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--Apple-Mail-9-856935238 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] Waterville feeder-birds + Acadia seminar on > rock-rose > > FEB. 27, 2014 - First I went to the Acadia Biology Seminar by > Rodger Evans on two types of flowers, open vs. closed (latter self- > fertilized), in the rock-rose or longbranch frostweed, Helianthemum > canadense, a native but rare and declining flowering plant of sand- > barrens in King's County (mainly the Forces base at Greenwood) and > Queen's County. It was excellent and sexy & genetic in terms of > reproductive strategies. > > Then after a few errands I drove to Waterville and the home of Ruby > & Al Lawrence at 978 Northview Drive (got directions at the post > office -- another reason to save rural post offices). Most of > their feeders (many) are in the back yard, and it is a bit tricky > to choose an area to stand where most of the feeders are in view, > including the one with mixed finch seeds on their back deck, a > favourite of the field sparrow that I hoped to see -- nostalgic for > me because my undergraduate university campus in central Indiana > had a lot of habitat and plenty of field sparrows, but none had > been seen by me after leaving there in the early 1960s. > > It was a beautiful day, -2 C., wind light, but I cursed the off-and- > on sunlight, which was always at the wrong angle, and I welcomed > the overcast times. > > I did see the field sparrow but only very briefly, twice, but Al > told me it sat for a long time in an apple tree where I didn't > notice it. > > Here is a list of my other sightings there: > > mallard - 50+ in fly-overs, north to south & vice versa; > pheasant - none seen, but one cock heard??; > > sharp-shinned hawk? - 1? probable seen and dove at a sparrow or > junco, then must have perched, because there was no bird activity > for at least ten minutes; > > mourning dove - 5; > downy woodpecker - 1 male; > robin - 50+ mostly in fly-overs toward east & west; > starling - 10; > junco - 5+; > white-throated sparrow - 3+; > FIELD SPARROW - 1; > song sparrow - zero(?); > goldfinch - 15; > squirrel - zero. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-9-856935238 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><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] Waterville = feeder-birds + Acadia seminar on rock-rose</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"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>FEB. = 27, 2014 </b>- First I went to the <b>Acadia Biology Seminar</b> by = Rodger Evans on two types of flowers, open vs. closed (latter = self-fertilized), in the<b> rock-rose</b> or longbranch frostweed, = <i>Helianthemum canadense</i>, a native but rare and declining flowering = plant of sand-barrens in King's County (mainly the Forces base at = Greenwood) and Queen's County. It was excellent and sexy & = genetic in terms of reproductive strategies. = </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">Then after a few errands I drove<b> to Waterville</b> = and the home of Ruby & Al Lawrence at 978 Northview Drive (got = directions at the post office -- another reason to save rural post = offices). Most of their feeders (many) are in the back yard, and = it is a bit tricky to choose an area to stand where most of the feeders = are in view, including the one with mixed finch seeds on their back = deck, a favourite of the<b> field sparrow</b> that I hoped to see -- = nostalgic for me because my undergraduate university campus in central = Indiana had a lot of habitat and plenty of field sparrows, but none had = been seen by me after leaving there in the early 1960s.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 19px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">It was a = beautiful day, -2 C., wind light, but I cursed the off-and-on sunlight, = which was always at the wrong angle, and I welcomed the overcast times. = </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">I did see the<b> field sparrow</b> but only very = briefly, twice, but Al told me it sat for a long time in an apple tree = where I didn't notice it.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">Here is a list of my other sightings = there:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">mallard - 50+ in fly-overs, north to south & vice = versa;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">pheasant - none seen, but = one cock heard??;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">sharp-shinned hawk? - 1? probable seen and dove at a = sparrow or junco, then must have perched, because there was no bird = activity for at least ten minutes;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">mourning dove - = 5;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">downy woodpecker - 1 = male;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">robin - 50+ mostly in = fly-overs toward east & west;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">starling = - 10;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">junco - 5+;</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">white-throated sparrow - 3+;</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica"><b>FIELD SPARROW - 1</b>;</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">song sparrow - zero(?);</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">goldfinch - 15;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">squirrel = - zero. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px 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"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px = Helvetica"><br></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-9-856935238--
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