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--Apple-Mail=_013E71DA-F89C-4353-89A7-6B0C14B02901 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] edited, re cattle & c. egrets se. of Canning > Date: November 6, 2014 at 5:37:15 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 > I have edited my previous messages on the cattle & egrets, so = hopefully it makes more sense now? >=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 the road into = Canning, 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 orange-sprinkled 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, nor whose land this was. = Definitely a spotting scope is required to see the egrets as more than = white specks. 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 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_013E71DA-F89C-4353-89A7-6B0C14B02901 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] = edited, re cattle & c. 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 = 5:37:15 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;">I have edited my previous messages on the cattle = & egrets, so hopefully it makes more sense = now?<div><br></div><div><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 the road into Canning, 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 = orange-sprinkled 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, nor whose land this was. = Definitely a spotting scope is required to see the egrets as more than = white specks. All of the cattle were lying down when observed, and = the egrets were standing but not moving, and probably = sleeping.</div></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>Na= ture 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=_013E71DA-F89C-4353-89A7-6B0C14B02901--
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