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0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" --089e01161bd2203a02051516b883 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wow, that's early for an eaglet. Will be interesting to see how the nesting season goes this year time wise. I was thinking there may be some failed first clutches but we'll see! Thanks Helene Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Hilden Nova Scotia www.cwrc.net helene.birdvet@gmail.com 902-893-0253 On May 2, 2015 12:30 AM, "Jim Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > *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> > > *MAY 1, 2015* - In afternoon I drove to Halifax for the *Sable Island > Conference at King=E2=80=99s College* tonight and tomorrow. > > On my way I *checked on two bald eagle nest-sites in the Windsor area:* > > (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 intac= t > substantial nest, did not see any eagles, but *could not be sure* if the > nest was unoccupied =E2=80=94 maybe Pat Kelly can check this nest the nex= t time he > heads toward Hantsport from Falmouth?; > > (Parenthetically, along the south-facing edge of Hwy. 101 at Falmouth wer= e > oodles of beautifully blooming coltsfoot plants.) > > (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 = =E2=80=94* > this nest had an adult bald eagle on it and clearly tearing apart some > unseen food =E2=80=94 what was especially heartening was the sight of at = least one > TINY DOWNY EAGLET, whose head I could definitely see every few seconds = =E2=80=94 > this is the earliest date on which I have seen eaglets locally* (ironic > in the year of winter that didn=E2=80=99t end). > > 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?). > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville (actually Halifax tonight). > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists= .ca > > > --089e01161bd2203a02051516b883 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr">Wow,=C2=A0 that's early for an eaglet. Will be interesti= ng=C2=A0 to see how the nesting season=C2=A0 goes this year time wise. I wa= s thinking=C2=A0 there may be some failed first clutches=C2=A0 but we'l= l=C2=A0 see!<br> Thanks<br> Helene </p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Helene Van Doninck DVM<br> Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<br> Hilden Nova Scotia<br> www.cwrc.net<br> helene.birdvet@gmail.com<br= > 902-893-0253</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On May 2, 2015 12:30 AM, "Jim Wolford"= <jimwolford@eastlink.ca&g= t; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div sty= le=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style= =3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><spa= n 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" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@east= link.ca</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0= px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helve= tica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style=3D"font= -family:'Helvetica'"><b>[ValleyNature] eagle nests & tiny eagle= t, big marsh for frogs?</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;ma= rgin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-famil= y:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span styl= e=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'">May 2, 2015 at 12:25:34 AM ADT<br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;m= argin-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" target=3D= "_blank">nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</a>><br></span></div><br><div><di= v style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div style=3D"margin:0px"><b>MAY 1, 2015</= b> - In afternoon I drove to Halifax for the <b>Sable Island Conference at = King=E2=80=99s College</b> tonight and tomorrow. =C2=A0</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 intac= t substantial nest, did not see any eagles, but <b>could not be sure</b> if= the nest was unoccupied =E2=80=94 maybe Pat Kelly can check this nest the = next time he heads toward Hantsport from Falmouth?;</div><div style=3D"marg= in:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0px">(Parentheticall= y, along the south-facing edge of Hwy. 101 at Falmouth were oodles of beaut= ifully 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 towar= d 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 =E2=80=94<b> this nest had an a= dult bald eagle on it and clearly tearing apart some unseen food =E2=80=94 = what was especially heartening was the sight of at least one TINY DOWNY EAG= LET, whose head I could definitely see every few seconds =E2=80=94 this is = the earliest date on which I have seen eaglets locally</b> (ironic in the y= ear of winter that didn=E2=80=99t end). =C2=A0</div><div style=3D"margin:0p= x;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0px">Finally I can add th= at 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><d= iv style=3D"margin:0px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0px">Cheers from Jim= in Wolfville (actually Halifax tonight).</div><div><br></div></div>_______= ________________________________________<br>Nature mailing list<br><a href= =3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca" target=3D"_blank">Nature@blomidon= naturalists.ca</a><br><a href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/list= info/nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca" target=3D"_blank">http://blomidonnatura= lists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca</a><br></div></bloc= kquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div> --089e01161bd2203a02051516b883--
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