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--Apple-Mail-15-423698559 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] Spring birds and flowers etc. > > APRIL 5, 2013 - Today's warmth (to 11 C. or higher) enabled good > numbers of honeybees to be attending lots of crocuses in gardens in > Wolfville. During yesterday's much colder temperatures and wind, I > found it difficult to find just a few honeybees slowly foraging. > > Along the northeast end of Wolfville's Oak Avenue, I found about 20 > open flower-heads of coltsfoot. I also found some pussy willows > with unopened "pussies" as yet, and Daphne bushes show no sign of > opening their flower-buds yet. > > And no red-winged blackbirds in the Oak Avenue cattails. But the > Thextons in east Wolfville had newly-arrived male red-wings at > their feeders several days ago. > ----------------------- > In late afternoon I drove to Starr's Point and to Canning. At > Starr's Point, the red-tailed hawk nest in the farm woodlot just > west of the southern end of McGee Road was unoccupied (in fact a > crow landed adjacent to the nest briefly before flying on). > Another red-tailed hawk nest along Hwy. 358 south of the Canard > River is similarly unoccupied so far. > > At Van Nostrand's Pond at Starr's Point, there were 6 male common > mergansers with 2 females; 1 pair of Canada geese; 1 pair of > mallards; 1+1 common grackles; 1 male red-winged blackbird; 2 > pheasants; a song sparrow; and speckled alder catkins were open and > swaying in the wind. > > In a large field of corn stubble, there were about 600 Canada geese > along Saxon Street south of Canning. At 5:35 p.m. they all flew a > kilometre north, very noisily, to land in the Habitant River > upstream from the Canning Aboiteau. > > In the Habitant River, from the Canning Aboiteau into Canning, > there were 100 black ducks, 2 m,f pairs of green-winged teals, 2 > m,f pairs of American wigeons, 8 common mergansers (a m,f pair; 4 > males with 1 female; and a single female), and 3 mallards (a m,f > pair + a single male). > > Saxon Street Pond: 2 green-winged teals, 1 mallard, 1 male c. > merganser. > > Canard Pond: 2 Canada geese, 3 male ring-necked ducks, 1 female n. > pintail, 1+1 black ducks, and lots of mostly herring gulls with > several great black-backed gulls. > > APRIL 6, 2013 - Our fox sparrow is still at our feeders > occasionally, with 2 song sparrows, 2+ white-throated sparrows, 3+ > juncos, 3 goldfinches, 2 blue jays, 2+ mourning doves, 4 bl.-c. > chickadees. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-15-423698559 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] Spring birds and = flowers etc.</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>APRIL 5, 2013</b> - = Today's <b>warmth (to 11 C.</b> or higher) enabled good numbers of = <b>honeybees</b> to be attending lots of <b>crocuses</b> in gardens in = Wolfville. During yesterday's much colder temperatures and wind, I = found it difficult to find just a few <b>honeybees </b>slowly = foraging.</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">Along the northeast end of Wolfville's Oak Avenue, I = found about 20 open flower-heads of <b>coltsfoot</b>. I also found = some<b> pussy willows</b> with unopened "pussies" as yet, and <i>Daphne = </i><b>bushes</b> show no sign of opening their flower-buds = yet.</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">And no<b> red-winged blackbirds</b> in the Oak Avenue = cattails. But the Thextons in east Wolfville had newly-arrived = male red-wings at their feeders several days ago.</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">-----------------------</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">In late afternoon I drove to Starr's Point and to = Canning. At Starr's Point, the<b> red-tailed hawk nest </b>in the = farm woodlot just west of the southern end of McGee Road was unoccupied = (in fact a crow landed adjacent to the nest briefly before flying = on). <b>Another red-tailed hawk nest </b>along Hwy. 358 south of = the Canard River is similarly unoccupied so far.</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 Van = Nostrand's Pond at Starr's Point, there were 6 male<b> common mergansers = </b>with 2 females; 1 pair of <b>Canada geese</b>; 1 pair of = <b>mallards</b>; 1+1 <b>common grackles</b>; 1 male<b> red-winged = blackbird</b>; 2 <b>pheasants</b>; a<b> song sparrow</b>; and = <b>speckled alder catkins were open </b>and swaying in the = wind.</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">In a large field of corn stubble, there were about<b> = 600 Canada geese</b> along Saxon Street south of Canning. At 5:35 = p.m. they all flew a kilometre north, very noisily, to land in the = Habitant River upstream from the Canning Aboiteau.</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">In the = Habitant River, from the Canning Aboiteau into Canning, there were 100 = <b>black ducks</b>, 2 m,f pairs of <b>green-winged teals</b>, 2 m,f = pairs of <b>American wigeons</b>, 8 <b>common mergansers</b> (a m,f = pair; 4 males with 1 female; and a single female), and 3 <b>mallards = </b>(a m,f pair + a single male).</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">Saxon Street Pond: 2 = <b>green-winged teals</b>, 1 <b>mallard</b>, 1 male <b>c. = merganser</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; "><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">Canard Pond: 2 <b>Canada geese,</b> 3 male<b> = ring-necked ducks,</b> 1 female <b>n. pintail</b>, 1+1<b> black = ducks</b>, and lots of mostly<b> herring gulls </b>with several <b>great = black-backed gulls</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; "><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 6, 2013 </b>- Our <b>fox sparrow</b> is still = at our feeders occasionally, with 2 song sparrows, 2+ white-throated = sparrows, 3+ juncos, 3 goldfinches, 2 blue jays, 2+ mourning doves, 4 = bl.-c. chickadees.</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-15-423698559--
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