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Index of Subjects Mature Oak trees are plentiful in Middleton and probably other Annapolis Valley towns. Acorns combined with the grey squirrels are currently the bane of my elderly mother’s existence. Every day she has a fresh supply of branches and acorns on her lawn. Before the arrival of the big squirrels, keeping her lawn acorn free was more manageable. 😀 David Sent from my iPad > On Oct 13, 2018, at 12:10 AM, Frederick W. Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote: > >> On 12/10/2018 4:32 PM, David Hughes wrote: >> We were in Middleton visiting last weekend and went for a walk that covered most of the town. There were grey squirrels everywhere we went with a few black variants. This is a huge change in just a few years. > > * this is similar to what we've seen in eastern Ontario over the past 40 years - Gray Squirrels (most of ours are black) used to be restricted to cities and Oak woods along the St Lawrence, but with the spread of bird feeders, Oaks, and especially Black Walnuts, they're now ubiquitous. > > fred. > ========================================= >> My mother still occasionally sees a chipmunk in the corner of her yard. >> So far, we haven’t seen any grey squirrels in our area of Sackville. Lots of reds and sometimes a chipmunk. That seems likely to change soon. >> David >> Lower Sackville >> Sent from my iPad >>> On Oct 12, 2018, at 4:19 PM, Donald <Mundobirder@hotmail.com <mailto:Mundobirder@hotmail.com>> wrote: >>> I saw my first outside The Valley in the woods beside 417 Hammonds Plains Road, Bedford on August 19th. I’ve been meaning to post that since then. Thanks for the reminder Nancy. >>> >>> Also saw a turkey Vulture off the 118 Hwy about 2 km south of the Fall River Exit on September 10th and another Vulture which I believe to be a Black Vulture on the Sunday of the Labor Day weekend at the Lake Echo/Porters Lake sign on Hwy. 7. The Black Vulture was less than 100’ away so I’m quite sure of the ID. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Donald >>> >>> On Oct 12, 2018, at 2:59 PM, David Simpson <david.sonsimp@gmail.com <mailto:david.sonsimp@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I've seen them in Hantsport (2012) and Curry's Corner (2018). I expect they'll become a more common sight. >>> >>> /Dave in Halifax/ >>> / >>> / >>> David Simpson >>> (902) 580 8007 >>> david.sonsimp@gmail.com <mailto:david.sonsimp@gmail.com> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 11:09 AM nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com <mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> A person just reported a Grey Squirrel at a feeder here in E >>> Dalhousie, Kings Co. First time she’s ever seen one. I have >>> certainly never noticed one in this area either. >>> >>> Nancy D >>> E Dalhousie, Kings Co. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Fragile Inheritance Natural History > Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm > 'Daily' Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > 4 St-Lawrence Street Bishops Mills, RR#2 Oxford Station, Ontario K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44.87156° N 75.70095° W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "Feasting on Conolophus to the conclusion of consanguinity" > - http://www.lulu.com/shop/frederick-w-schueler/feasting-on-conolophus-to-the-conclusion-of-consanguinity-a-collection-of-darwinian-verses/paperback/product-23517445.html > ------------------------------------------------------------
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