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--Apple-Mail=_110545A2-A904-4D21-AD4A-797517CCFD62 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] eagle nests & tiny eaglet, big marsh for = frogs? > Date: May 2, 2015 at 12:25:34 AM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 > MAY 1, 2015 - In afternoon I drove to Halifax for the Sable Island = Conference at King=92s College tonight and tomorrow. =20 >=20 > On my way I checked on two bald eagle nest-sites in the Windsor area: >=20 > (a) just toward Wolfville from the Falmouth Connector overpass on Hwy. = 101, on the north side of the hwy. in a small woodlot, I scoped the = intact substantial nest, did not see any eagles, but could not be sure = if the nest was unoccupied =97 maybe Pat Kelly can check this nest the = next time he heads toward Hantsport from Falmouth?; >=20 > (Parenthetically, along the south-facing edge of Hwy. 101 at Falmouth = were oodles of beautifully blooming coltsfoot plants.) >=20 > (b) from Hwy. 14 toward Chester off Hwy. 101, turn right on Redden = Road (sign missing for jct. on Windsor side, OK from direction of = Chester), then look for big prominent nest that is close to a farmhouse = =97 this nest had an adult bald eagle on it and clearly tearing apart = some unseen food =97 what was especially heartening was the sight of at = least one TINY DOWNY EAGLET, whose head I could definitely see every few = seconds =97 this is the earliest date on which I have seen eaglets = locally (ironic in the year of winter that didn=92t end). =20 >=20 > Finally I can add that when I left Hwy. 101 and took the Hwy. 14 = off-ramp toward Chester (this is really St. Croix, I think?), on the = side of the road toward Windsor is a very large shallow-looking marsh = that should be full of frogs, and would be worthwhile checking out some = evening after dark for spring peepers, wood frogs, and maybe even = leopard frogs? (maybe Angela?). >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville (actually Halifax tonight). >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_110545A2-A904-4D21-AD4A-797517CCFD62 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>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] = eagle nests & tiny eaglet, big marsh for = frogs?</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';">May 2, 2015 at = 12:25:34 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><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>MAY 1, 2015</b> - In = afternoon I drove to Halifax for the <b>Sable Island Conference at = King=92s College</b> tonight and tomorrow. </div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">On my way I <b>checked on two bald eagle nest-sites in the Windsor = area:</b></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">(a) just toward Wolfville = from the <b>Falmouth Connector </b>overpass on Hwy. 101, on the north = side of the hwy. in a small woodlot, I scoped the intact substantial = nest, did not see any eagles, but <b>could not be sure</b> if the nest = was unoccupied =97 maybe Pat Kelly can check this nest the next time he = heads toward Hantsport from Falmouth?;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">(Parenthetically, along the south-facing edge of Hwy. 101 at = Falmouth were oodles of beautifully blooming coltsfoot = plants.)</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><b></b><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">(b) <b>from Hwy. 14 = toward Chester </b>off Hwy. 101, turn right on<b> Redden Road</b> (sign = missing for jct. on Windsor side, OK from direction of Chester), then = look for big prominent nest that is close to a farmhouse =97<b> this = nest had an adult bald eagle on it and clearly tearing apart some unseen = food =97 what was especially heartening was the sight of at least one = TINY DOWNY EAGLET, whose head I could definitely see every few seconds =97= this is the earliest date on which I have seen eaglets locally</b> = (ironic in the year of winter that didn=92t end). </div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">Finally I can add that when I left Hwy. 101 and took the Hwy. 14 = off-ramp toward Chester (this is really St. Croix, I think?), on the = side of the road toward Windsor is a very<b> large shallow-looking = marsh</b> that should be full of frogs, and <b>would be worthwhile = checking</b> out some evening after dark for spring peepers, wood frogs, = and maybe even leopard frogs? (maybe Angela?).</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"