[NatureNS] King's Co. ponds, ducks, geese, cormorants, roads

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> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] King's Co. ponds, ducks, geese, cormorants, =
roads
> Date: April 28, 2015 at 6:10:24 PM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
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> APRIL 28, 2015 - Continuing nasty =93spring=94 weather =97 cold, =
windy, with frequent rain and wet snow.  I drove around through it and =
checked out several ponds.  Most local ponds are either totally open now =
or well into opening up.
>=20
> Port Williams sewage/sewer ponds:  15 ring-necked ducks consisted of 3 =
m/f prs + 12 =91extra=92 males; 3 greater scaups were a single male and =
a m/f pair, but the female was weird-looking, with a poorly defined =
light patch behind the beak and another poorly defined light patch on =
the cheek (sort of scoter-like)(this head pattern is shown in Sibley as =
a non-breeding female); no sign of the male long-tailed duck or oldsquaw =
that was reported earlier; also no puddle ducks, nor red-winged =
blackbirds, nor swallows.  Beware that the access road is passable but =
very tricky to avoid the deepest low spots.
>=20
> Stella=92s Pond (nw. New Minas, adjacent to Cornwallis River): 2 =
Canada geese (female prominently on a nest on west end of island) with =
her mate dutifully nearby in the water; also 2 double-crested cormorants =
(and 1 more seen flying somewhere else today).
>=20
> Canard Pond: totally open water, but the only waterfowl were a pair of =
Canada geese =97 one goose was on top of a large muskrat lodge (perhaps =
will be a nest-site?).  BEWARE that the access path still has a =
treacherous snow bank at its east end, where I got stuck today.  I was =
very lucky that 3 teenagers noticed my predicament and were very =
generous to extricate me!
>=20
> Saxon St. Pond: totally open, but no birds at all.
>=20
> Gesner=92s Pond (M. Dyke Rd., n. of Belcher St.): not yet completely =
open, and no birds seen there today.
>=20
> Kidston=92s Pond (upper Church St.): not quite open water yet, and no =
birds.
>=20
> Van Nostrand=92s Pond (the new part)(ne. of Pt. Wms., near Starr=92s =
Point): water open, but no birds seen (I saw the usual pair of Canada =
geese there a couple of days ago, and they usually nest there, perhaps =
on the cattail island) =97 also speckled alder was in flower there =
earlier.
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King's Co. ponds, ducks, geese, cormorants, =
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after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>APRIL 28, 2015</b> - =
Continuing nasty =93spring=94 weather =97 cold, windy, with frequent =
rain and wet snow.&nbsp; I drove around through it and checked out =
several ponds.&nbsp; Most local ponds are either totally open now or =
well into opening up.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>Port Williams =
sewage/sewer ponds</b>:&nbsp; 15 <b>ring-necked ducks</b> consisted of 3 =
m/f prs + 12 =91extra=92 males; 3 <b>greater scaups</b> were a single =
male and a m/f pair, but the female was weird-looking, with a poorly =
defined light patch behind the beak and another poorly defined light =
patch on the cheek (sort of scoter-like)(this head pattern is shown in =
Sibley as a non-breeding female); no sign of the male long-tailed duck =
or oldsquaw that was reported earlier; also no puddle ducks, nor =
red-winged blackbirds, nor swallows.&nbsp; <b>Beware</b> that the =
<b>access road</b> is passable but very tricky to avoid the deepest low =
spots.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>Stella=92s Pond</b> (nw. New Minas, adjacent =
to Cornwallis River): 2 <b>Canada geese</b> (female prominently <b>on a =
nest </b>on west end of island) with her mate dutifully nearby in the =
water; also 2 <b>double-crested cormorants</b> (and 1 more seen flying =
somewhere else today).</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>Canard Pond</b>: totally =
open water, but the only waterfowl were a pair of <b>Canada geese </b>=97 =
one goose was on top of a large muskrat lodge (perhaps will be a =
nest-site?).&nbsp; <b>BEWARE</b> that the <b>access path</b> still has a =
treacherous snow ban