[NatureNS] various nature in Wolfville + Canning + Blomidon

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> Subject: [ValleyNature] various nature in Wolfville + Canning +  
> Blomidon
>
> APRIL 18, 2014 - Again our chipmunk is filling its cheek pouches  
> with stuff under the bird feeders (cracked corn?, white millet?,  
> sunflower seeds?), and white-throated and song sparrows are singing  
> in the bright but cool sunshine.  And briefly a red squirrel  
> visited the area of the feeders, after a week or so with no squirrels.
>
> Brenda Thexton reports that she and Dianne & Gordon Thorpe drove up  
> to Blomidon, where the bald eagle nest on the top of the cliff  
> above the Minas Basin still shows a white eagle head in the nest.   
> (Also I hear that Jerry Lockett has met the owners of the land  
> there and has permission to watch and photograph the eagles at the  
> nest -- he has seen the nest-relief ceremony there several times.)
>
> Brenda also reports that there are still "hundreds and hundreds" of  
> Canada geese at and near the Canning Aboiteau (Habitant River and  
> adjacent fields).
> --------------------------
> Cheryl Phillips reports from Mount Denson, Hants County, that the  
> eastern towhee is still there (overwintered), and today she saw a  
> warbler -- I'm still waiting for her to look up a few kinds and let  
> me know whether or not it was a yellow-rumped warbler.
> ---------------------------
> In the afternoon I walked from Wolfville east to the edge of  
> Wolfville.  All along I checked the garden flowers, now including  
> scillas or look-alikes, hyacinths, and daffodils.  I saw some honey  
> bees, but not a lot of them (today was sunny but pretty cool), and  
> I saw a single brownish bee fly, unidentified and unphotographed.
>
> Along Oak Avenue I looked ror "Jean Timpa's" Daphne shrubs but  
> could not even find them, much less look for any signs of flowering.
>
> During my walk I "discovered" two items that apparently have been  
> there for years without my notice -- I must walk more in  
> Wolfville!  First, I noticed a tall spruce tree with a very large  
> witch's broom gall about halfway up the trunk, below the living  
> parts of the tree; since it's a spruce and not a fir, the gall is  
> almost certainly the result of infection with dwarf mistletoe, a  
> parasitic flowering plant (native).
>
> My second discovery was a very striking stump sculpture of a  
> pileated woodpecker on a tree-trunk, in the back yard of a house.   
> Now I must ask for permission to photograph it.
> ------------------------
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] various nature in =
Wolfville + Canning + Blomidon</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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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 18, 2014 =
</b>- Again our<b> chipmunk</b> is filling its cheek pouches with stuff =
under the bird feeders (cracked corn?, white millet?, sunflower seeds?), =
and <b>white-throated and song sparrows</b> are singing in the bright =
but cool sunshine.&nbsp; And briefly a<b> red squirrel </b>visited the =
area of the feeders, after a week or so with no =
squirrels.</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">Brenda Thexton =
reports that she and Dianne &amp; Gordon Thorpe drove up to =
<b>Blomidon</b>, where the <b>bald eagle nest</b> on the top of the =
cliff above the Minas Basin still shows a white eagle head in the =
nest.&nbsp; (Also I hear that Jerry Lockett has met the owners of the =
land there and has permission to watch and photograph the eagles at the =
nest -- he has seen the nest-relief ceremony there several times.) =
&nbsp;</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">Brenda also =
reports that there are still<b> "hundreds and hundreds" of Canada =
geese</b> at and near the Canning Aboiteau (Habitant River and adjacent =
fields).</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">Cheryl Phillips reports from Mount Denson, Hants County, =
that the <b>eastern towhee</b> is still there (overwintered), and today =
she saw a <b>warbler</b> -- I'm still waiting for her to look up a few =
kinds and let me know whether or not it was a yellow-rumped =
warbler.</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">In the afternoon =
I walked from Wolfville east to the edge of Wolfville.&nbsp; All along I =
checked the <b>garden flowers</b>, now including scillas or look-alikes, =
hyacinths, and daffodils.&nbsp; I saw some<b> honey bees</b>, but not a =
lot of them (today was sunny but pretty cool), and I saw a single =
brownish <b>bee fly</b>, unidentified and =
unphotographed.</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">Along Oak Avenue =
I looked ror "Jean Timpa's"<b> Daphne shrubs</b> but could not even find =
them, much less look for any signs of flowering.</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">During my walk I =
"discovered" two items that apparently have been there for years without =
my notice -- I must walk more in Wolfville!&nbsp; First, I noticed a<b> =
tall spruce tree with a very large witch's broom gall</b> about halfway =
up the trunk, below the living parts of the tree; since it's a spruce =
and not a fir, the gall is almost certainly the result of infection with =
<b>dwarf mistletoe</b>, a parasitic flowering plant =
(native).</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">My second =
discovery was a very striking <b>stump sculpture of a pileated =
woodpecker on a tree-trunk</b>, in the back yard of a house.&nbsp; Now I =
must ask for permission to photograph it.</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">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; =
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