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Index of Subjects Hi Andy, Did you get much of the white stuff in the valley? We are well decorated, every sprig and branch has been frosted. It is melting, not as fast as I would like but it is loosing the battle. Birds are sounding exultant! An awful lot of testosterone flying about out there! Squirrel isn't looking too chipper. Kind of soggy in places. They and Steve are battling over feeders. Steve is not winning. Our power stayed on but parts of Liverpool lost theirs. I heard on CBC there were outages all over the province. The fog horn on the head last night sounded like it was in our yard. Very strange. Usually we can hear it on an east wind but last night it was especially noticeable. Am painting up a storm. I signed up to take part in the jelly fish study as best I can so I need to fix up my paint box for to have it as light and flexible as I can make it. I will use my rest stops for a quick watercolour, she says hopefully. Ha! Hope all is well, spare room is there any time as you know. Stay well, spring is here, Marg -----Original Message----- From: andy dean Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 1:04 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] White Point, Queens Wow! Nicely expressed Marg...very positive...your words were encouraging ...especially since it once again looks like Christmas here this morning. Andy Andy Dean 86 Baden Powell Drive. Kentville. N.S. B4N 5P5 Tel 902-678-6243 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Millard" <mmillard@eastlink.ca> To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 5:11 PM Subject: [NatureNS] White Point, Queens > Spring is here no matter how much snow we get from now on. Grackle numbers > seem to be holding at roughly 25, there are three red-winged blackbirds, > one holding court in the swamp, the others travelling with the grackles. > There are starlings, 5 brown headed cowbirds, males, Chickadees, Sparrows, > song White Throats and a few I am uncertain as the the variety. The Juncos > are moving trough, there are goldfinches and a couple purple finches, > males and females. The female Robins started to arrive yesterday. There > are the Downy and Hairy woodpeckers. I can hear a Flicker from time to > time. There is a mockingbird behind the barn attending a feeder behind us > somewhere. So far I haven't seen a Heron but am being told they are coming > back. There is a Woodcock in behind the big barn at the golf course > corner. The wonderful news is the barn is being repaired. I expect there > will be places for the barn swallows should any return. > We have peepers and the wood frogs were sounding off this afternoon. I can > smell the perfume of the catkins from the alders wafting on the wind. > Rhubarb is up, Garlic is up and Haskaps are leafing out. Snowdrops are > forming pods now and the early croci are about spent. That heavy rain > flattened them. > I was checking for Mayflowers this afternoon in our yard; there are buds > but they are raising but are still tight. > > I think the rain has rotted out the tree peonies but they have surprised > me before, maybe they will come along. The climbing hydrangea is budding > quickly and I see daylilies, cranesbill and poppies are getting well > along. Cranesbill has buds! > best regards, Marg > > > Marg Millard > 19 White Point 2 Rd., White Point, Queens Co., > R.R. # 1 Hunts Point, > Nova Scotia , Canada > (902) 683-2393 MargMillard.ca > Facebook: White Point Artist, Marg Millard. >
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