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> Subject: 2013 Eagles/Raptors Count Results, Feb. 16/13
>
> FEB. 16, 2013 (SATURDAY) - 32nd Annual Cyril K. Coldwell Count of
> Eagles and Other Raptors of Eastern King's County -- preliminary
> report compiled by Jim Wolford. We had been "weathered out" on
> earlier attempts on Feb. 3 & Feb. 10.
>
> WEATHER etc.: VERY NICE DAY; temperatures from +2 to +5 C. (&
> higher later), mostly sunny, winds moderate and ominously from the
> east (tomorrow is a rain & snow storm), TIDE was well out (low).
> The low tide may have enticed some eagles onto the tidal flats,
> making many of those perhaps not seen at all by our surveyors in
> cars. Also many of the dykeland roads, but not all, were
> driveable. The sunny and warm day meant that some groups of
> counters found that many of the eagles and red-tailed hawks were
> soaring at various heights and drifting from area to area, but
> other groups found a lot of perching raptors.
>
> RESULTS:
>
> 293 BALD EAGLES (170 adults, 122 immatures, 1 of unknown age)(of
> 292 aged eagles, 58% were adults, 42% immatures);
>
> 56 RED-TAILED HAWKS
>
> 1 MERLIN
No other raptors reported (except Bernard Forsythe's back-yard
barred owl(s)?
>
> Other natural history reported: 1 large healthy-looking COYOTE nw.
> of Grand Pre Park, 2 freshly road-killed SKUNKS (nw. of Port
> Williams & near Canard Pond); 10 DEER west of White Rock; about 500
> +300 black ducks (with a few mallards); 1 flicker; 30 blue jays
> together in a flock at White Rock; a few horned larks; a few
> robins; 2 singing purple finches (and Bernard Forsythe had a
> singing male cardinal at his home).
>
> For the almost 300 bald eagles counted, Margaret and George
> Alliston found 100 of them east and north of Grand Pre Park; Harold
> Forsyth had 58 near the main feeding site at Sheffield Mills; there
> were 36 west and north of Port Williams, and 28 more east and south
> of Grand Pre Park.
>
> Regarding the eagles, it is now getting a bit late in their
> overwintering season, especially for the adults. We think these
> depart from our general area and gradually move toward their
> nesting territories during the month of February. Thus we prefer
> to do our once-a-year survey in late January or early February.
>
> For a tiny bit of perspective, last year we tallied 477 bald
> eagles, and the highest count ever was 580 in 2000, followed by
> fluctuating annual numbers usually between 400 and 300.
>
> Our annual survey consists of 16 designated areas for a total of 27
> observers, and we limit the counting to just one hour, from 10 to
> 11 a.m., in hopes of minimizing double-counting of individual
> birds. Then 6 of the 16 groups went to the old Coldwell kitchen at
> Gaspereau for reporting and coffee etc. (THANKS, ZELDA!), while the
> remaining groups reported by e-mail. Our observers consist of a
> hodge-podge of provincial government biologists, Blomidon
> Naturalists, and Acadia University biologists/students.
>
> OBSERVERS BY AREA (sorry, no digital map):
>
> A - Linda Lusby
> B - George Forsyth
> C - Tom Herman & Gerry Hardy
> Di - Margaret & George Alliston
> Dii - Peggy Crawford & Mike O'Brien
> E - Pia & Soren Bondrup-Nielsen
> Fi - Liz & Richard Stern
> Fii - Pat Hawes & Jim Wolford
> Gi - Glenys Gibson & Ian Paterson
> Gii - Lana & James Churchill
> Hi - Stella & Angus MacLean
> Hii - Harold Forsyth
> I - Sherman Williams & Terry Murphy
> J - Ruth & Reg Newell
> K - Bernard Forsythe
> L - Sherman Boates
>
> THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR!
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</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica"><b>2013 Eagles/Raptors Count Results, Feb. =
16/13</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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<div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">FEB. =
16, 2013 (SATURDAY) - <b>32nd Annual Cyril K. Coldwell Count of Eagles =
and Other Raptors of Eastern King's County </b>-- preliminary report =
compiled by Jim Wolford. We had been "weathered out" on earlier =
attempts on Feb. 3 & Feb. 10.</span></div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
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Helvetica"><b>WEATHER</b> etc.: <b>VERY NICE DAY; temperatures</b> from =
+2 to +5 C. (& higher later), mostly sunny, <b>winds </b>moderate =
and ominously from the east (tomorrow is a rain & snow storm), TIDE =
was well out (low). The<b> low tide may have</b> enticed some =
eagles onto the tidal flats, making many of those perhaps not seen at =
all by our surveyors in cars. Also many of the <b>dykeland =
roads</b>, but not all, were driveable. The <b>sunny and warm day =
meant that </b>some groups of counters found that many of the eagles and =
red-tailed hawks were soaring at various heights and drifting from area =
to area, but other groups found a lot of perching =
raptors.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
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12.0px Helvetica"><b>RESULTS</b>:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>293 BALD EAGLES</b> (170 =
adults, 122 immatures, 1 of unknown age)(of 292 aged eagles, 58% were =
adults, 42% immatures);</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
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12.0px Helvetica"><b>56 RED-TAILED HAWKS</b></font></div><div =
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MERLIN</b></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><b> =
No other raptors reported (except Bernard Forsythe's back-yard =
barred owl(s)?</b></span><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><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>Other =
natural history reported: </b>1 large healthy-looking <b>COYOTE </b>nw. =
of Grand Pre Park, 2 freshly road-killed <b>SKUNKS</b> (nw. of Port =
Williams & near Canard Pond); 10 <b>DEER</b> west of White Rock; =
about 500+300 <b>black ducks</b> (with a few mallards); 1<b> =
flicker</b>; <b>30 blue jays</b> together in a flock at White Rock; a =
few<b> horned larks</b>; a few <b>robins</b>; 2 singing<b> purple =
finches </b>(and Bernard Forsythe had a singing male<b> cardinal </b>at =
his home).</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>For the almost 300 bald eagles counted</b>, =
Margaret and George Alliston found 100 of them east and north of Grand =
Pre Park; Harold Forsyth had 58 near the main feeding site at Sheffield =
Mills; there were 36 west and north of Port Williams, and 28 more east =
and south of Grand Pre Park.</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>Regarding the eagles, it is now getting a bit late =
in their overwintering season</b>, especially for the adults. We =
think these depart from our general area and gradually move toward their =
nesting territories during the month of February. Thus we prefer =
to do our once-a-year survey in late January or early =
February.</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">For a tiny bit of perspective, last year we tallied =
477 bald eagles, and the highest count ever was 580 in 2000, followed by =
fluctuating annual numbers usually between 400 and =
300. </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">Our annual survey consists of <b>16 designated =
areas</b> for a total of <b>27 observers</b>, and we limit the counting =
to just one hour, from 10 to 11 a.m., in hopes of minimizing =
double-counting of individual birds. Then 6 of the 16 groups went =
to the old Coldwell kitchen at Gaspereau for reporting and coffee etc. =
(<b>THANKS, ZELDA!</b>), while the remaining groups reported by =
e-mail. Our <b>observers consist </b>of a hodge-podge of =
provincial government biologists, Blomidon Naturalists, and Acadia =
University biologists/students.</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>OBSERVERS BY AREA =
</b>(sorry, no digital map)<b>: </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; "><b></b><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">A - Linda =
Lusby</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">B - George =
Forsyth</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">C - Tom Herman & Gerry =
Hardy</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">Di - Margaret & George =
Alliston</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">Dii - Peggy Crawford & =
Mike O'Brien</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 - Pia & Soren =
Bondrup-Nielsen</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">Fi - Liz & Richard =
Stern</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">Fii - Pat Hawes & Jim =
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">Gi - Glenys Gibson & Ian =
Paterson</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">Gii - Lana & James =
Churchill</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">Hi - Stella & Angus =
MacLean</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">Hii - Harold =
Forsyth</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">I - Sherman Williams & =
Terry Murphy</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">J - Ruth & Reg =
Newell</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">K - Bernard =
Forsythe</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">L - Sherman =
Boates</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica"> </font><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></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>THANKS TO ALL</b> WHO PARTICIPATED THIS =
YEAR! </font></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>=
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