br><strong><span = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></strong> = February-06-17 8:56 PM<br><strong><span = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To:</span></strong> = naturens<br><strong><span = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></strong> = [NatureNS] 36th CKC Eagles/Raptors Count, Feb. 5/17, preliminary results = + Eagle Watch stuff</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Begin = forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span = style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>From: = </span></strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Jim = Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></sp= an><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span = style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Subject: 36th CKC = Eagles/Raptors Count, Feb. 5/17, preliminary = results</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span = style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Date: = </span></strong><span = style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>February 6, 2017 at = 3:51:19 PM AST</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Here are the preliminary results from = yesterday=E2=80=99s 36th CKC Eagles/Raptors Count for Eastern = King=E2=80=99s County on Feb. 5, 2017.<br><br>About 40 people in 16 or = 17 or 18 field parties went out to designated areas just for an hour, = from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., with nearly perfect conditions, e.g., very = little wind, mostly overcast but with very good visibility, no = precipitation, just a bit of snow on the ground, and all roads = accessible for our vehicles. Also most of the eagles seen were = perched and not flying from area to area =E2=80=94 ideal for us. = <br><br>Bald Eagles seen totalled 434 =E2=80=94 272 adults (64% of = aged eagles), 154 immatures (36%), and 8 of undetermined = ages.<br><br>Also 2 relatively new eagle nests were reported: (a) east = of the road from Avonport to Oak Island; and (b) west of Grand Pre = Historic Park along the railroad tracks in the tall poplars.<br><br>55 = Red-tailed Hawks (one near Oak Island is very = light-coloured).<br><br>1-2 Northern Goshawks<br>1-2 Northern = Harriers<br>1 Rough-legged Hawk<br>1 Peregrine Falcon<br><br>Other = wildlife reported included a Coyote; 11Canada Geese; 3000 + 40 + 23 = Black Ducks; 2 Mallards; 1 Flicker; 70 Ravens; 15 Crows; 29 Horned = Larks; 250 + 35 + 80 Bohemian Waxwings; 1 + 30 +10 + 10 Cedar Waxwings; = 13 Robins.<br><br>I still haven=E2=80=99t asked Bernard Forsythe about = whether he saw a Barred Owl at dusk as usual near his feeding = tray?<br><br>=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80= =94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94<br>Yesterday was the = last day of the two EAGLE WATCH weekends at Sheffield Mills. I = think the first three days had relatively very few eagles at the big = feeding field off the north end of Middle Dyke Road. But yesterday = things changed positively in a very big way for a great conclusion for = this year=E2=80=99s Eagle Watch. (Incidentally, I think the = community did very well on all four days in terms of selling oodles of = breakfasts and filling the Hall with eaters/recreators.)<br><br>I was = told that at 10:00 or 10:30 a.m. at the big field on Sunday, 40+ eagles = =E2=80=9Cdecided=E2=80=9D to get hungry and cooperatively swooped down = to the offered chicken carcasses (daily mortalities in the chicken = barns). But then at 2 p.m., when I departed from the Hall, there = was a spectacular assemblage (convocation is the right word) at the big = field. I cannot recall ever seeing more eagles in one spot at one = time. I estimated 75 eagles that were perched (+ some flying = about), and 25 more were on the ground interacting and feeding. = Thus whichever gawkers waited until then or just luckily showed = up, like myself, really basked in the sights that we all hope for when = we participate in the Eagle Watch or go out there on our own. = <br><br>For most of the winter, the offering of dead chickens only = happens once a day in early to mid morning, but during the four Eagle = Watch days there are often multiple offerings in both morning and/or = noon and/or afternoon. = <br>=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94= =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94<br><br>Cheers, = and thanks to all CKC Counters yesterday!, from Jim in = Wolfville.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_0135_01D28183.D802D990--
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