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THANKS, DOUG! I knew that nest was active, and all records are useful. Jim On Apr 1, 2016, at 9:08 PM, Doug Linzey <doug.linzey@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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