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--Apple-Mail=_870DA844-0D76-47FA-A82B-3225CB31168A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] re 3 Cattle Egrets se. of Canning > Date: November 6, 2014 at 3:53:52 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 > NOV. 6, 2014 - In early afternoon I drove around (in my new/used/2010 = silver Honda Civic) in the two areas mentioned yesterday, looking for = herds of cattle and cattle egrets. As it turned out, Joe Brady=92s = description of his sighting =93near the Canning Aboiteau=94 was very = good. I found a small group of 7 beef cattle along the river and a bit = upstream (west) of the aboiteau. Unfortunately the cows and 2 cattle = egrets (Rick & Bernard saw 3 there earlier today) were only viewed very = distantly at about 5-600 metres distance from the paved road east of = Canning. To get to my viewing area, drive 0.3 km. west, toward Canning, = from the junction of the Canning Aboiteau road and park on the shoulder = where the green sign is for the road to Blomidon Park. Then look south, = toward a large farm complex at the top of the rise along Saxon Street. = I believe those cattle and egrets were on the south side of the river, = and I did not try to find out how to get closer to them. Definitely a = spotting scope is required to see the egrets. All of the cattle were = lying down when observed, and the egrets were standing but not moving, = and probably sleeping. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Cattle Egrets near Canning >> Date: November 6, 2014 at 1:44:07 PM AST >> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>=20 >> Jake and I saw the farmer whose cattle is hosting the birds this = morning while we were looking for them, and he said they have been = there at least a week and maybe longer. We could only see 2, and they = seemed very active. >>=20 >> Richard Stern=20 >> Sternrichard@gmail.com >> Sent from my Android device >>=20 >> On Nov 6, 2014 10:47 AM, "Rick Whitman" = <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote: >> Bernard Forsythe & I went out this AM to find the Cattle Egrets = reported by Jim Wolford. There are three as reported, not all that hard = to find, but possibly very difficult to get close to them. In other = words, you may want a 'scope. The only place that we could see the birds = was on "Canning Aboiteau Road", just E of Canning, right where the = Habitant River passes under the dyke. There's a big, old boat parked = there and a circular drive which is impassable. You look way over to the = W, where the obvious carrots come down over the hill, and look for beef = cattle. The Egrets are right with the cattle, basically among them. We = saw all three but there may be ways for them to disappear due to land & = vegetation. BTW, these birds CAN be seen with the naked eye, as far as = finding them is concerned. Also BTW, don't be confused by all the other = carrots. There are shredded cull carrots over a huge acreage out there. = Go where I described & look from there. >>=20 >> Regards, >> Rick Whitman >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_870DA844-0D76-47FA-A82B-3225CB31168A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><br><div style=3D""><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] re = 3 Cattle Egrets se. of Canning</b><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">November 6, 2014 at 3:53:52 PM = AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>><br></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px; color: rgb(16, 97, = 200);"><span style=3D""><b>NOV. 6, 2014 </b></span>- In early afternoon = I drove around (in my new/used/2010 silver Honda Civic) in the two areas = mentioned yesterday, <span style=3D""><b>looking for herds of cattle and = cattle egrets</b></span>. As it turned out, Joe Brady=92s = description of his sighting =93near the Canning Aboiteau=94 was very = good. I found a small <span style=3D""><b>group of 7 beef cattle = along the river and a bit upstream (west) of the = aboiteau</b></span>. Unfortunately the cows and <span = style=3D""><b>2 cattle egrets (Rick & Bernard saw 3 there earlier = today)</b></span> were only viewed very distantly at about 5-600 = metres distance from the paved road east of Canning. To get to my = viewing area, drive 0.3 km. west, toward Canning, from the junction of = the Canning Aboiteau road and park on the shoulder where the green sign = is for the road to Blomidon Park. Then look south, toward a large = farm complex at the top of the rise along Saxon Street. I believe = those cattle and egrets were on the south side of the river, and I did = not try to find out how to get closer to them. Definitely a = spotting scope is required to see the egrets. All of the cattle = were lying down when observed, and the egrets were standing but not = moving, and probably sleeping.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; color: = rgb(16, 97, 200);"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; color: rgb(16, = 97, 200);">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Richard Stern <<a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Cattle Egrets near = Canning</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">November 6, 2014 at 1:44:07 PM = AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>To: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br= ></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><p dir=3D"ltr">Jake and I saw the farmer whose cattle = is hosting the birds this morning while we were looking for them, = and he said they have been there at least a week and maybe longer. We = could only see 2, and they seemed very active. </p><p dir=3D"ltr">Richard = Stern <br> Sternrichard@gmail.com<br> Sent from my Android device </p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Nov 6, 2014 10:47 AM, "Rick Whitman" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">dendroica.caerulescens@gm= ail.com</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote = class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc = solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Bernard Forsythe & I went = out this AM to find the Cattle Egrets reported by Jim Wolford. There are = three as reported, not all that hard to find, but possibly very = difficult to get close to them. In other words, you may want a 'scope. = The only place that we could see the birds was on "Canning Aboiteau = Road", just E of Canning, right where the Habitant River passes under = the dyke. There's a big, old boat parked there and a circular drive = which is impassable. You look way over to the W, where the obvious = carrots come down over the hill, and look for beef cattle. The Egrets = are right with the cattle, basically among them. We saw all three but = there may be ways for them to disappear due to land & vegetation. = BTW, these birds CAN be seen with the naked eye, as far as finding them = is concerned. Also BTW, don't be confused by all the other carrots. = There are shredded cull carrots over a huge acreage out there. Go where = I described & look from = there.<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Rick Whitman</div></div> </blockquote></div> = </div></blockquote></div><br></div>_______________________________________= ________<br>Nature mailing list<br><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a><br>http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnat= uralists.ca<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_870DA844-0D76-47FA-A82B-3225CB31168A--
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