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--Apple-Mail=_23A3D6F8-120D-4065-9ECB-E93E8FD892BB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: bald eagle nest-checks, King's County (+ Can. geese) > Date: March 14, 2016 at 4:56:47 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>, "Jim Wolford ." = <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >=20 > MARCH 12, 2016 - I checked on two bald eagle nests this afternoon. = First, the Eye Road nest just east of Wolfville had an adult eagle, = presumably the female, sitting in the nest in incubation position =97 = however, this could well just be =93pseudo-incubation=94, which is = reported to occur in this species before they actually lay eggs. >=20 > The second nest was just north of Noggins Farm Market (Greenwich), and = I could not detect any occupancy at that time; however, the view from = Hwy. 1 is poorer and at a worse angle than for the Eye Road nest. >=20 > MARCH 13, 2016 - Two more bald eagle nests checked by Pat & myself. = The nest just south of lower Canard Road (Hwy. 341), east of Jawbone = Corner, had an adult eagle in the nest, but the nest on lower Church = St., north of Port Williams, showed no eagles at all. But timing is = everything in these early checks, and I will continue occasional = monitoring as the seasons progress. >=20 > Bob & Brenda Thexton checked the Long Island Leungs=92 nest at = northwest Grand Pre, and found an adult eagle on the nest. (They also = saw the 400 Canada geese at Canning =97 these were reported yesterday = there by someone else.)=20 >=20 > MARCH 14, 2016 - I drove around and checked several former nesting = sites for bald eagles.=20 >=20 > - at Leungs=92 nest at northwest Grand Pre (west Long Island), an = adult eagle was on the nest rim but not in the nest; >=20 > - at nest se. of jct. of Eye Rd. & Hwy. 1, east of Wolfville, again an = adult was in the nest in incubation or pseudo-incubation posture;=20 >=20 > - no visible eagles at the nest north of Noggins Farm Market; >=20 > - in New Minas, Nova Dr., off Crescent Rd., an adult eagle was in the = nest but quite difficult to see; >=20 > - I drove to KenWo Golf Course, and, just for an excuse for a sunny = walk, checked the old nest-site in the tall pine between the 13th tee = and 14th fairway =97 this nest is still present but has not been used = for several years =97 it is difficult to see, best viewed from just = south of the 13th tee =97 nest is still there but no sign of occupancy = today (however, an eagle could sit in the cup and not be seen from the = ground) =97 anyway, no golfers there today to worry about! >=20 > On my walk at KenWo, I met John Gurka, who lives nearby, and his dog. = John tells me that Bill Hettema knows of another local eagle nest =97 I = will have to call Bill for info=92 on that. >=20 > - a couple more nests to be checked soon are at Blomidon and at Scots=92= Bay. =20 >=20 > Also there are more eagle nests near Lumsden Dam, near Black River, = and on Black River Lake. Also I know of two others in the Falmouth and = Chester Road areas (latter is off Redden Road). >=20 > Cheers from Jim, in Wolfville. >=20 --Apple-Mail=_23A3D6F8-120D-4065-9ECB-E93E8FD892BB 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 style=3D""><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><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>bald eagle = nest-checks, King's County (+ Can. geese)</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';">March 14, 2016 at 4:56:47 PM = 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><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';">Mark Elderkin <<a = href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">elderkmf@gov.ns.ca</a>>, "Jim = Wolford ." <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</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>MARCH 12, 2016</b> - = I checked on two<b> bald eagle nests</b> this afternoon. First, = the <b>Eye Road nest</b> just east of Wolfville had an adult eagle, = presumably the female, sitting in the nest in incubation position =97 = however, this could well just be =93pseudo-incubation=94, which is = reported to occur in this species before they actually lay = eggs.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">The second nest was just north of <b>Noggins Farm = Market</b> (Greenwich), and I could not detect any occupancy at that = time; however, the view from Hwy. 1 is poorer and at a worse angle than = for the Eye Road nest.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"