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Hello Jim:
Was most disappointed not to make the Eagle Count on Sunday. I had some
balance probs and felt I should stay home.
Number of eagles sighted was pretty good. I wonder if the milder winter we
are enjoying has kept many of the eagles foraging elsewhere (more open
water etc.).
I looked through your list of people participating and noted it did not
include Liz Stern who was with Sheila McCurdy and Deb Mander. Maybe Liz
does not mind - Sheila was delighted that Liz could join them at the last
minute - but Liz deserves to be included in the list of observers.
All the best to you and Pat,
Cheers,
Judy
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Judy Tufts
Wolfville NS
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Jim Wolford
Sent: February-08-16 4:37 PM
To: naturens
Subject: [NatureNS] Results of 35TH CYRIL K. COLDWELL EAGLES/RAPTORS COUNT,
Feb. 7/16
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>
FEBRUARY 7, 2016 (SUNDAY) - 35TH CYRIL K. COLDWELL EAGLES/RAPTORS COUNT OF
EASTERN KING'S COUNTY:
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' 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.
First the BALD EAGLES: Last year's 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's 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.
WHERE were the eagles? Quite a few different places:
- 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);
- 36 north and west of Grand Pre Hist. Park;
- 36 at White Rock, Gordon Young's chicken farm **, just south of Gaspereau
River;
- 24 in Cornwallis River Valley (Kentville to Wolfville);
- 24 north and east of Grand Pre Hist. Park;
- 23 in Gaspereau River Valley (White Rock to Avonport).
** Bernard Forsythe called Gordon the night before the count and arranged
for an offering of chicken carrion, which the eagles quickly found this
morning.
OTHER BIRDS OF PREY:
- 50 red-tailed hawks;
- 1 rough-legged hawk;
- 2 northern harriers;
- 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).
- 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.).
OTHER WILDLIFE OF INTEREST:
- 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.
[Last year Jamie Gibson found numbers of coyotes at northeast Grand Pre, but
Jamie was absent this year and nobody reported coyotes.]
OBSERVERS:
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'Brien, Ian
Paterson, Meg Raven, Stan Riggs, Pia Skaarer-Nielsen, Richard Stern, Rick
Whitman, Hannah Williams, Kent Williams, Olivia Williams, Sherman Williams,
Jim Wolford.
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL PARTICIPANTS, AND, UNLESS I HEAR COMMENTS FROM SOME OF
YOU TO THE CONTRARY, WE ARE DONE FOR ANOTHER YEAR!
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