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--Apple-Mail-1-268790735 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] gray squirrels, pond birds, garden flowers, > SPRING! > > APRIL 11, 2014 - VERY WARM, reached 20 C.! in afternoon. > > At Paul Elderkin's pond in Wolfville, 2 lovely adult great blue > herons, a m,f pair of common mergansers asleep, & 5 c. grackles. > > 3 more grackles in Port Williams. > > Canard Pond partially open now -- only 2 mallards seen there. > > Saxon St. Pond now completely open and full, but nearly empty of > waterfowl: 4 mallards (a m,f pair + a separate male + a separate > female), and a m,f pair of black ducks. > > Canning Aboiteau: about 200 Canada geese, and 4 pairs of black ducks. > > Van Nostrand's Pond not open yet. > ----------------------- > Jacquie Roche of Wolfville told me that about two weeks ago there > were 4 gray squirrels together at the bird feeder (east Main St., > Wolfville). Jacquie and Chris Toplack live a couple of blocks west > from Brenda Thexton, who sees a single gray squirrel about every > other day. > > Seeing 4 gray squirrels matches the same observation in Kentville > by Larry Eaton just a week ago or so. And Jon Percy at Granville > Ferry reports 3 gray squirrels (one black). I hope this doesn't > indicate a trend toward this unwelcome species becoming more common > and widespread here in The Valley. > ----------------------- > APRIL 12, 2014 - This morning our yard had a relatively unusual > visitor, a single American tree sparrow. > > Our walk in the neighbourhood produced a cacophony of bird songs, > and many residential gardens are loaded with resurrecting early > flowers popping up everywhere but mostly still unopened. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-1-268790735 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>[ValleyNature] gray squirrels, pond = birds, garden flowers, SPRING!</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"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>APRIL 11, = 2014</b> - VERY WARM, reached 20 C.! in afternoon.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; = min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">At Paul<b> = Elderkin's pond in Wolfville</b>, 2 lovely adult <b>great blue = herons</b>, a m,f pair of <b>common mergansers</b> asleep, & 5 <b>c. = grackles</b>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">3 more grackles = in Port Williams. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b>Canard Pond</b> partially open now -- only 2 = <b>mallards</b> seen there.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b>Saxon St. Pond </b>now completely open and full, but = nearly empty of waterfowl: 4 <b>mallards</b> (a m,f pair + a separate = male + a separate female), and a m,f pair of<b> black = ducks</b>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Canning = Aboiteau</b>: about 200 <b>Canada geese</b>, and 4 pairs of <b>black = ducks.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><b></b><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b>Van Nostrand's Pond</b> not open yet.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial">-----------------------</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial">Jacquie Roche of Wolfville told me that about two weeks = ago there were <b>4 gray squirrels</b> together at the bird feeder = (<b>east Main St., Wolfville</b>). Jacquie and Chris Toplack live = a couple of blocks west from Brenda Thexton, who sees a single gray = squirrel about every other day.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">Seeing 4 <b>gray squirrels</b> matches the = same observation in Kentville by Larry Eaton just a week ago or = so. And Jon Percy at Granville Ferry reports 3 gray squirrels (one = black). I hope this doesn't indicate a trend toward this unwelcome = species becoming more common and widespread here in The = Valley.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">-----------------------</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><b>APRIL 12, 2014</b> - This morning our yard had a = relatively unusual visitor, a single <b>American tree sparrow</b>. = </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">Our walk in the = neighbourhood produced a cacophony of bird songs, and many residential = <b>gardens</b> are loaded with resurrecting <b>early flowers popping up = everywhere</b> but mostly still unopened.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">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-1-268790735--
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