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--Apple-Mail=_8BCCCF7C-059C-4FB6-AC5D-0F5A8B409680 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Blomidon & Scots' Bay eagle nests both active, + geese, = ducks, grackles > Date: April 1, 2016 at 5:47:57 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: "Jim Wolford ." <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Mark Elderkin = <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>, Pam Mills <millspl@gov.ns.ca>, Kimberley Huskins = <HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca> >=20 > APRIL 1, 2016 - very windy and balmy (18-20+ C. in Wolfville) and = drizzly, rainy day. >=20 > I checked the Greenwich Noggins Farm bald eagle nest, and it is still = unoccupied (no adult visible in or near the nest). >=20 > In Canning at the aboiteau and toward town, I saw about 70 Canada = geese and 12+ green-winged teals, plus a few mallards and black ducks. >=20 > Blomidon bald eagle nest (along cliff well south of prov. park): an = adult was in the nest in incubation position. >=20 > Scots=92 Bay bald eagle nest (Huntley Rd.): an adult was apparently = incubating in the nest on my arrival at 3:45 p.m., but, shortly after I = arrived, I saw that adult stand up in the nest, spread its wings, and = then take off on a short flight of less than a minute, after which it = landed back on the nest and settled down into apparent incubation. I = didn=92t watch the flight, so I can=92t be absolutely sure that the same = adult landed and re-settled on the nest =97 but it=92s possible that the = first eagle=92s mate is the one who flew to the nest and continued = incubating. >=20 > Along the road to Scots=92 Bay, just north of the Stewart Mountain = Road junction, I saw 2 Canada geese (perhaps a non-breeding pair of = yearlings?) and 2 mallards (m,f pr) at a small farm pond, and nearby = were 3 common grackles on the power line. >=20 > Saxon Street Pond: no waterfowl at all, just 2 bald eagles perched = together (1 ad., 1 imm.). >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 --Apple-Mail=_8BCCCF7C-059C-4FB6-AC5D-0F5A8B409680 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>Blomidon & = Scots' Bay eagle nests both active, + geese, ducks, = grackles</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';">April 1, 2016 at = 5:47:57 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';">"Jim Wolford ." = <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = Mark Elderkin <<a = href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">elderkmf@gov.ns.ca</a>>, Pam Mills = <millspl@gov.ns.ca>, = Kimberley Huskins <<a = href=3D"mailto:HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca">HUSKINKD@gov.ns.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>APRIL 1, 2016</b> - very windy and balmy = (18-20+ C. in Wolfville) and drizzly, rainy day.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">I checked the Greenwich <b>Noggins Farm bald eagle nest</b>, and = it is <b>still unoccupied</b> (no adult visible in or near the = nest).</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">In<b> Canning</b> at the aboiteau and toward = town, I saw about <b>70 Canada geese </b>and 12+ <b>green-winged = teals</b>, plus a few mallards and black ducks.</div><div style=3D"margin:= 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><b>Blomidon bald eagle nest </b>(along cliff well south of prov. = park): an <b>adult was in the nest</b> in incubation position.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><b>Scots=92 Bay bald eagle nest </b>(Huntley Rd.): an <b>adult was = apparently incubating in the nest </b>on my arrival at 3:45 p.m., but, = shortly after I arrived, I saw that adult stand up in the nest, spread = its wings, and then take off on a <b>short flight </b>of less than a = minute, <b>after which it landed back on the nest</b> and settled down = into apparent incubation. I didn=92t watch the flight, so I can=92t = be absolutely sure that the same adult landed and re-settled on the nest = =97 but it=92s possible that the first eagle=92s mate is the one who = flew to the nest and continued incubating.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br&