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< This is a multipart message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_u7SNgnWJssml04vxyP7+7g) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Interesting: Notwithstanding the warmish weather, I haven=E2=80=99t = seen any =E2=80=9Csnow gnats=E2=80=9D yet. Not sure if I am the problem = or something else is going on! =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of nancy dowd Sent: March 28, 2018 3:10 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Super early BC Night Heron =20 On the SFA table I am mainly noting the first confirmed sightings. It is = interesting to see how early the overshoots have been- can=E2=80=99t = wait to track the Warblers. I believe all the sightings like = Ken=E2=80=99s below are recorded by being posted here or being listed in = his eBird checklist (the best way) in the ongoing Spring Arrivals = database explained on the table page. Ultimately that is the important = spreadsheet where all species are being tracked, those that overwinter = and others - the compilation of observations of the G Egret numbers, = locations and length of stay. It is hard to figure out exactly how many = we have in NS at the moment- they move around, get double counted etc = but it must be somewhere b/t 7-10. Wonder when we will see our first = breeding Great Egret in NS? =20 Nancy =20 Sent from my iPad On Mar 28, 2018, at 2:01 PM, Wayne P. Neily <Neilyornis@hotmail.com> = wrote: Hello Nancy, =20 This and the other egrets found more recently in NS are likely carried = here from the Middle Atlantic States by the massive movements of air = associated with storms. Most of the 12-15 in NS, Newfoundland, and St. = Pierre seem to have been carried here by a major air movement from North = Carolina out into the Atlantic looping back here last Friday and = Saturday. I don't know whether you are counting these as first migrants = or not, but there are likely more out there, if we could scour all the = likely spots. =20 Wayne P. Neily=20 Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia =20 Those who care about the future, make E.I.A.* part of every decision or = plan they make. -=20 * =3D Environmental Impact Assessment (size appropriate to the = significance of the plan or action). =20 =20 _____ =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on = behalf of nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> Sent: March 28, 2018 07:14 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Super early BC Night Heron=20 =20 An imm Black-crowned Night Heron seen on Mar 1 in downtown Sydney! A = photo was recently posted on the NSBS Facebook page. Here is a link = https://www.facebook.com/groups/114204608605113?view=3Dpermalink = <https://www.facebook.com/groups/114204608605113?view=3Dpermalink&id=3D23= 47801488578736> &id=3D2347801488578736=20 = <https://www.facebook.com/groups/114204608605113?view=3Dpermalink&id=3D23= 47801488578736> Log into Facebook | Facebook www.facebook.com Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, = family, and people you know. =20 (Not sure if this will work if you are not on FB though.) =20 An exceptional find in any case. So far, 2018 NS overshooting Waders = have been very early compared to the past four years = http://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals =20 Nancy Sent from my iPad --Boundary_(ID_u7SNgnWJssml04vxyP7+7g) 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 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if = !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style><![endif]--><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @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;} @font-face {font-family:"Segoe UI Light"; panose-1:2 11 5 2 4 2 4 2 2 3;} @font-face {font-family:"Segoe UI"; panose-1:2 11 5 2 4 2 4 2 2 3;} /* 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; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; 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";} p.ecxecxecxmsonormal, li.ecxecxecxmsonormal, div.ecxecxecxmsonormal {mso-style-name:ecxecxecxmsonormal; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} span.ecxapple-style-span {mso-style-name:ecxapple-style-span;} span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} 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'>Interesting:=C2=A0 Notwithstanding the warmish weather, I = haven=E2=80=99t seen any =E2=80=9Csnow gnats=E2=80=9D yet.=C2=A0 Not = sure if I am the problem or something else is going = on!<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;bord