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> Subject: [ValleyNature] Eagle Watch report
>
> JAN. 25, 2014 - 22nd annual Sheffield Mills EAGLE WATCH WEEKEND I  
> -- Sunny breaks in morning but mostly overcast, visibility good,  
> temperatures started at -10 C. and increased gradually to +2, wind  
> light in early morning but became strong from the west after mid- 
> morning.   The usual traffic jam occurred at the Swetnam feeding/ 
> viewing site at the north end of Middle Dyke Road, but this year a  
> parking lot was created in the field just west of the site to get  
> some cars off the road, a definite improvement.
>
> JAN. 26, 2014 (Sunday) -- EAGLE WATCH 1 cont. -- Temperatures much  
> better today, BUT the WIND was fierce from the west, with lots of  
> blowing snow.  Thus very few people turned out today for the Eagle  
> Watch.
>
> Yesterday Malcolm Slake told me that up to 7 brown-headed cowbirds  
> have been visiting his feeder at Sheffield Mills, on the corner of  
> Hwy. 221 and Middle Dyke Road (he is just north of the small corner  
> vineyard).  Today at his feeder I saw a single cowbird male, plus  
> lots of other birds: mourning doves, blue jays, house sparrows,  
> juncos, white-throated sparrows, song sparrow.
>
> FEBRUARY 1, 2014 - Beautifully sunny and relatively warm day for  
> the Eagle Watch Weekend II.  Despite another power failure,  
> apparently related to the power failure a week ago at the same pole  
> and transformer?, after 9 a.m. the Sheffield Mills Community Hall  
> was filled with breakfast eaters for a few hours, and lots of  
> people also wandered through the Hall's upstairs displays and stuff  
> for sale.   Temperatures were -5 C. in early morning, but quickly  
> rose up to +3 C., and the wind from the west was quite light today.
>
> But it was just too nice a day for the eagles, which were in very  
> low numbers (less than 10 at the main feeding site when I checked  
> twice, and mostly just perched in the trees.  A few eagles were  
> seen flying in the afternoon, and I suspect that the sunny  
> conditions resulted in many eagles spending hours aloft and perhaps  
> at high altitude.  Maybe they will be extra hungry tomorrow during  
> our planned count of eagles and other raptors in eastern King's  
> County.
>
> On my way back to Wolfville, south of Port Williams on the  
> dykelands I saw a perched dark-phase rough-legged hawk; and, when I  
> stopped to view it, a light-phase rough-legged hawk flew past it  
> (the light-phase was also present last Sunday, Jan. 26).
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] Eagle Watch =
report</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica"><b>JAN. 25, 2014 - 22nd annual Sheffield Mills EAGLE =
WATCH WEEKEND I </b>-- Sunny breaks in morning but mostly overcast, =
visibility good, temperatures started at -10 C. and increased gradually =
to +2, wind light in early morning but became strong from the west after =
mid-morning. &nbsp; The usual traffic jam occurred at the Swetnam =
feeding/viewing site at the north end of Middle Dyke Road, but this year =
a parking lot was created in the field just west of the site to get some =
cars off the road, a definite improvement.&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"><b>JAN. =
26, 2014 (Sunday) -- EAGLE WATCH 1 cont. </b>-- Temperatures much better =
today, BUT the WIND was fierce from the west, with lots of blowing =
snow.&nbsp; Thus very few people turned out today for the Eagle Watch. =
&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 =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Yesterday<b> Malcolm Slake</b> told me that up to 7 =
<b>brown-headed cowbirds</b> have been visiting his feeder at =
<b>Sheffield Mills</b>, on the corner of Hwy. 221 and Middle Dyke Road =
(he is just north of the small corner vineyard).&nbsp; Today at his =
feeder I saw a single cowbird male, plus lots of other birds: mourning =
doves, blue jays, house sparrows, juncos, white-throated sparrows, song =
sparrow.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span =
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normal;"><br></span></b></span></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>FEBRUARY 1, 2014 - Beautifully sunny and relatively warm =
day for the Eagle Watch Weekend II</b>.&nbsp; Despite another power =
failure, apparently related to the power failure a week ago at the same =
pole and transformer?, after 9 a.m. the Sheffield Mills Community =
<b>Hall was filled with breakfast eaters</b> for a few hours, and lots =
of people also wandered through the Hall's upstairs displays and stuff =
for sale. &nbsp; Temp