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--Apple-Mail=_142A968C-BCEB-42CC-A691-96B3229076A6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > Subject: [ValleyNature] 3 more b. eagle nest-checks -- all occupied > Date: March 25, 2015 at 4:54:44 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca> >=20 > MARCH 25, 2015 - This morning at home in east Wolfville, Pat said = there was a =93cacophony=94 of songs and calls from our menagerie of = ground-feeding birds, again thanks to the daily handouts from our = neighbour Sylvia Holmes. >=20 > Another gorgeous sunny windless day to check three bald eagle nests = for occupancy: >=20 > - Lower Canard Road - an adult eagle was in the nest and very = difficult to see (sitting tightly in incubation position, and a second = adult (male?) was perched on the top of a nearby tree; >=20 > - Scots=92 Bay, Huntley Road - when I arrived I spotted an eagle, but = clearly not an adult, perched in the tree close to the nest =97 soon it = flew the short distance to the nest, landed, and proceeded to rearrange = existing twigs in the nest =97 but this eagle was definitely not an = adult =97 it had brown markings on the face in the =93osprey=94 pattern, = thus was perhaps 3.5 years old or older (the head was not yet mostly = white) =97 another eagle, a younger immature bird that was mostly brown, = was perched not far away in a tree-top; >=20 > - Blomidon, top of cliff above water =97 an adult eagle was sitting = tightly in the nest. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville =97 HAPPY SPRING!? >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_142A968C-BCEB-42CC-A691-96B3229076A6 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><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>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] 3 more b. eagle = nest-checks -- all occupied</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';">March 25, 2015 at = 4:54:44 PM ADT<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><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>Cc: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Mark Elderkin <<a = href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">elderkmf@gov.ns.ca</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;"><b>MARCH 25, 2015 </b>- This morning at home in = east Wolfville, Pat said there was a <b>=93cacophony=94 of songs and = calls from our menagerie of ground-feeding birds</b>, again thanks to = the daily handouts from our neighbour Sylvia Holmes.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">Another gorgeous sunny windless day to <b>check three bald eagle = nests for occupancy:</b></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- Lower Canard Road - an = adult eagle was in the nest and very difficult to see (sitting tightly = in incubation position, and a second adult (male?) was perched on the = top of a nearby tree;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- Scots=92 Bay, Huntley = Road - when I arrived I spotted an eagle, but clearly not an adult, = perched in the tree close to the nest =97 soon it flew the short = distance to the nest, landed, and proceeded to rearrange existing twigs = in the nest =97 but this eagle was definitely not an adult =97 it had = brown markings on the face in the =93osprey=94 pattern, thus was perhaps = 3.5 years old or older (the head was not yet mostly white) =97 another = eagle, a younger immature bird that was mostly brown, was perched not = far away in a tree-top;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- Blomidon, top of cliff = above water =97 an adult eagle was sitting tightly in the = nest.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville =97 HAPPY = SPRING!?</div><div><br></div></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=_142A968C-BCEB-42CC-A691-96B3229076A6--
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