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--Apple-Mail-17--265799964 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] 2 more eagle nests, p. turtles, muskrat -- > HAPPY SPRING! > > MARCH 29, 2013, Good Friday is well-named, since today makes two > gorgeous days ain a row -- both partly to mostly Sunny and bright > and up to 9 degrees C. > > I checked two more BALD EAGLE NESTS that I had not checked this > year until today: (a) northeast of Kentville, in Eagle Landing nw > subdivision, along Talon Drive off Aerie Drive (!), an adult eagle > was sitting in incubation position in the nest; and (b) in nw. New > Minas, just east of the north end of Nova Drive, off Crescent > Drive, again the nest had an adult eagle sitting in it with just > its head visible (just east of NOVA ? building). > > Then I walked the very popular trail at Miner's Marsh in Kentville > (full of people and dogs today). I saw at least 6 basking PAINTED > TURTLES, about 15 mallards (mostly in m,f pairs, but 3 bachelor > drakes were interacting aggressively? both on and mostly under the > water surface), 4 black ducks (2 m,f pairs), no diving ducks, > several crows, no eagles or hawks seen. I heard but did not see > one or more red-winged blackbirds or maybe grackles, and I looked > for both in the cattails. And I saw a swimming muskrat, which swam > toward me and approached very closely, then submerged and > apparently entered a bank-burrow right under my feet, although the > water level then was very high (a high, high tide today in early > afternoon) and there was no high ground there. Also I saw at least > two dome-shaped muskrat lodges in the marsh, and one of them had > been somewhat rebuilt since mid-winter. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-17--265799964 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><div><br></div><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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] 2 more eagle nests, = p. turtles,<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> = </span>muskrat -- HAPPY SPRING!</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 = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>MARCH = 29, 2013</b>, Good Friday is well-named, since today makes two gorgeous = days ain a row -- both partly to mostly Sunny and bright and up to 9 = degrees C.</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">I checked two more <b>BALD EAGLE NESTS </b>that I had = not checked this year until today: (a) northeast of <b>Kentville, in = Eagle Landing</b> nw subdivision, along Talon Drive off Aerie Drive (!), = an adult eagle was sitting in incubation position in the nest; and (b) = in <b>nw. New Minas</b>, just east of the north end of Nova Drive, off = Crescent Drive, again the nest had an adult eagle sitting in it with = just its head visible (just east of NOVA ? building).</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">Then I = walked the very popular trail at<b> Miner's Marsh in Kentville</b> (full = of people and dogs today). I saw at least <b>6 basking PAINTED = TURTLES</b>, about 15<b> mallards</b> (mostly in m,f pairs, but 3 = bachelor drakes were interacting aggressively? both on and mostly under = the water surface), 4<b> black ducks </b>(2 m,f pairs), no diving ducks, = several crows, no eagles or hawks seen. I heard but did not see = one or more red-winged blackbirds or maybe grackles, and I looked for = both in the cattails. And I saw a swimming <b>muskrat,</b> which = swam toward me and approached very closely, then submerged and = apparently entered a <b>bank-burrow</b> right under my feet, although = the water level then was very high (a high, high tide today in early = afternoon) and there was no high ground there. Also I saw at least = two dome-shaped <b>muskrat lodges</b> in the marsh, and one of them had = been somewhat rebuilt since mid-winter. </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><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-17--265799964--
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