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--f46d0447a131b77cda04bb2ff73d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi folks, Yesterday, adult Bald Eagle carrying large stick over main building of research station , heading towards south end of ravine. I know others have mentioned a frequently-occupied nest back there, and will see if I can track it down. Cheers On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > MARCH 13, 2012 - Close to home I saw about 30 cedar waxwings very closely, as they fed upon lots of mountain-ash berries on a lawn -- how long those berries were on the ground, I can't say, but probably for at least weeks? -- I saw one case of one waxwing feeding another (courtship feeding?). > I checked two more local bald eagle nests, nos. 8 & 9 for my list from yesterday: > (8) straight south of or slightly southwest from the Stirling's Farm Market, Greenwich -- the view is quite distant, across the large open field, and the nest is in a pine just behind a conspicuous dead tree that has lost most of its branches -- there definitely was an adult eagle at the nest, but I couldn't discern its position -- probably not incubating yet?; and > (9) KenWo Golf Course, New Minas, along north side of fairway on hole #14 (east from the clubhouse) -- nest in a big white pine in a small forest of white pines with oodles of cones on the ground -- no eagles were visible at the nest, but I was looking upward at the nest rim couldn't see what might have been in the nest cup -- probably no occupancy yet? > Concerning other known King's County bald eagle nests: > (10) Ian McKay has told us the eagles at Scots' Bay have been attending that nest for a week or so; > (11) Perhaps Rob Stevens? can let us know if the eagles are again attending the cliff nest at Blomidon (well south of the prov. park)?; > (12) And I will check on another nest I know that is north and a bit west of Waterville. > I am probably forgetting about another nest site or two -- one we know of is just northwest of the Windsor Causeway -- Pat Kelly, is that one occupied yet? > If anyone knows of other local eagle nest sites especially for eastern King's County, please let me know, and I will keep the provincial Dept. of Nat. Resources on this. Thanks in advance! > Most of the nests I know can be checked with a scope without leaving my car, but not the two I checked today at Greenwich and New Minas. > ------------------------------ > Also I took four digital photos of at least two varieties, yellow vs. rusty orange, of flowering witch-hazel (planted), in the Clock Park of Wolfville, across Main St. from the Baptist Church. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile --f46d0447a131b77cda04bb2ff73d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi folks,<br>Yesterday, adult Bald Eagle carrying large stick over main bui= lding of research station , heading towards south end of ravine. I know oth= ers have mentioned a frequently-occupied nest back there, and will see if I= can track it down.<br> Cheers<br><br>On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, James W. Wolford <<a href=3D= "mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br>&g= t; MARCH 13, 2012 - Close to home I saw about 30 cedar waxwings very closel= y, as they fed upon lots of mountain-ash berries on a lawn -- how long thos= e berries were on the ground, I can't say, but probably for at least we= eks? -- I saw one case of one waxwing feeding another (courtship feeding?).= <br> > I checked two more local bald eagle nests, nos. 8 & 9 for my list = from yesterday:<br>> (8) straight south of or slightly southwest from th= e Stirling's Farm Market, Greenwich -- the view is quite distant, acros= s the large open field, and the nest is in a pine just behind a conspicuous= dead tree that has lost most of its branches -- there definitely was an ad= ult eagle at the nest, but I couldn't discern its position -- probably = not incubating yet?; and<br> > (9) KenWo Golf Course, New Minas, along north side of fairway on hole = #14 (east from the clubhouse) -- nest in a big white pine in a small forest= of white pines with oodles of cones on the ground -- no eagles were visibl= e at the nest, but I was looking upward at the nest rim couldn't see wh= at might have been in the nest cup -- probably no occupancy yet?<br> > Concerning other known King's County bald eagle nests:<br>> (10= ) Ian McKay has told us the eagles at Scots' Bay have been attending th= at nest for a week or so;<br>> (11) Perhaps Rob Stevens? can let us know= if the eagles are again attending the cliff nest at Blomidon (well south o= f the prov. park)?;<br> > (12) And I will check on another nest I know that is north and a bit w= est of Waterville.<br>> I am probably forgetting about another nest site= or two -- one we know of is just northwest of the Windsor Causeway -- Pat = Kelly, is that one occupied yet?<br> > If anyone knows of other local eagle nest sites especially for eastern= King's County, please let me know, and I will keep the provincial Dept= . of Nat. Resources on this.=A0 Thanks in advance!<br>> Most of the nest= s I know can be checked with a scope without leaving my car, but not the tw= o I checked today at Greenwich and New Minas.<br> > ------------------------------<br>> Also I took four digital photos= of at least two varieties, yellow vs. rusty orange, of flowering witch-haz= el (planted), in the Clock Park of Wolfville, across Main St. from the Bapt= ist Church.=A0<br> <br>-- <br>Sent from Gmail Mobile<br> --f46d0447a131b77cda04bb2ff73d--
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