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--Apple-Mail-42-32465382 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed In late afternoon I looked at the ground along the Beckwith Ave. curb, and I quickly found holes/diggings where the PIWO used its bill; one spot where the diggings were most extensive showed lots of very tiny dark-pigmented ants. Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: June 7, 2012 6:29:16 PM ADT > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, Jim Wolford > <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Fwd: re PIWO nest -- was pileated woodpecker, > shoveler, sora, etc. > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > I found the PIWO? nest without difficulty in late afternoon. It is > about 3/5 of the way up a tall poplar trunk, and, when I found the > large hole, the male pileated woodpecker was cooperatively sticking > his head out and wondering about me? The address is 60 Kent > Avenue, and I have it on good authority that the owners won't mind > birdwatchers taking a look from the back yard. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> Date: June 7, 2012 6:28:39 PM ADT >> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, Jim Wolford >> <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> Subject: re PIWO nest -- was pileated woodpecker, shoveler, sora, >> etc. >> >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>> Date: June 7, 2012 5:05:10 PM ADT >>> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, Jim Wolford >>> <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>> Subject: pileated woodpecker, shoveler, sora, etc. >>> >>> JUNE 7, 2012 - On Beckwith Ave. close to home in Wolfville, I >>> again encountered a male pileated woodpecker on the ground, >>> working the edge of a lawn along the curb and pecking at the >>> ground; I'm guessing it was foraging on ants that were at the >>> ground surface there; the woodpecker was quite approachable by me >>> in my car. This has happened twice for me in Wolfville in the >>> past week, and at least three other people have mentioned the >>> same kind of sighting, all in Wolfville. Also today my dentist, >>> Andy Nette, told me about an active pileated woodpecker nest in a >>> poplar? along Kent Avenue in Wolfville (I will check this out and >>> report on it later). >>> >>> Gesner's Pond (Middle Dyke Rd., n. of Kentville): 2 Canada geese, >>> 3 male mallards, and 2 small, brown-backed, very fast swallows >>> (bank swallows?) flying back and forth over the pond surface, but >>> not close enough for identification. >>> >>> Eagle Landing subdivision, n. of Kentville: bald eagle nest has >>> two fairly large nestlings getting feathered out, and adult male >>> was perched next to the nest. >>> >>> Miner's Marsh, Kentville, at mid-day: 1 male n. shoveler, 1 sora >>> whinnied just once while I was there, 1 e. kingbird, lots of male >>> mallards and several moulting toward eclipse plumage, at least 4 >>> hen mallards with broods 1/3 to 1/2 grown. 2 Am. black ducks, >>> lots of red-winged blackbirds, unseen warblers singing (yellows?). >>> >>> Plants in bloom included bur-reed and highbush cranberry and >>> quite a few other species, like common dandelion, hawkweed sp., etc. >>> >>> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >> > --Apple-Mail-42-32465382 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"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial">In late afternoon I looked at the ground along the = Beckwith Ave. curb, and I quickly found <b>holes/diggings where the PIWO = used its bill</b>; one spot where the diggings were most extensive = showed<b> lots of very tiny dark-pigmented = ants</b>.</font></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 7, 2012 6:29:16 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>>, = Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Fwd: re PIWO nest -- was = pileated woodpecker, shoveler, sora, etc.</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></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: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial">I found the<b> PIWO? nest</b> without difficulty in late = afternoon. It is about 3/5 of the way up a tall<b> poplar</b> = trunk, and, when I found the large hole, the male <b>pileated = woodpecker</b> was cooperatively sticking his head out and wondering = about me? The address is <b>60 Kent Avenue</b>, and I have it on = good authority that the owners won't mind birdwatchers taking a look = from the back yard.</font></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 7, 2012 6:28:39 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>>, = Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>re PIWO nest -- was pileated = woodpecker, shoveler, sora, etc.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 7, 2012 5:05:10 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>>, = Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>pileated woodpecker, shoveler, sora, = etc.</b></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: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px; = "><b><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b>JUNE 7, 2012 - </b>On Beckwith Ave. close to home in = Wolfville, I again encountered a male<b> pileated woodpecker on the = ground</b>, working the edge of a lawn along the curb and pecking at the = ground; I'm guessing it was foraging on ants that were at the ground = surface there; the woodpecker was quite approachable by me in my = car. This has happened twice for me in Wolfville in the past week, = and at least three other people have mentioned the same kind of = sighting, all in Wolfville. Also today my dentist, Andy Nette, = told me about an active <b>pileated woodpecker nest</b> in a poplar? = along Kent Avenue in Wolfville (I will check this out and report on it = later).</font></div></b></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px = Arial"><b><br></b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Gesner's = Pond</b> (Middle Dyke Rd., n. of Kentville): 2 Canada geese, 3 male = mallards, and 2 small, brown-backed, very fast <b>swallows</b> (bank = swallows?) flying back and forth over the pond surface, but not close = enough for identification.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-weight: = normal; "><b>Eagle Landing</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-weight: normal; "> subdivision, n. of Kentville: = </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-weight: normal; = "><b>bald eagle nest</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-weight: normal; "> has two fairly large </span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-weight: normal; = "><b>nestlings</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-weight: normal; "> getting feathered out, and adult male = was perched next to the nest. </span> </b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; = min-height: 15px; "><b></b><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Miner's = Marsh</b>, Kentville, at mid-day: 1 male <b>n. shoveler</b>, 1 = <b>sora</b> whinnied just once while I was there, 1 <b>e. kingbird</b>, = lots of male mallards and several moulting toward eclipse plumage, at = least 4 hen <b>mallards with broods</b> 1/3 to 1/2 grown. 2 Am. black = ducks, lots of red-winged blackbirds, unseen warblers singing = (yellows?).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">Plants in bloom = included <b>bur-reed</b> and <b>highbush cranberry</b> and quite a few = other species, like common dandelion, hawkweed sp., = etc. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">Cheers from Jim = in Wolfville.</font></div> = </blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div><br></bod= y></html>= --Apple-Mail-42-32465382--
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