[NatureNS] mockingbird port williams, wood duck, pintail,

Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:00:59 -0400
From: Alison <alison@bogan.ca>
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Hi again and thanks. we are getting quite a count for the week. Alison

On 16/12/2012 11:43 AM, g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca wrote:
> Hi Again,
>
> I have just returned from the Port Williams sewage lagoons. There is a 
> nice flock of ducks there right now. Among the 250+ birds I was able 
> to see a male female pair of Gadwall on the north pond with a smaller 
> flock of mallards. The south pond a dense flock of more than two 
> hundred birds loafing on the north bank out of the wind and in the 
> sun. Among this hoard were two mallard X black, a hen pintail and a 
> drake wood duck.
>
> If people are trying for birds on these ponds in the winter you need 
> to use the brick utility building as a blind as you walk up the grass 
> hill to the ponds, then sneek and peek around the corners. As hunting 
> season is just ending the birds spook easily. There are also lots of 
> dogs being walked in this area and they often flush the ducks.Quoting 
> g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca:
>
>> Hi Allison,
>>
>> The mockingbird that has been in my yard since October was sitting up
>> in the sun on a multi-flora rose bush this morning.
>>
>> My backyard is in the Wolfville Christmas Count circle, 
>> 45.09514,-64.4097.
>>
>>
>> George E Forsyth
>
>
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