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--Apple-Mail=_77035953-FC69-43DF-9191-E94E18B6722A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 APRIL 9/20 - COLTSFOOT in bloom (about 10 or more flowering heads) along = Oak Avenue in Wolfville. APRIL 22/20 =97 50th anniversary of EARTH DAY. Instead of picking up = garbage, I decided on a long walk along the Greenwich rail trail to = check on the bald eagle nest along the Cornwallis River north of Noggins = Farm. Most of the nest has blown down (when?), but no eagles were seen = in the area of the still-present base of the nest. On my walk back, I had a nice sighting of about 75 cedar waxwings, near = two ponds just north of Noggins Farm. I had a good look at the flock = but spotted no Bohemians among them. About a week ago I drove to Windsor to check a couple of bald eagle = nests. First I took Highway 14 toward Chester to Redden Road, then = turned north to near the very large nest by a farmhouse =97 there was an = adult eagle on the nest in incubation posture. The second nest-check is in a very precarious spot traffic-wise. The = Falmouth Connector ramp toward Highway 101 toward Hantsport is where I = pulled off to the right to look at a woodlot containing an eagle nest =97 = but no eagle was visible on the nest. Other sightings during the past week in east-end Wolfville included a = male-female pair of cardinals, 2 male n. flickers interacting and trying = to stay in our yard, several c. grackles, several red-winged blackbirds, = 4 cedar waxwings, 2 mallards, 2 blue jays, several song sparrows, lots = of goldfinches, many starlings, 2 mourning doves, occasional rock = pigeons, plus frequent crows and ravens. Yesterday was the first day I saw lots of flying insects attending = heather flowers?, but none of them were honeybees =97 some may have been = other kinds of smaller bees?, but most were kinds of flies? FLOWERS seen to now: coltsfoot, aspen poplar catkins, red maple, silver = maple, plus various early garden plants like crocuses, scilla/bluets, = and recently daffodills. APRIL 25/20 =97 Today Pat & I drove to Hortonville for a walk on the = main dyke toward The Guzzle. Where we parked the car we could see a new = bald eagle nest in the tall trees (poplars?) along the former train = tracks =97 one adult eagle was on the nest, and presumably her mate was = perched close by in another tree. On our way back to Wolfville I spotted some new yellow flowers of lesser = celandine (a buttercup). Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.= --Apple-Mail=_77035953-FC69-43DF-9191-E94E18B6722A 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;"><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>APRIL 9/20 - COLTSFOOT in bloom</b> (about 10 = or more flowering heads) along Oak Avenue in Wolfville.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><b>APRIL 22/20</b> =97 50th anniversary of <b>EARTH DAY.</b> = Instead of picking up garbage, I decided on a long walk along the = Greenwich rail trail to check on the <b>bald eagle nest </b>along the = Cornwallis River north of Noggins Farm. Most of the nest has blown = down (when?), but no eagles were seen in the area of the still-present = base of the nest.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">On my walk back, I had a = nice sighting of about <b>75 cedar waxwings</b>, near two ponds just = north of Noggins Farm. I had a good look at the flock but spotted = no Bohemians among them.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">About a week ago I drove = <b>to Windsor</b> to check a couple of <b>bald eagle nests</b>. = First I took Highway 14 toward Chester to <b>Redden Road</b>, = then turned north to near the very large nest by a farmhouse =97 there = was an <b>adult eagle on the nest </b>in incubation posture.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">The second nest-check is in a very precarious spot = traffic-wise. The<b> Falmouth Connector ramp toward Highway 101 = toward Hantsport</b> is where I pulled off to the right to look at a<b> = woodlot containing an eagle nest </b>=97 but no eagle was visible on the = nest.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>Other sightings during the past week in = east-end Wolfville</b> included a male-female pair of cardinals, 2 male = n. flickers interacting and trying to stay in our yard, several c. = grackles, several red-winged blackbirds, 4 cedar waxwings, 2 mallards, 2 = blue jays, several song sparrows, lots of goldfinches, many starlings, 2 = mourning doves, occasional rock pigeons, plus frequent crows and = ravens.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Yesterday was the first day = I saw lots of <b>flying insects </b>attending heather flowers?, but none = of them were honeybees =97 some may have been other kinds of smaller = bees?, but most were kinds of flies?</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>FLOWERS</b> = seen to now: coltsfoot, aspen poplar catkins, red maple, silver maple, = plus various early garden plants like crocuses, scilla/bluets, and = recently daffodills.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>APRIL 25/20 </b>=97 = Today Pat & I drove to <b>Hortonville</b> for a walk on the main = dyke toward The Guzzle. Where we parked the car we could see a = <b>new bald eagle nest</b> in the tall trees (poplars?) along the former = train tracks =97 one adult eagle was on the nest, and presumably her = mate was perched close by in another tree.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">On our way = back to Wolfville I spotted some new yellow flowers of <b>lesser = celandine</b> (a buttercup).</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_77035953-FC69-43DF-9191-E94E18B6722A--
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