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Index of Subjects The Church St eagle nest had a sitting adult both times I went by this week (last time Thursday). Doug Linzey On 01-Apr-16 5:49 PM, Jim Wolford wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> *From: *Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca >> <mailto: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 >> <mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>> >> *Cc: *"Jim Wolford ." <jimwolford@eastlink.ca >> <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>>, Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca >> <mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>>, Pam Mills <millspl@gov.ns.ca >> <mailto:millspl@gov.ns.ca>>, Kimberley Huskins <HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca >> <mailto:HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca>> >> >> *APRIL 1, 2016* - very windy and balmy (18-20+ C. in Wolfville) and >> drizzly, rainy day. >> >> I checked the Greenwich *Noggins Farm bald eagle nest*, and it is >> *still unoccupied* (no adult visible in or near the nest). >> >> 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. >> >> *Blomidon bald eagle nest *(along cliff well south of prov. park): an >> *adult was in the nest* in incubation position. >> >> *Scots’ 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’t watch the flight, so I can’t be >> absolutely sure that the same adult landed and re-settled on the nest >> — but it’s possible that the first eagle’s mate is the one who flew >> to the nest and continued incubating. >> >> Along the road to Scots’ 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. >> >> *Saxon Street Pond: *no waterfowl at all, just*2 bald eagles* perched >> together (1 ad., 1 imm.). >> >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >> >
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