[NatureNS] horny hoodi etc., Can. geese, eagle nest checks, cardinals

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From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:30:12 -0300
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MARCH 14, 2012 - At home our cardinals seem to have deserted us, for  
the past 10 days or more.  Perhaps they are nesting now already??

Back at the Canning Aboiteau, in the river with black ducks and  
mallards were an interesting group of 6 mergansers: 5 common  
mergansers (2m,3f) with a lovely and active male hooded merganser.   
The hoodie obviously had lots of testosterone in his system, and he  
was flashing his white "hood" (opening and closing it) with head bobs  
and approaching male c. mergansers aggressively and at least one  
female c. merganser with courting moves -- the hoodie needs to find a  
conspecific female!

Only about 30++ Canada geese  were in and over the fields along the  
Habitant River there.  Several flying flocks of up to 30 birds were  
seen over a couple of hours.

Regarding bald eagles and pseudo-incubation, I checked two nests  
quickly on this raw, cold, rainy afternoon.  No eagle was on the nest  
at Noggins Farm at Greenwich, but the apparently really incubating  
adult eagle was sitting deeply in the nest east of Wolfville,  
southeast of the Eye Road intersection with Hwy. 1.  If the Noggins  
pair of eagles nest this year, this will almost certainly be their  
first nest attempt as a pair (nothing produced there in 2010 and  
2011); thus I would expect them to be later in starting than more  
established eagle pairs.

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville

Jim (James W.) Wolford
91 Wickwire Ave.
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4P 1W3

phone 902-542-9204
e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>

"The Earth has spawned such a diversity of remarkable creatures that  
I wonder why we do not all live in a state of perpetual awe and  
astonishment." -- Howard Ensign Evans, in "Life on a Little-Known  
Planet", 1968.

"In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau


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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>MARCH =
14, 2012</b> - At home<b> our cardinals</b> seem to have deserted us, =
for the past 10 days or more.&nbsp; Perhaps they are nesting now =
already??</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Back at the <b>Canning Aboiteau</b>, in the river with =
black ducks and mallards were an interesting group of 6 mergansers: 5 =
<b>common mergansers</b> (2m,3f) with a lovely and active male <b>hooded =
merganser</b>.&nbsp; The hoodie obviously had lots of testosterone in =
his system, and he was flashing his white "hood" (opening and closing =
it) with head bobs and approaching male c. mergansers aggressively and =
at least one female c. merganser with courting moves -- the hoodie needs =
to find a conspecific female!</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Only about 30++ <b>Canada geese&nbsp;</b> were in and =
over the fields along the Habitant River there.&nbsp; Several flying =
flocks of up to 30 birds were seen over a couple of =
hours.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Regarding <b>bald eagles</b> and pseudo-incubation,<b> =
I checked two nests</b> quickly on this raw, cold, rainy =
afternoon.&nbsp; No eagle was on the nest at Noggins Farm at Greenwich, =
but the apparently really incubating adult eagle was sitting deeply in =
the nest east of Wolfville, southeast of the Eye Road intersection with =
Hwy. 1.&nbsp; If the Noggins pair of eagles nest this year, this will =
almost certainly be their first nest attempt as a pair (nothing produced =
there in 2010 and 2011); thus I would expect them to be later in =
starting than more established eagle pairs.</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
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12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</font></div><div =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jim =
(James W.) Wolford</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">91 =
Wickwire Ave.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Wolfville, Nova Scotia, =
Canada</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">B4P 1W3</font></div><div =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">phone =
902-542-9204</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">e-mail &lt;<a =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"The =
Earth has spawned such a diversity of remarkable creatures that I wonder =
why we do not all live in a state of perpetual awe and astonishment." -- =
Howard Ensign Evans, in "Life on a Little-Known Planet", =
1968.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">"In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- =
Henry David Thoreau</font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
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