[NatureNS] eagles, scaup, goldeneyes

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From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:25 -0400
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FEB. 9, 2012 - In late morning along Hwy. 358 just north of Church  
St., six bald eagles were perched together high and directly over the  
highway.  Then just south of the Canard River, I stopped my car to  
view another six bald eagles on the ground in an open field.  Without  
my binoculars I would have missed two deciduous trees full of about  
35 bald eagles in the distance to the west (nowhere near a road).   
When I drove back to Port Williams after 1 p.m., all but two of those  
eagles had dispersed.

Port Williams sewage ponds: I snuck up around the treatment building  
and peered around its south side to view the northern pond -- with  
about 100 mallards were at least five common goldeneyes (3 males, 2  
females) and a single drake scaup -- the scaup flew off before I  
could scope its head, and I didn't get a good look at how much white  
was on the trailing edge of the wing -- my guess is lesser scaup, but  
hopefully someone will get the definite identification later (unless  
George Forsyth already has?).

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
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<b>six bald eagles</b> were perched together high and directly over the =
highway.&nbsp; Then just south of the Canard River, I stopped my car to =
view <b>another six bald eagles</b> on the ground in an open =
field.&nbsp; Without my binoculars I would have missed two deciduous =
<b>trees full of about 35 bald eagles</b> in the distance to the west =
(nowhere near a road).&nbsp; When I drove back to Port Williams after 1 =
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Williams sewage ponds: </b>I snuck up around the treatment building and =
peered around its south side to view the northern pond -- with about 100 =
<b>mallards</b> were at least five <b>common goldeneyes</b> (3 males, 2 =
females) and a single drake <b>scaup</b> -- the scaup flew off before I =
could scope its head, and I didn't get a good look at how much white was =
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size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville</font></div>
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