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for sale. &nbsp; Temp This message is in MIME format. --=_xR25ol98kPngDrHOVe2gyQ1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes Content-Description: Plaintext Message Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Jim, I am sending our report: 29 adult 9 immmature = 38 eagles 5 red tail hawks 1 m/f pair hooded mergansers at Sheffield Mills DU wetland (Dean Hennigar's) George Forsyth Quoting "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>: > > >> 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> Nature mailing list >> Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca >> >> http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca > > --=_xR25ol98kPngDrHOVe2gyQ1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Description: HTML Message Content-Disposition: inline <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> </head> <body style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"> <p>Hi Jim,<br> <br> I am sending our report: 29 adult 9 immmature = 38 eagles<br> 5 red tail hawks<br> 1 m/f pair hooded mergansers at Sheffield Mills DU wetland (Dean Hennigar's)<br> <br> <br> George Forsyth<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Quoting "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>:</p> <blockquote style="border-left:2px solid blue;margin-left:2px;padding-left:12px;" type="cite"> <div> <div> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject:</b></font> <font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] Eagle Watch report</b></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="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. 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. </font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="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. Thus very few people turned out today for the Eagle Watch. </font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="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). 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="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>FEBRUARY 1, 2014 - Beautifully sunny and relatively warm day for the Eagle Watch Weekend II</b>. 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. Temperatures were -5 C. in early morning, but quickly rose up to +3 C., and the wind from the west was quite light today. </font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>But it was just too nice a day for the eagles</b>, 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.</font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">On my way back to Wolfville, south of Port Williams on the dykelands I saw a perched dark-phase <b>rough-legged hawk</b>; 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).</font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"> </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">_______________________________________________</div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">Nature mailing list</div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca</div> </blockquote> </div> <p> </p> </blockquote> <p><br> <br></p> </body> </html> --=_xR25ol98kPngDrHOVe2gyQ1--
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