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--Apple-Mail-1-493823127 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed MARCH 29, 2012 - At the home feeders, no sign of the Norway rat for the past couple of days, but a red squirrel was there today. Yesterday a goldfinch showed faint patches of yellow in the neck areas. Singing birds include cardinal, mourning dove, and of course song sparrows. Today again I checked the raven nest in the pines just north of the Acadia Arena. Still I could not see any raven sitting on/in the nest, but while I was there a raven slowly flew over the nest a couple of times and then the same or different raven landed on the nest rim (and I left the area). MARCH 30, 2012 - At that raven nest just n. of Acadia Arena, today a raven was in/on the nest and sitting deeply, quite possibly incubating? And the probable mate also flew in and landed at the nest while I was looking up at the nest. And in Canning, just west of the Gibson/Borden house, count two planted pines along Main St. and look up to see this year's raven nest, which has a single raven sitting as if incubating. Glenys & Wilma Gibson tell me that up to five ravens have been seen right there. The adults produced 2 or 3 young last year in the pine closer to the house; thus perhaps some of the extra ravens are the undispersed yearlings? I checked two bald eagle nests: (1) cliff nest at Blomidon (n. of Mill Creek, well south of Blomidon Prov. Park): an adult b. eagle was sitting in nest as if incubating; and (2) Canard River mouth nest at Starr's Point on private land of Seaview Poultry Farm: no eagles visible there. Van Nostrand's Pond (newer, D.U.Can.)(Starr's Pt.): 2 pairs of Canada geese. Canard Pond: 1 male gadwall, 3 n. pintails (1m with 1f, + 1 more m.). Saxon St. Pond: now fully flooded (except upstream across road) -- 4 c. mergansers (1m with 1f, + 2 more f/imm?). Canning Aboiteau: no geese at all. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-1-493823127 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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"><b>MARCH = 29, 2012</b> - At the home feeders, no sign of the <b>Norway rat </b>for = the past couple of days, but a <b>red squirrel</b> was there = today. Yesterday a <b>goldfinch</b> showed <b>faint patches of = yellow</b> in the neck areas. <b>Singing birds include</b> = cardinal, mourning dove, and of course song sparrows.</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">Today = again I checked the <b>raven nest </b>in the pines just north of the = <b>Acadia Arena</b>. Still I could not see any raven sitting on/in = the nest, but while I was there a raven slowly flew over the nest a = couple of times and then the same or different <b>raven landed on the = nest rim</b> (and I left the area).</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"><b>MARCH 30, 2012</b> = - </font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">At that <b>raven nest</b> just n. of Acadia Arena, today a <b>raven = was in/on the nest </b>and sitting deeply, quite possibly = incubating? And the <b>probable mate also flew in</b> and landed = at the nest while I was looking up at the nest.</span></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">And in = <b>Canning</b>, just west of the Gibson/Borden house, count two planted = pines along Main St. and look up to see this year's <b>raven nest,</b> = which has a single <b>raven sitting as if incubating</b>. Glenys = & Wilma Gibson tell me that up to five ravens have been seen right = there. The adults produced 2 or 3 young last year in the pine = closer to the house; thus perhaps some of the extra ravens are the = undispersed yearlings?</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"><b>I checked two bald eagle = nests:</b></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">(1) <b>cliff nest at Blomidon</b> (n. of Mill Creek, = well south of Blomidon Prov. Park): an adult b. <b>eagle was sitting in = nest </b>as if incubating; and</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">(2) Canard River mouth = <b>nest at Starr's Point </b>on private land of Seaview Poultry Farm: no = eagles visible there.</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"><b>Van Nostrand's Pond</b> (newer, D.U.Can.)(Starr's = Pt.): 2 pairs of <b>Canada geese</b>. </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"><b>Canard = Pond</b>: 1 male <b>gadwall</b>, 3 <b>n. pintails</b> (1m with 1f, + 1 = more m.).</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"><b>Saxon St. Pond</b>: now fully flooded (except = upstream across road) -- 4 <b>c. mergansers</b> (1m with 1f, + 2 more = f/imm?). </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"><b>Canning Aboiteau: no geese</b> at = all.</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 face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div> </body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1-493823127--
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