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> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: April 2, 2013 6:06:23 PM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] 2 bats, eagle & raven nests, road muskrat,  
> feeder birds, etc. -- long
>
> MARCH 30, 2013 - Sunny and relatively warm again.  A few days ago  
> someone told me that crocuses were in bloom in a nearby garden,  
> which we walked by today -- surely enough, we saw lots of crocuses  
> in two different gardens, and at least a few honeybees attending them.
>
> Jake MacDonald called to report his first two grackles of the  
> Spring had arrived, at his feeders on lower Maple Ave. in east  
> Wolfville.  Later in the day he called again about a grackle, a  
> brown-headed cowbird, and a cardinal all at one time at his feeders.
>
> Also flower-buds were very swollen on both silver maple and red  
> maple along the Wolfville streets, and they should be opening up soon.
>
> MARCH 31, 2013 - Sunny and warm AGAIN (4th day), up to 10+ degrees  
> C.  Pat & I did our Sunday walk in Miner's Marsh in Kentville: 2  
> Canada geese were acting like very big puddle ducks by "tipping up"  
> to feed well below the surface of the managed water-level (Ducks  
> Unlimited).  One male red-winged blackbird was singing from the  
> trees adjacent to the marsh.  And seeds of cattails were blowing in  
> the wind from the marsh.
>
> Also in a flock of gulls south of Port Williams on the dykeland  
> fields, we saw a flying white-winged gull, probably an immature  
> Iceland gull? (but maybe a glaucous gull?).
>
> Dianne Thorpe and Brenda & Bill Thexton saw two flying bats at  
> Scots' Bay today.  The bats were seen from the car and were far  
> enough apart that the observers were confident about there being  
> two different individuals.
>
> Also the bald eagle nest in Scots' Bay had both adult eagles  
> present -- one in the nest and the other perched close by.
>
> APRIL 1, 2013 - A strong cold wind from the northeast plus a light  
> rain made today miserable, despite occasional peaks of the Sun.  A  
> single robin, a new arrival?, on our lawn provided a nice contrast  
> to the unwelcoming weather.
>
> Brenda and Bill Thexton in east Wolfville had a single male brown- 
> headed cowbird at their feeder today.  Jake MacDonald, also in east  
> Wolfville, had a single cowbird on March 30/13.
>
> Yesterday a single pine siskin visited my feeder, with a single  
> goldfinch.
>
> APRIL 2, 2013 -  Sunny but very cold today, with a strong wind from  
> the west and only about +2 C. minus the wind-chill.
>
> The Chronicle Herald's front page had a big photo and article, "Our  
> fine feathered friend", about the CRESTED CARACARA which showed up  
> at West Lawrencetown on March 30 and attracted oodles of birders  
> from far and wide to see and photograph this distinctive southern  
> hawk, first seen and photographed by Frank Gummett.  The caracara  
> is still being seen today at West Lawrencetown, across the highway  
> from the tea house.
>
> At 12:45 p.m. in Greenwich, along Hwy. 1 just west of Avery's  
> Market, there was a traffic jam of very slow cars and trucks,  
> caused by a MUSKRAT waddling on the pavement.  All the drivers let  
> the muskrat decide where and how fast to go (quite slowly but safely).
>
> Again I checked four BALD EAGLE NESTS today:
>
> (a) New Minas, KenWo Golf Course, between 13th green and 14th  
> fairway, in white pine: no sign of eagle occupancy (same as last  
> year);
>
> (b) Greenwich, Noggins Farm Market nest: adult eagle on nest, and  
> another adult (mate?) flew by;
>
> (c) Blomidon nest (1.3 km. n. of Mill Creek traffic sign): adult  
> eagle sitting in incubation position in nest;
>
> (d) Lower Canard St. nest: FINALLY an adult eagle is on the nest in  
> incubation position (quite a late start this year, relative to  
> recent years of steady occupancy).
>
> I also checked on two RAVEN NESTS:
>
> (a) Canning, in planted pine just west of the Gibson/Borden House:  
> an adult raven was presumably incubating in the nest;
>
> (b) Just north of Acadia Arena, Wolfville: nest occupied by  
> presumably incubating raven.
>
> About 100+ Canada geese were foraging in open fields just east of  
> Canning (not far from Canning Aboiteau, where the Thextons saw 300+  
> yesterday).
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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
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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" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</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">April 2, 2013 6:06:23 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">Nature BNS &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a>&gt;</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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] 2 bats, eagle &amp; =
raven nests, road muskrat, feeder birds, etc. -- =
long</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 30, 2013 </b>- Sunny and relatively warm =
again.&nbsp; A few days ago someone told me that <b>crocuses </b>were in =
bloom in a nearby garden, which we walked by today -- surely enough, we =
saw lots of crocuses in two different gardens, and at least a few<b> =
honeybees</b> attending them.</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">Jake MacDonald called to report his first two<b> =
grackles</b> of the Spring had arrived, at his feeders on lower Maple =
Ave. in east Wolfville.&nbsp; Later in the day he called again about a =
grackle, a<b> brown-headed cowbird</b>, and a cardinal all at one time =
at his feeders.</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">Also<b> flower-buds </b>were very swollen on both =
<b>silver maple and red maple</b> along the Wolfville streets, and they =
should be opening up soon.</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>MARCH 31, 2013 - Sunny and warm AGAIN </b>(4th =
day), up to 10+ degrees C.&nbsp; Pat &amp; I did our Sunday walk in<b> =
Miner's Marsh</b> in Kentville:<b> 2 Canada geese</b> were acting like =
very big puddle ducks by "tipping up" to feed well below the surface of =
the managed water-level (Ducks Unlimited).&nbsp; One male<b> red-winged =
blackbird</b> was singing from the trees adjacent to the marsh.&nbsp; =
And <b>seeds of cattails</b> were blowing in the wind from the =
marsh.</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">Also in a flock of gulls south of Port Williams on the =
dykeland fields, we saw a flying <b>white-winged gull</b>, probably an =
immature Iceland gull? (but maybe a glaucous gull?).</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">Dianne =
Thorpe and Brenda &amp; Bill Thexton saw<b> two flying bats at Scots' =
Bay</b> today.&nbsp; The bats were seen from the car and were far enough =
apart that the observers were confident about there being two different =
individuals.</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">Also the<b> bald eagle nest in Scots' Bay </b>had both =
adult eagles present -- one in the nest and the other perched close =
by.</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>APRIL 1, 2013</b> - A strong cold wind from the =
northeast plus a light rain made today miserable, despite occasional =
peaks of the Sun.&nbsp; A single<b> robin</b>, a new arrival?, on our =
lawn provided a nice contrast to the unwelcoming =
weather.</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">Brenda and Bill Thexton in east Wolfville had a single =
male<b> brown-headed cowbird </b>at their feeder today.&nbsp; Jake =
MacDonald, also in east Wolfville, had a single <b>cowbird</b> on March =
30/13.</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">Yesterday a single <b>pine siskin</b> visited my =
feeder, with a single goldfinch.</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>APRIL 2, 2013 </b>-&nbsp; =
Sunny but very cold today, with a strong wind from the west and only =
about +2 C. minus the wind-chill. &nbsp;</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">The =
Chronicle Herald's front page had a big photo and article, "Our fine =
feathered friend", about the <b>CRESTED CARACARA</b> which showed up at =
West Lawrencetown on March 30 and attracted oodles of birders from far =
and wide to see and photograph this distinctive southern hawk, first =
seen and photographed by Frank Gummett. &nbsp;The caracara is still =
being seen today at West Lawrencetown, across the highway from the tea =
house.</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">At 12:45 p.m. in <b>Greenwich,</b> along Hwy. 1 just =
west of Avery's Market, there was a<b> traffic jam </b>of very slow cars =
and trucks, caused by a <b>MUSKRAT waddling on the pavement.</b>&nbsp; =
All the drivers let the muskrat decide where and how fast to go (quite =
slowly but safely).</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">Again I checked four <b>BALD EAGLE NESTS</b> =
today:</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">(a) New Minas,<b> KenWo Golf Course</b>, between 13th =
green and 14th fairway, in white pine: no sign of eagle occupancy (same =
as last year);</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) Greenwich, <b>Noggins Farm Market nest</b>: adult =
eagle on nest, and another adult (mate?) flew by;</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">(c) =
<b>Blomidon nest </b>(1.3 km. n. of Mill Creek traffic sign): adult =
eagle sitting in incubation position in nest;</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">(d)<b> =
Lower Canard St. nest</b>: FINALLY an adult eagle is on the nest in =
incubation position (quite a late start this year, relative to recent =
years of steady occupancy).</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 also checked on two <b>RAVEN =
NESTS</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)<b> Canning</b>, in planted pine just west of the =
Gibson/Borden House: an adult raven was presumably incubating in the =
nest;</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) Just north of <b>Acadia Arena, Wolfville</b>: nest =
occupied by presumably incubating raven.</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">About =
100+ <b>Canada geese</b> were foraging in open fields just east of =
Canning (not far from Canning Aboiteau, where the Thextons saw 300+ =
yesterday).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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