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Index of Subjects --0015174c403018e70804aef5e7ea Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Just to add to Jim's Miner's Marsh account - there was also a Pied-billed Grebe in with the Mallards at noon time. Richard On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:06 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>wrote: > *OCT. 10, 2011* - Two juvenile *n. cardinals* on the ground foraging under > our Wolfville feeders. Later I saw a male *cardinal *and a fledged > juvenile at the feeders at the same time, but not interacting; the juvenile > had very little crest and was foraging OK on its own, as far as I could tell > (our blue jays manage to spill a lot of seeds onto the ground for other > birds). > > At noon Pat & I drove to *Kentville* and walked the *Miner's Marsh*trails. Immediately we found Richard Stern, who had just seen an > * indigo bunting* (female or imm.) in a tangle not far from the river > bridge. We saw 1-2 double-crested cormorants (immatures), perhaps 10 > mallards, 2 black ducks, 1 green-winged teal, blue jays, and an uncounted > *noisy roost of red-winged blackbirds* in the cattails -- why would they > be apparently roosting at mid-day and not out foraging? (I would expect them > to come into the cattails at dusk and spend the night there)? Also we saw 3 > unidentified *sulphur butterflies*, probably clouded sulphurs? Also the *common > milkweed* plants, which are abundant not far from the river bridge, showed > a lot of *open and opening pods* and beautiful *silky seeds*. > > Pat & I checked out *Wolfville Harbour *at about 1.5 hours after high > tide: a pair of *mallards*, a single adult *ring-billed gull*, and only 2 > shorebirds seen: a single* spotted sandpiper* and a single *semipalmated > sandpiper*, and no yellowlegs of either kind. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > -- ################# Dr.R.B.Stern, P.O. Box 300, Port Williams, N.S., Canada, B0P 1T0 Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0015174c403018e70804aef5e7ea Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just to add to Jim's Miner's Marsh account - there was also a Pied-= billed Grebe in with the Mallards at noon time.<br><br>Richard<br><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:06 PM, James W. Wolford <sp= an dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eas= tlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div st= yle=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><= font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><b>OCT. = 10, 2011</b> - Two juvenile <b>n. cardinals</b> on the ground foraging unde= r our Wolfville feeders.=A0 Later I saw a male <b>cardinal </b>and a fledge= d juvenile at the feeders at the same time, but not interacting; the juveni= le had very little crest and was foraging OK on its own, as far as I could = tell (our blue jays manage to spill a lot of seeds onto the ground for othe= r birds). =A0</font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0= px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"= face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">At noon Pat & I drove to <b>Kentville</b= > and walked the <b>Miner's Marsh</b> trails.=A0 Immediately we found R= ichard Stern, who had just seen an<b> indigo bunting</b> (female or imm.) i= n a tangle not far from the river bridge.=A0 We saw 1-2 double-crested corm= orants (immatures), perhaps 10 mallards, 2 black ducks, 1 green-winged teal= , blue jays, and an uncounted <b>noisy roost of red-winged blackbirds</b> i= n the cattails -- why would they be apparently roosting at mid-day and not = out foraging? (I would expect them to come into the cattails at dusk and sp= end the night there)?=A0 Also we saw 3 unidentified <b>sulphur butterflies<= /b>, probably clouded sulphurs? =A0</font><span style=3D"font-size:12px">Al= so the <b>common milkweed</b> plants, which are abundant not far from the r= iver bridge, showed a lot of <b>open and opening pods</b> and beautiful <b>= silky seeds</b>.</span></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0= px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"= face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">Pat & I checked out <b>Wolfville Harbour= </b>at about 1.5 hours after high tide: a pair of <b>mallards</b>, a singl= e adult <b>ring-billed gull</b>, and only 2 shorebirds seen: a single<b> sp= otted sandpiper</b> and a single <b>semipalmated sandpiper</b>, and no yell= owlegs of either kind.</font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><= br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom= :0px;margin-left:0px"> <font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetic= a" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><br></font></div> </div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################= <br>Dr.R.B.Stern,=A0=A0 <br>P.O. Box 300,<br>Port Williams,<br>N.S., Canada= ,<br>B0P 1T0<br>Richard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"= mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>= <br> ###################<br> --0015174c403018e70804aef5e7ea--
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