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--Apple-Mail=_D146BC16-D9A0-4046-B095-47A6806677AF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] eagles nest, lots of geese, robins in dyke = borrow mud > Date: April 4, 2015 at 11:12:30 AM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Glenys Gibson <glenys.gibson@acadiau.ca> >=20 > THANKS, GEORGE, for this great newsy note! That eagle nest, which is = nearly over Church St. and about 1-2 km. east of hwy. 358, is well-known = now, and it may have produced a single fledgling last year (difficult to = observe once the tree gets leaves). Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: "George E. Forsyth" <g4syth@nspes.ca> >> Subject: eagles nest Church St >> Date: April 4, 2015 at 9:52:19 AM ADT >> To: jimwolford@eastlink.ca >>=20 >>=20 >> Hi Jim, >>=20 >> I read your email about checking eagles nests in Kings County. I also = saw an eagles' nest yesterday, and it appeared to have an adult sitting = on it. The nest is one that I didn't know about and I can't recall you = mentioning it on your monitoring of nests. >>=20 >> The nest is in a tall deciduous tree on Church St. between Hwy# 358 = and Collins Rd. (approximately: 45.112181, -64.421146 on Google map). I = was driving from the west and noticed the nest, pointed it out to my son = who said "Oh yeah, we saw them everyday last year when we were building = the duplex in Port Williams." The duplex is in the new subdivision on = Collins Rd. I'm hoping that this is a new nest to us all, but let me = know if it is one that has been recorded already. >>=20 >>=20 >> Regarding geese, I saw about two thousand altogether yesterday. At = about noon there here at least six hundred on the manure and mud piles = on the east side of Hwy 358 just south of Jawbone Corner. There were = mallards, blacks and a pair of pintail amongst them. Also at the Canning = aboiteau there were 1200 that were actively moving, small flocks flying = in from the Basin, and landing on the few patches of bare ground = available north of the former Clark Farm. On the tide side of the = aboiteau there was a drake wood duck, seemed like an unusual place for a = wood duck. >>=20 >> Along the Cornwallis River south of the sewer lagoons in Port = Williams I counted 145 robins foraging in the dyke borrow, this is = typical of new migrants when there is snow cover. At Picketts Wharf on = the Habitant River there were also lots of robins as well. >>=20 >> Spring has sprung!! >>=20 >> George >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_D146BC16-D9A0-4046-B095-47A6806677AF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><br><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'; 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] = eagles nest, lots of geese, robins in dyke borrow = mud</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';">April 4, 2015 at = 11:12:30 AM 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';">Glenys Gibson <<a = href=3D"mailto:glenys.gibson@acadiau.ca">glenys.gibson@acadiau.ca</a>><= br></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dus-ascii"><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;">THANKS, GEORGE, for this great newsy note! = That eagle nest, which is nearly over Church St. and about 1-2 km. = east of hwy. 358, is well-known now, and it may have produced a single = fledgling last year (difficult to observe once the tree gets leaves). = Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><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';">"George E. Forsyth" <<a = href=3D"mailto:g4syth@nspes.ca">g4syth@nspes.ca</a>><br></span></div><d= iv 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>eagles nest = Church St</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';">April 4, 2015 at 9:52:19 AM = 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;"><b>To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a><br></spa= n></div><br><div><br>Hi Jim,<br><br>I read your email about checking = eagles nests in Kings County. I also saw an eagles' nest yesterday, and = it appeared to have an adult sitting on it. The nest is one that I = didn't know about and I can't recall you mentioning it on your = monitoring of nests.<br><br>The nest is in a tall deciduous tree on = Church St. between Hwy# 358 and Collins Rd. (approximately: = 45.112181, -64.421146 on Google map). I was driving from the west = and noticed the nest, pointed it out to my son who said "Oh yeah, we saw = them everyday last year when we were building the duplex in Port = Williams." The duplex is in the new subdivision on Collins Rd. I'm = hoping that this is a new nest to us all, but let me know if it is one = that has been recorded already.<br><br><br>Regarding geese, I saw about = two thousand altogether yesterday. At about noon there here at least six = hundred on the manure and mud piles on the east side of Hwy 358 just = south of Jawbone Corner. There were mallards, blacks and a pair of = pintail amongst them. Also at the Canning aboiteau there were 1200 that = were actively moving, small flocks flying in from the Basin, and landing = on the few patches of bare ground available north of the former Clark = Farm. On the tide side of the aboiteau there was a drake wood duck, = seemed like an unusual place for a wood duck.<br><br>Along the = Cornwallis River south of the sewer lagoons in Port Williams I counted = 145 robins foraging in the dyke borrow, this is typical of new migrants = when there is snow cover. At Picketts Wharf on the Habitant River there = were also lots of robins as well.<br><br>Spring has = sprung!!<br><br>George<br><br><br><br></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=_D146BC16-D9A0-4046-B095-47A6806677AF--
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