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--Apple-Mail-23-564105559 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: big tide alert for today > > According to the Blomidon Naturalists Society 2014 Calendar, on > sale at various locations in the Wolfville-Greenwich-Port Williams > area for $15, TODAY has the New Moon coinciding with a close > perigee (short Earth-Moon distance), so that TOMORROW'S HIGH TIDE, > the biggest tide of the year (fide Rick Whitman), is at 1 p.m. at > Wolfville to Horton Bluff and measures 16.2 metres in amplitude > (high tide to low tide height). You do the math to figure our how > many yards or feet that equals. > > BNS Calendars are for sale in Wolfville at Herbin's Jewelry and Eos > health-food store and Blomidon Inn, at Greenwich at Noggins and > Hennigar's and other Farm Markets, in Port Williams at Shur Gain > Feed & Seeds, etc.? > > And don't forget the Sheffield Mills EAGLE WATCH WEEDEND II on > Saturday and Sunday. On Eagle Watch weekends there are usually 2 > or 3 feedings per day at the feeding site at the north end of > Middle Dyke Road (vs. one feeding a day during the week all winter > long, courtesy of the Swetnam poultry business). I recommend > occasional visits to the feeding site from 8 a.m. to 3 or even 4 p.m. > > Report your sightings to Jim at the Hall or on these Internet sites. > > A bunch of us biologists/naturalists will be making our first > attempt at a 2014 count of bald eagles, other raptors, etc., on > Sunday, Feb. 2, from 10 to 11 a.m. Last year we had 293 bald > eagles, but it took three attempts. Some of the results will be > posted at the Sheffield Mills Community Hall on Sunday, but it > usually takes a couple of days to get the results from all of the > 16 field parties. > > For the count we have assigned areas to cover, like a Christmas > Count, and we cover roughly the same large area for both counts, > from the base of the North Mountain south to Black River Lake, and > from Avonport west to Kentville. > > Besides the area from Sheffield Mills to Canning and Kingsport, for > the Eagle Watch check out the Gaspereau Valley, and east of > Wolfville to Grand Pre, North Grand Pre, Hortonville, and Avonport, > plus along the whole length of Middle Dyke Road from New Minas to > the north end. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-23-564105559 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; "><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>big tide alert for = today</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; ">According to the Blomidon Naturalists Society 2014 = Calendar, on sale at various locations in the Wolfville-Greenwich-Port = Williams area for $15, TODAY has the New Moon coinciding with a close = perigee (short Earth-Moon distance), so that TOMORROW'S HIGH TIDE, the = biggest tide of the year (fide Rick Whitman), is at 1 p.m. at Wolfville = to Horton Bluff and measures 16.2 metres in amplitude (high tide to low = tide height).<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>You do = the math to figure our how many yards or feet that equals.</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; ">BNS = Calendars are for sale in Wolfville at Herbin's Jewelry and Eos = health-food store and Blomidon Inn, at Greenwich at Noggins and = Hennigar's and other Farm Markets, in Port Williams at Shur Gain Feed = & Seeds, etc.?</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; ">And don't forget the Sheffield = Mills EAGLE WATCH WEEDEND II on Saturday and Sunday.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>On Eagle Watch weekends = there are usually 2 or 3 feedings per day at the feeding site at the = north end of Middle Dyke Road (vs. one feeding a day during the week all = winter long, courtesy of the Swetnam poultry business).<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I recommend occasional = visits to the feeding site from 8 a.m. to 3 or even 4 p.m.</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; ">Report = your sightings to Jim at the Hall or on these Internet sites.</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; ">A bunch = of us biologists/naturalists will be making our first attempt at a 2014 = count of bald eagles, other raptors, etc., on Sunday, Feb. 2, from 10 to = 11 a.m.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Last year we = had 293 bald eagles, but it took three attempts.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Some of the results will = be posted at the Sheffield Mills Community Hall on Sunday, but it = usually takes a couple of days to get the results from all of the 16 = field parties.</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; ">For the count we have assigned areas to cover, like = a Christmas Count, and we cover roughly the same large area for both = counts, from the base of the North Mountain south to Black River Lake, = and from Avonport west to Kentville.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; marg