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--Apple-Mail=_325526FE-2FB6-4DC5-A61A-AB2F79701EEB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: barred owl calling at Miner's Marsh, + killifish, = sticklebacks, leopard frogs, painted turtles, etc. > Date: April 26, 2016 at 1:20:53 AM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >=20 > APRIL 24, 2016 - MINER=92S MARSH: at least 3 leopard frogs calling = (long snores, then chuckles); male red-winged blackbirds were = =91everywhere=92 (10+ & singing), 2 pied-billed grebes seen; 3 muskrats = seen; several c. grackles seen, and one harassed a couple of crows. >=20 > APRIL 25, 2016 - MINER=92S MARSH on sunny but very cool afternoon = (strong nw. wind): along the north side trail, I met a group of walkers = who said they heard an owl calling =97 I expressed skepticism but then = described a barred owl call, and one of them said, =91that=92s it=92 =97 = a bit further on, where the gravel trail forks and heads away from the = marsh and upward to the north, sure enough, a single barred owl was = calling, repeatedly, =91who-cooks-for-you, who-cooks-for-you?=92, and = kept it up as long as I was within ear-shot (besides barred owl, the = only other possibility would have been a recording or Bernard Forsythe); = only one Canada goose seen; about 4 mallards seen, including a female; = 3 basking painted turtles; only one leopard frog calling; oodles of = probable banded killifish in big schools in the shallows along the = trail, plus several stickleback fishes, the latter probably territorial = male three-spined sticklebacks; no grebes seen, nor tree swallows. >=20 > GESNER=92S POND: at least 5 basking painted turtles; 4 Canada geese = all together; a single male green-winged teal and, not with the male, a = female teal (prob. green-winged).=20 >=20 > KIDSTON=92S POND: 1 male n. pintail; 1 male ring-necked duck; plus = black ducks and a few mallards. >=20 > LOWER CHURCH STREET: an adult bald eagle was on the rebuilt nest next = to the road (Lisa Eye has checked it regularly and sometimes saw both = adults there); nothing reportable at the red fox den-site found a week = ago (checked yesterday and again today). >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail=_325526FE-2FB6-4DC5-A61A-AB2F79701EEB 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>barred owl = calling at Miner's Marsh, + killifish, sticklebacks, leopard frogs, = painted turtles, etc.</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 26, 2016 at = 1:20:53 AM 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>><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 24, 2016 - = MINER=92S MARSH</b>: at least 3<b> leopard frogs calling</b> (long = snores, then chuckles); male <b>red-winged blackbirds</b> were = =91everywhere=92 (10+ & singing), 2<b> pied-billed grebes</b> = seen; 3 <b>muskrats </b>seen; several <b>c. grackles </b>seen, and = one <b>harassed a couple of crows</b>.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>APRIL 25, = 2016</b> - <b>MINER=92S MARSH</b> on sunny but very cool afternoon = (strong nw. wind): along the north side trail, I met a group of walkers = who said they heard <b>an owl calling</b> =97 I expressed skepticism but = then described a barred owl call, and one of them said, =91that=92s it=92 = =97 a bit further on, where the gravel trail forks and heads away from = the marsh and upward to the north, sure enough, a single <b>barred owl = was calling</b>, repeatedly, =91who-cooks-for-you, who-cooks-for-you?=92, = and kept it up as long as I was within ear-shot (besides barred owl, the = only other possibility would have been a recording or Bernard Forsythe); = only one <b>Canada goose</b> seen; about 4 <b>mallards</b> seen, = including a female; 3 basking<b> painted turtles</b>; only one = <b>leopard frog</b> calling; oodles of probable<b> banded</b> = <b>killifish</b> in big schools in the shallows along the trail, plus = several <b>stickleback fishes</b>, the latter probably territorial male = three-spined sticklebacks; no grebes seen, nor tree swallows.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><b>GESNER=92S POND</b>: at least 5 basking <b>painted turtles</b>; = 4 <b>Canada geese</b> all together; a single male <b>green-winged = teal</b> and, not with the male, a female teal (prob. = green-winged). </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>KIDSTON=92S POND</b>: 1 = male<b> n. pintail</b>; 1 male <b>ring-necked duck</b>; plus black ducks = and a few mallards.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>LOWER CHURCH STREET: an = adult bald eagle was on the rebuilt nest </b>next to the road (Lisa Eye = has checked it regularly and sometimes saw both adults there); nothing = reportable at the red fox den-site found a week ago (checked yesterday = and again today).</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=_325526FE-2FB6-4DC5-A61A-AB2F79701EEB--
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