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--Apple-Mail=_B47915A0-78AC-4726-B7EC-0282A49A797F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Results of 35TH CYRIL K. COLDWELL EAGLES/RAPTORS COUNT, Feb. = 7/16 > Date: February 8, 2016 at 4:33:49 PM AST > Cc: Doug Linzey <doug@fundymud.com> >=20 > FEBRUARY 7, 2016 (SUNDAY) =97 35TH CYRIL K. COLDWELL EAGLES/RAPTORS = COUNT OF EASTERN KING=92S COUNTY:=20 >=20 > Dumb luck was a good provider this morning regarding weather. Snow = flurries and even a blizzard changed abruptly by stopping at 10 a.m. or = a bit later, and the sky cleared and bright sun appeared to provide = excellent visibility. We had 18 field parties totalling 33 people, who = spread out for just one hour to designated areas within our Christmas = Count Circle area (Kentville to Avonport and Black River Lake to Scots=92 = Bay). We all identified and counted all birds of prey seen and also = kept track of other sightings of interest of all critters of general = interest. >=20 > First the BALD EAGLES: Last year=92s count at the same time of year we = found 555 to 575 (the hedging here was from 20 eagles that might have = gotten double-counted). Both totals are near record highs, but this = year=92s total of 380 is close to our long-term recent average. Adults = made up 60.5% of the total, vs. 39.5% for the immatures. >=20 > WHERE were the eagles? Quite a few different places:=20 >=20 > - 51 in the Avonport area; > - 41 west from Canning, including main feeding site (where eagles = showed little hunger); > - 40 south & east of Grand Pre Hist. Park; > - 38 east & north of Port Williams (between Cornwallis & Canard = Rivers);=20 > - 36 north and west of Grand Pre Hist. Park; > - 36 at White Rock, Gordon Young=92s chicken farm **, just south of = Gaspereau River; > - 24 in Cornwallis River Valley (Kentville to Wolfville);=20 > - 24 north and east of Grand Pre Hist. Park; > - 23 in Gaspereau River Valley (White Rock to Avonport). >=20 > ** Bernard Forsythe called Gordon the night before the count and = arranged for an offering of chicken carrion, which the eagles quickly = found this morning.=20 >=20 > OTHER BIRDS OF PREY: =20 >=20 > - 50 red-tailed hawks; > - 1 rough-legged hawk; > - 2 northern harriers;=20 > - 1 sharp-shinned hawk; > - 1 or 2 unidentified hawks were reported; > - 1 barred owl (as usual, seen at dusk by Bernard Forsythe at his = feeding tray behind his house along Wolfville Ridge). >=20 > - one other report is just hypothetical and unlikely?: Peter = Austin-Smith talked with someone who was walking on Wolfville = dykes/dykelands and claimed to have seen a snowy owl?? (no details nor = photo etc.). >=20 > OTHER WILDLIFE OF INTEREST: >=20 > - 250 Canada geese; > - 150 mallards & black ducks in Cornwallis River; > - 40 mallards & 20 black ducks in Gaspereau River; > - 1 common merganser at Lumsden Reservoir; > - 40 ravens noted by one observer, and 75++ crows (a murder) noted by = 2 groups; > - a few flocks of snow buntings (2 observer groups) & horned larks. >=20 > [Last year Jamie Gibson found numbers of coyotes at northeast Grand = Pre, but Jamie was absent this year and nobody reported coyotes.] >=20 > OBSERVERS:=20 >=20 > George Alliston, Peter Austin-Smith Jr., Charlane Bishop-Boates, = Sherman Boates, Soren Bondrup-Nielsen, John Brazner, James Churchill, = Lana Churchill, Peggy Crawford, George Forsyth, Harold Forsyth, Bernard = Forsythe, Glenys Gibson, Gerry Hardy, Pat Hawes, Tom Herman, Angus = MacLean, Debbie Mander, Mark Mander, Sheila McCurdy, Terry Murphy, Mike = O=92Brien, Ian Paterson, Meg Raven, Stan Riggs, Pia Skaarer-Nielsen, = Richard Stern, Rick Whitman, Hannah Williams, Kent Williams, Olivia = Williams, Sherman Williams, Jim Wolford. >=20 > THANKS AGAIN TO ALL PARTICIPANTS, AND, UNLESS I HEAR COMMENTS FROM = SOME OF YOU TO THE CONTRARY, WE ARE DONE FOR ANOTHER YEAR! --Apple-Mail=_B47915A0-78AC-4726-B7EC-0282A49A797F 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;"> = <b>From: </b>Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><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>Results of 35TH = CYRIL K. COLDWELL EAGLES/RAPTORS COUNT, Feb. = 7/16</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';">February 8, 2016 at = 4:33:49 PM AST</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';">Doug Linzey <<a = href=3D"mailto:doug@fundymud.com">doug@fundymud.com</a>><br></span></di= v><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>FEBRUARY 7, 2016 (SUNDAY) =97 35TH CYRIL K. = COLDWELL EAGLES/RAPTORS COUNT OF EASTERN KING=92S = COUNTY: </b></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">Dumb luck was a good provider this morning = regarding weather. Snow flurries and even a blizzard changed = abruptly by stopping at 10 a.m. or a bit later, and the sky cleared and = bright sun appeared to provide excellent visibility. We had 18 = field parties totalling 33 people, who spread out for just one hour to = designated areas within our Christmas Count Circle area (Kentville to = Avonport and Black River Lake to Scots=92 Bay). We all identified = and counted all birds of prey seen and also kept track of other = sightings of interest of all critters of general interest.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><b>First the BALD EAGLES: </b>