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Index of Subjects --90e6ba6e88f028567d04a936733c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In a visit out to Canada's left coast, I saw herons feeding in the fields many times, but it's rare for me to see that here (off hand, I don't recall a single time). Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 29 July 2011 11:46, andy dean <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > ** > Possibly looking for mice and/or insects, grasshoppers etc ? > Andy > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > *To:* NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Sent:* Friday, July 29, 2011 1:50 AM > *Subject:* [NatureNS] big heron in residential Wolfville at night > > JULY 27, 2011 - Late this evening Wendy Elliott had a weird thing happen > to her in *residential Wolfville*. She was walking her dog on lower Kent > Ave.* at 11 p.m.*, about 3 houses from Main St., when she flushed a *BIG > HERON*. From her description of its height, it must have been a great > blue heron, but why it was in this residential area with no ponds? is a > mystery. The heron only flew a few metres and landed in a yard there. > Wendy was joined by a jogger and watched this bird walking at fairly close > range, it was not acting scared. > > When she got back up to her home, she sent her husband Steve Slipp back > down the avenue, but he did not see the heron. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > --90e6ba6e88f028567d04a936733c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a visit out to Canada's left coast, I saw herons feeding in the fiel= ds many times, but it's rare for me to see that here (off hand, I don&#= 39;t recall a single time).<div><br></div><div>Randy<br clear=3D"all">_____= ____________________________<br> RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 29 July 2011 11:46, andy dean <span d= ir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca">aadean@ns.sympatic= o.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma= rgin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <u></u> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Possibly looking for mice and/or insec= ts,=20 grasshoppers etc ?</font></div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Andy</font></div> <blockquote style=3D"border-left:#000000 2px solid;padding-left:5px;padding= -right:0px;margin-left:5px;margin-right:0px" dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style=3D"font:10pt arial;background:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b>=20 <a title=3D"jimwolford@eastlink.ca" href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca= " target=3D"_blank">James W.=20 Wolford</a> </div> <div style=3D"font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"naturens@chebucto.n= s.ca" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">NatureNS</a= > </div> <div style=3D"font:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 29, 2011 1:50 AM= </div> <div style=3D"font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] big heron in=20 residential Wolfville at night</div> <div><br></div>JULY 27, 2011 -=A0<span style=3D"font-size:12px">Late this= evening Wendy Elliott had a weird thing=20 happen to her in </span><span style=3D"font-size:12px"><b>residential Wol= fville</b></span><span style=3D"font-size:12px">.=A0 She was walking her do= g=20 on lower Kent Ave.</span><span style=3D"font-size:12px"><b> at 11 p.m.</b= ></span><span style=3D"font-size:12px">, about 3 houses from Main St., when= she flushed a=20 </span><span style=3D"font-size:12px"><b>BIG=20 HERON</b></span><span style=3D"font-size:12px">.=A0=20 From her description of its height, it must have been a great blue heron,= but=20 why it was in this residential area with no ponds? is a mystery.=A0 The= =20 heron only flew a few metres and landed in a yard there.=A0 Wendy was=20 joined by a jogger and watched this bird walking at fairly close range, i= t was=20 not acting scared. =A0</span> <div style=3D"margin:0px;min-height:14px;font:12px Helvetica"><br></div> <div style=3D"margin:0px"><font style=3D"font:12px Helvetica" size=3D"3" = face=3D"Helvetica">When she got back up to her home, she sent her husband S= teve=20 Slipp back down the avenue, but he did not see the heron.</font></div> <div style=3D"margin:0px"><font style=3D"font:12px Helvetica" size=3D"3" = face=3D"Helvetica"><br></font></div> <div style=3D"margin:0px"><font style=3D"font:12px Helvetica" size=3D"3" = face=3D"Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in=20 Wolfville.</font></div></blockquote></div> </blockquote></div><br></div> --90e6ba6e88f028567d04a936733c--
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