[NatureNS] news on b. eagle nests, + snow buntings + redpolls,

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There was an adult Bald eagle sitting on/ in the nest by the Leung's house
at the W. end of N.Grand Pre Road this afternoon.

Richard

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote=
:

>
> *Subject: **[ValleyNature] news on b. eagle nests, + snow buntings +
> redpolls, King's Co.*
> *Date: *March 17, 2015 at 5:56:49 PM ADT
> *To: *Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
>
> *MARCH 12, 2015* - Today I checked some local *BALD EAGLE NESTS*:
> - Greenwich, n. of Noggins Farm =E2=80=94 an adult eagle was standing on/=
in the
> nest and apparently consuming a chicken carcass (from ?);
> - Eagle Landing subdivision, n. Kentville =E2=80=94 earlier Richard Stern=
 reported
> this nest is gone =E2=80=94 my visit found that the nest-tree is still th=
ere, but
> the branch that supported the nest is now gone;
> - Nova Drive nest, in w. New Minas =E2=80=94 no eagles in sight.
>
> *MARCH 13, 2015* - more *Bald Eagle Nests *checked:
> - east of Wolfville, sw. of Eye Rd. jct. with Hwy. 1 =E2=80=94 an adult (=
female?) *eagle
> was sitting deeply in the nest,* so that only her head was visible in my
> scope =E2=80=94 this position is probably *=E2=80=9Cpseudo- incubation=E2=
=80=9D*, as mentioned in
> Stokes=E2=80=99 field guide to bird behaviour (no way to tell when eggs b=
ecome
> present);
> - west Long Island, N. Grand Pre [Leung=E2=80=99s house] - no eagles visi=
ble at
> nest;
> - Lower Church Street - one adult eagle standing on/in nest;
> - Lower Canard Road - no eagles visible.
>
> *MARCH 15, 2015 *- In today=E2=80=99s blizzard and very cold winds, again=
 we had
> about 100 *snow buntings*.
>
> *MARCH 16, 2015* - Today at our apartment in east Wolfville I counted
> about 50 *common redpolls* on the ground together, where our Samaritan
> neighbour Sylvia Holmes dutifully puts out seeds etc. on the ground for
> them, no matter what the weather!
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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Dr.R.B.Stern,
P.O. Box 300,
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Richard Stern,
Port Williams, NS, Canada
sternrichard@gmail.com
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>There was an adult Bald eagle sitting on/ in the nest=
 by the Leung&#39;s house at the W. end of N.Grand Pre Road this afternoon.=
<br><br></div>Richard<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Jim Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr=
">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">jimwolfor=
d@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div styl=
e=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><sp=
an style=3D"font-family:&#39;Helvetica&#39;;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subje=
ct: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;Helvetica&#39;"><b>[ValleyNa=
ture] news on b. eagle nests, + snow buntings + redpolls, King&#39;s Co.</b=
><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bott=
om:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;Helvetica&#39;;colo=
r:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;Helv=
etica&#39;">March 17, 2015 at 5:56:49 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"=
margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span st=
yle=3D"font-family:&#39;Helvetica&#39;;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></=
span><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;Helvetica&#39;">Nature BNS &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca" target=3D"_blank">nature@blomidon=
naturalists.ca</a>&gt;<br></span></div><br><div><div style=3D"word-wrap:bre=
ak-word"><span class=3D""><div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>MARCH 12, 2015</b> -=
 Today I checked some local <b>BALD EAGLE NESTS</b>:</div><div style=3D"mar=
gin:0px"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">	</span>- Greenwich, n. of No=
ggins Farm =E2=80=94 an adult eagle was standing on/in the nest and <span s=
tyle=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">		</span>apparently consuming a chicken carca=
ss (from ?);</div><div style=3D"margin:0px"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-=
wrap">	</span>- Eagle Landing subdivision, n. Kentville =E2=80=94 earlier R=
ichard Stern reported this nest is <span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">		<=
/span>gone =E2=80=94 my visit found that the nest-tree is still there, but =
the branch that supported <span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">		</span>the=
 nest is now gone;</div><div style=3D"margin:0px"><span style=3D"white-spac=
e:pre-wrap">	</span>- Nova Drive nest, in w. New Minas =E2=80=94 no eagles =
in sight.</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div sty=
le=3D"margin:0px"><b>MARCH 13, 2015</b> - more <b>Bald Eagle Nests </b>chec=
ked:=C2=A0</div></span><div style=3D"margin:0px"><span style=3D"white-space=
:pre-wrap">	</span>- east of Wolfville, sw. of Eye Rd. jct. with Hwy. 1 =E2=
=80=94 an adult (female?) <b>eagle was sitting deeply in the <span style=3D=
"white-space:pre-wrap">			</span>nest,</b> so that only her head was visibl=
e in my scope =E2=80=94 this position is probably <b>=E2=80=9Cpseudo-<span =
style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">					</span>incubation=E2=80=9D</b>, as ment=
ioned in Stokes=E2=80=99 field guide to bird behaviour (no way to tell when=
 eggs <span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">				</span>become present);</div=
><span class=3D""><div style=3D"margin:0px"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-=
wrap">	</span>- west Long Island, N. Grand Pre [Leung=E2=80=99s house] - no=
 eagles visible at nest;</div><div style=3D"margin:0px">