[NatureNS] eagle notes, leopard frog? calling, willow catkins, coltsfoot blooms

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:42:38 -0300
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APRIL 29/20 =97 I checked a few local bald eagle nests by car today:

(a) Eye Rd./Hwy 1, Grand Pre: no eagles seen at all;

(b) North Grand Pre, Leung=92s nest on west Long Island: female eagle =
sitting on the nest rim =97 day warm but with cool westerly wind;

(c) North Grand Pre, new nest just west of road to Evangeline Beach, on =
West Long Island: the adult female eagle was on the nest but was very =
interested in something in the unseen nest cup =97 perhaps she was just =
adjusting some nest material, but maybe she had a hatchline or two up =
there?;

(d) Anglican Church on Main St. in east Wolfville: female eagle sitting =
on/in nest.

APRIL 30/20 =97 After a walk in my east-end Wolfville neighborhood, as I =
approached my apartment=92s front door at 45 Woodman Road, I heard an =
unfamiliar bird call twice, but it stopped calling.  Also I heard =
several times what sounded like distant drumming woodpecker =97 this was =
persistent, and I ended up with the conclusion that I was hearing a =
snoring leopard frog.  Our apartment has two adjacent small artificial =
ponds, and now I will have to check these after dark for any amphibian =
calls like peepers.=20

Earlier today I discovered a pussy willow species with large flowering =
male catkins, and also an impressive showing of hundreds of flowering =
heads of coltsfoot, on the edge of our gravel walking trail around our =
apartment buildings.

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.=

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<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 29/20</b> =97 I checked a few local =
<b>bald eagle nests</b> by car today:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">(a) Eye Rd./Hwy =
1, Grand Pre: no eagles seen at all;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">(b) North Grand =
Pre, Leung=92s nest on west Long Island: female eagle sitting on the =
nest rim =97 day warm but with cool westerly wind;</div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;">(c) North Grand Pre, new nest just west of road to Evangeline =
Beach, on West Long Island: the adult female eagle was on the nest but =
was very interested in something in the unseen nest cup =97 perhaps she =
was just adjusting some nest material, but maybe she had a hatchline or =
two up there?;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">(d) Anglican Church on Main =
St. in east Wolfville: female eagle sitting on/in nest.</div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;"><b>APRIL 30/20 </b>=97 After a walk in my east-end Wolfville =
neighborhood, as I approached my apartment=92s front door at 45 Woodman =
Road, I heard an unfamiliar bird call twice, but it stopped =
calling.&nbsp; Also I heard several times what sounded like distant =
drumming woodpecker =97 this was persistent, and I ended up with the =
conclusion that I was hearing a <b>snoring leopard frog</b>.&nbsp; Our =
apartment has two adjacent small artificial ponds, and now I will have =
to check these after dark for any amphibian calls like =
peepers.&nbsp;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Earlier today I discovered =
a <b>pussy willow species</b> with large flowering male catkins, and =
also an impressive showing of <b>hundreds of flowering heads of =
coltsfoot,</b> on the edge of our gravel walking trail around our =
apartment buildings.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px;">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</div></body></html>=

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