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= This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_6vVdo2Y18rCAuSA6MSPC7w) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Hi there. I wonder if that was you I saw while walking the dog? A greenish vehicle? Yes the pond security has changed. Probably to the amount of money that the town was paid to run the fracking water through it! Angela in Windsor On 10/28/12, Bob McDonald <bobathome83@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Good evening, > > Just back on NatureNS after a 6-week hiatus so hope this report is not all old news! > > Wendy and I took a run up to the Valley for produce, etc but did manage to do some birding on the way and while there. First stop was the Windsor Sewage lagoons where things have changed since our last visit. As far as I can tell it is now next to impossible to access the second pond. Too bad. The only species of note there were 7-8 American Wigeon and about half a dozen GW Teal. No Eurasian Wigeon or Lesser Black-backed Gull was seen. > > Next stop was the Wolfville Waterfront where after much searching, and a bit of good luck, the Northern Mockingbird did show! > > Recently, one spot we try not to miss is Miner's Marsh - this really is a terrific spot and it did not disappoint today! Amongst the countless Mallards were several small groups of GW Teal, numbering about 20 in total. There was one female Northern Pintail in the larger pond. Today, the Marsh was literally crawling with Wilson's Snipe - I lost count after seeing about 15 birds and I expect that there were at least 2-3 dozen! Only other shorebirds were 2 Lesser Yellowlegs. > The Bird-of-the-Day however was undoubtedly a Marsh Wren, mainly heard (not singing but chucking to itself) but seen briefly, as it worked its way along the edge of the cat-tails beside the trail through the middle of the marsh. I searched for other birders and did grab one unsuspecting gentleman with binoculars and told him about it. He went off in search.... I obtained several pictures of cat-tails but in none of my images did I "capture" the bird. Does anyone know if Marsh Wren breeds here? It looks like perfect habitat, although perhaps a bit busy during breeding season. > > Other interesting species seen included 3 Great Blue Herons, 1 Red-winged Blackbird (male), 1 Northern Mockingbird (near the path with all the Private Property/No Trespassing signs, in a small Barberry shrub), 1 Bald Eagle, 1 Belted Kingfisher and a few sparrows (Song, White-throated and Chipping - feeding with a large flock of juncos near the parking lot). > > All in all, an interesting day! > > Cheers, > Bob McDonald > Halifax > bobathome83@gmail.com (new email address) > > > > > > -- "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them." Albert Einstein "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." John Muir --Boundary_(ID_6vVdo2Y18rCAuSA6MSPC7w) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Hi there=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EI wonder if that was you I saw while walk= ing the dog=3F A greenish vehicle=3F=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EYes the pond sec= urity has changed=2E=A0 Probably to the amount of money that the town wa= s paid to run the fracking water through it!=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EAngela i= n Windsor=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 10/28/12=2C =3Cb cla= ss=3D=22name=22=3EBob McDonald =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bbobathome83=40gmail=2Eco= m=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D=22mid=3AE40769284D8C4= 37999AC8362464E773B=40desktop=22 class=3D=22iwcQuote=22 style=3D=22borde= r-left=3A 1px solid =2300F=3B padding-left=3A 13px=3B margin-left=3A 0=3B= =22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E=3Cdiv class=3D=22mimepart text html=22=3E =3Cspan=3E=3Cp=3E =3Cmeta content=3D=22text/html=3B charset=3Diso-8859-1=22 http-equiv=3D=22= Content-Type=22 /=3E =3Cmeta content=3D=22MSHTML 8=2E00=2E6001=2E19328=22 name=3D=22GENERATOR= =22 /=3E =3Cstyle=3E=3C/style=3E =3Ctable=3E=3Ctbody=3E=3Ctr=3E=3Ctd bgcolor=3D=22=23ffffff=22=3E=3Cp=3E =3C/p=3E=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3EGood evenin= g=2C=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3E=3C/font=3E=A0=3C/d= iv=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3EJust back on Nature= NS after a 6-week hiatus so hope = this report is not all old news!=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3E=3C/font=3E=A0=3C/d= iv=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3EWendy and I took a = run up to the Valley for = produce=2C etc but did manage to do some birding on the way and while th= ere=2E=A0 = First stop was the Windsor Sewage lagoons where things have changed sinc= e our = last visit=2E=A0 As far as I can tell it is now next to impossible to ac= cess = the second pond=2E=A0 Too bad=2E=A0 The only species of note there were = 7-8 = =3Cb=3EAmerican Wigeon=3C/b=3E and about half a dozen =3Cb=3EGW = Teal=3C/b=3E=2E=A0 No Eurasian Wigeon or Lesser Black-backed Gull was = seen=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3E=3C/font=3E=A0=3C/d= iv=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3ENext stop was the W= olfville Waterfront where after = much searching=2C and a bit of good luck=2C the =3Cb=3ENorthern = Mockingbird=3C/b=3E did show!=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3E=3C/font=3E=A0=3C/d= iv=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3ERecently=2C one spo= t we try not to miss is Miner=27s = Marsh - this really is a terrific spot and it did not disappoint today!=A0= = Amongst the countless Mallards were several small groups of =3Cb=3EGW = Teal=3C/b=3E=2C numbering about 20 in total=2E=A0 There was one female = =3Cb=3ENorthern Pintail=3C/b=3E in the larger pond=2E=A0 Today=2C the Ma= rsh was = literally crawling with =3Cb=3EWilson=27s Snipe=3C/b=3E - I lost count a= fter = seeing about 15 birds and I expect that there were at least 2-3 dozen!=A0= = Only other shorebirds were 2 =3Cb=3ELesser Yellowlegs=3C/b=3E=2E=3C/font= =3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3EThe Bird-of-the-Day= however was undoubtedly a = =3Cb=3EMarsh Wren=3C/b=3E=2C mainly heard (not singing but chucking to i= tself) = but seen briefly=2C as it worked its way along the edge of the cat-tails= beside = the trail through the middle of the marsh=2E=A0 I searched for other bir= ders = and did grab one unsuspecting gentleman with binoculars and told him abo= ut = it=2E=A0 He went off in search=2E=2E=2E=2E=A0 I obtained several picture= s of = cat-tails but in none of my images did I =26quot=3Bcapture=26quot=3B the= bird=2E=A0 Does anyone = know if Marsh Wren breeds here=3F=A0 It looks like perfect habitat=2C al= though = perhaps a bit busy during breeding season=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22A