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--Apple-Mail=_AE47323C-A4BD-4E4F-8431-4D4408C67B47 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: red fox nursing 5 pups, common teal (Eur. gwteal), other = waterfowl, Miner's Marsh > Date: April 18, 2016 at 6:13:34 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 18, 2016 - In late afternoon I blundered into a female red fox = who nursed her 5 pups, perhaps 1/3 grown or so already, right in front = of me in my car, along Lower Church St., ne. of Port Wms. At 4:30 p.m. = I first saw the adult female cross the road in front of me. I noted = that she wanted to go into the ditch, and her den must be in a culvert = along that ditch. Anyway, soon one or two pups came up to nurse right = on the edge of the road, and eventually there were 5 of them, all = nursing at once, over a few minutes. After the nursing was over, she = crossed the road and then continued off to the north to forage, leaving = the pups back in the den/culvert? >=20 > For the protection of this fox family, I don=92t want to give precise = directions, but private inquiries just to me might get more info=92? >=20 > Earlier in the afternoon I checked out =93Kidston=92s Pond=94, along = Upper Church Street, and again it had quite a few waterfowl and nice = diversity of species: 12 Canada geese, 5+ (possibly 6-7) female common = mergansers (family group from last year?), 1 male ring-necked duck, 25+ = Am. black ducks, about 10 mallards, 2 Am. wigeons (m,f pr), 3 male = green-winged teals and a single male =93common teal=94 (Eurasian species = or subspecies of green-winged teal)(white stripe on each side is = horizontal, not vertical). >=20 > MINER=92S MARSH in mid-afternoon: 1 leopard frog calling at east end = of marsh, no Canada geese, 2 pied-billed grebes seen, 3 male mallards = (females now on nests?), 1 white-breasted nuthatch posed on a swallow = nest-box (but no camera) then flew into woods, 1 unidentified woodpecker = hammering repeatedly, about 5 male red-winged blackbirds, 1 rock pigeon, = a crow carried a stick high into tall pine trees, a starling, a grackle. >=20 > In mid-afternoon, the Nova Drive bald eagle nest in New Minas still = has an apparently incubating eagle in it. >=20 > In late afternoon, no eagles seen at three bald eagle nests: Lower = Church St., Starr=92s Point, and just north of Noggins farm. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail=_AE47323C-A4BD-4E4F-8431-4D4408C67B47 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>red fox nursing 5 = pups, common teal (Eur. gwteal), other waterfowl, Miner's = Marsh</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 18, 2016 at = 6:13:34 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 18, 2016</b> - In late afternoon I = blundered into a female <b>red fox who nursed her 5 pups, perhaps 1/3 = grown</b> or so already, right in front of me in my car, along Lower = Church St., ne. of Port Wms. At 4:30 p.m. I first saw the = adult female cross the road in front of me. I noted that she = wanted to go into the ditch, and her den must be in a culvert along that = ditch. Anyway, soon one or two pups came up to nurse right on the = edge of the road, and eventually there were 5 of them, all nursing at = once, over a few minutes. After the nursing was over, she crossed = the road and then continued off to the north to forage, leaving the pups = back in the den/culvert?</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">For the protection of this fox family, I don=92t = want to give precise directions, but private inquiries just to me might = get more info=92?</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Earlier in the afternoon I = checked out <b>=93Kidston=92s Pond=94</b>, along Upper Church Street, = and again it had quite a few waterfowl and nice diversity of species: 12 = <b>Canada geese</b>, 5+ (possibly 6-7) female <b>common mergansers</b> = (family group from last year?), 1 male <b>ring-necked duck</b>, 25+ = <b>Am. black ducks</b>, about 10 <b>mallards</b>, 2 <b>Am. wigeons</b> = (m,f pr), 3 male<b> green-winged teals</b> and a single male <b>=93common = teal=94 (Eurasian species or subspecies</b> of green-winged teal)(white = stripe on each side is horizontal, not vertical).</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><b>MINER=92S MARSH</b> in mid-afternoon: 1 <b>leopard frog</b> = calling at east end of marsh, no Canada geese, 2 <b>pied-billed = grebes</b> seen, 3 male <b>mallards </b>(females now on nests?), 1 = <b>white-breasted nuthatch</b> posed on a swallow nest-box (but no = camera) then flew into woods, 1 unidentified <b>woodpecker hammering</b> = repeatedly, about 5 male <b>red-winged blackbirds,</b> 1 <b>rock = pigeon</b>, a <b>crow carried a stick</b> high into tall pine trees, a = starling, a grackle.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">In mid-afternoon, the = <b>Nova Drive bald eagle nest in New Minas</b> still has an apparently = incubating eagle in it.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">In late afternoon,<b> no = eagles seen at three bald eagle nests</b>: Lower Church St., Starr=92s = Point, and just north of Noggins farm.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_AE47323C-A4BD-4E4F-8431-4D4408C67B47--
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