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--Apple-Mail=_64F035F5-72DD-4FF0-B273-8C20487D61C3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Jim W.'s MIGRATION COUNT REPORT, May 14/16, tour of ponds = etc. > Date: May 16, 2016 at 6:40:30 PM ADT > To: Larry Bogan <larry@bogan.ca> > Cc: Nancy Nickerson <nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca>, Jim Wolford = <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >=20 > MAY 14, 2016 - NOVA SCOTIA BIRD MIGRATION COUNT =97 My part of the = Count did not begin until 11 a.m., but then I birded steadily until 6 = p.m., by which time I had driven 70 km. and walked about 2 km. It was = rainy & drizzly for my first hour, but then the rain quit and there was = intermittent clearing through the afternoon. >=20 > SPECIES SEEN/COUNTED: >=20 > 1. Canada goose =97 57 (surprisingly, 45 were at the New Minas Sewage = Ponds). > 2. mallard =97 75. > 3. Am. black duck =97 63 (mostly in Kidston=92s Pond). > 4. wood duck =97 3, all males, New Minas Sewage Ponds. > 5. n. shoveler =97 at least 14, all at New Minas Sewage Ponds (6 m/f = prs + 2 extra males). > 6. green-winged teals =97 2 (m/f pr) at New Minas Sewage Ponds.=20 > 7. ring-necked duck =97 9, all males (4 in Kidston=92s Pond + 5 more = in New Minas Sewage Ponds). > 8 bald eagle =97 my first stop was the Eye Rd. nest, e. of Wolfville, = where I could just barely see the head of a small eaglet =97 also seen = during the day were 6 adult eagles + 1 immature (+ the eaglet) =97 I = was surprised at the Canard Rd. nest, which we thought was abandoned, by = the presence of 2 adults (the presumed male departed right away = and left the presumed female to feed on something red (a fish?) = on the nest. > 9. red-tailed hawk =97 1+1, both on nests, total of 2 adults. > 10. ring-necked pheasant =97 7, all calling males. > 11. great black-backed gull =97 only 1 seen, and surprisingly = absolutely NO GULLS anywhere in the vicinity of Canard Poultry or to = the north of there. > 12. killdeer =97 1 at Gesner=92s Pond. > 13. rock pigeon =97 7. > 14. mourning dove =97 4. > 15. chimney swift =97 17+ at Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville at = dusk. > 16. n. flicker =97 1. > 17. tree swallow =97 13. > 18. barn swallow =97 2. > 19. eastern kingbird =97 1 (Van Nostrand=92s Pond). > 20. Am. crow =97 19. > 21. n. raven =97 15 (incl. 3? fledged young in tree next to nest-tree = in Canning, and at least 2 fledglings at nest at Acadia Arena). > 22. Am. robin =97 3 (including 1 in peacock cage at Hennigar=92s Farm = Market). > 23. Eur. starling =97 49. > 24. n. cardinal =97 1. > 25. song sparrow =97 1. > 26. c. grackle =97 24. > 27. red-winged blackbird =97 31. > =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 >=20 > goldfish =97 lots in Hennigar=92s Farm Market Pond. >=20 > American toads in trilling choruses =97 strong chorus at Van = Nostrand=92s Pond at 4 p.m., same at Gesner=92s Pond at 5 p.m >=20 > painted turtles =97 at least 9 basking at Gesner=92s Pond in late = afternoon. >=20 > gigantic domestic pigs =97 2 along marsh channel at Van Nostrand=92s = Pond. > =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_64F035F5-72DD-4FF0-B273-8C20487D61C3 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>Jim W.'s = MIGRATION COUNT REPORT, May 14/16, tour of ponds = 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';">May 16, 2016 at = 6:40:30 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';">Larry Bogan <<a = href=3D"mailto:larry@bogan.ca">larry@bogan.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>Cc: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nancy Nickerson <<a = href=3D"mailto:nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca">nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>, = 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>MAY 14, 2016 - NOVA = SCOTIA BIRD MIGRATION COUNT </b>=97 My part of the Count did not = begin until 11 a.m., but then I birded steadily until 6 p.m., by which = time I had driven 70 km. and walked about 2 km. It was rainy & = drizzly for my first hour, but then the rain quit and there was = intermittent clearing through the afternoon.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>SPECIES = SEEN/COUNTED:</b></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">1. Canada goose =97 57 = (surprisingly, 45 were at the New Minas Sewage Ponds).</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">2. mallard =97 75.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">3. Am. black duck =97 63 (mostly in Kidston=92s Pond).</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">4. wood duck =97 3, all males, New Minas Sewage = Ponds.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">5. n. shoveler =97 at least 14, = all at New Minas Sewage Ponds (6 m/f prs + 2 extra males).</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">6. green-winged teals =97 2 (m/f pr) at New Minas = Sewage Ponds. </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">7. ring-necked duck = =97 9, all males (4 in Kidston=92s Pond + 5 more in New Minas Sewage = Ponds).</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">8 bald eagle =97 my first stop = was the Eye Rd. nest, e. of Wolfville, where I could just barely see the = head <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> = </span>of a small eaglet =97 also seen during the day were 6 adult = eagles + 1 immature (+ the eaglet) =97 I <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>was surprised at the Canard Rd. = nest, which we thought was abandoned, by the presence of 2 <span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>adults = (the presumed male departed right away and left the presumed female to = feed on <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> = </span>something red (a fish?) on the nest.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">9. red-tailed hawk =97 1+1, both on nests, total of 2 = adults.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">10. ring-necked pheasant =97 7, = all calling males.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">11. great = black-backed gull =97 only 1 seen, and surprisingly absolutely NO GULLS = anywhere in the <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> = </span>vicinity of Canard Poultry or to the north of there.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">12. killdeer =97 1 at Gesner=92s Pond.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">13. rock pigeon =97 7.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">14. mourning dove =97 4.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">15. = chimney swift =97 17+ at Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville at = dusk.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">16. n. flicker =97 1.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">17. tree swallow =97 13.</div><div style=3D"margin:= 0px;">18. barn swallow =97 2.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">19. = eastern kingbird =97 1 (Van Nostrand=92s Pond).</div><div style=3D"margin:= 0px;">20. Am. crow =97 19.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">21. n. = raven =97 15 (incl. 3? fledged young in tree next to nest-tree in = Canning, and at least 2 fledglings <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>at nest at Acadia = Arena).</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">22. Am. robin =97 3 (including = 1 in peacock cage at Hennigar=92s Farm Market).</div><div style=3D"margin:= 0px;">23. Eur. starling =97 49.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">24. n. = cardinal =97 1.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">25. song sparrow =97 = 1.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">26. c. grackle =97 24.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">27. red-winged blackbird =97 31.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97</div>= <div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">goldfish =97 lots in Hennigar=92s Farm Market = Pond.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">American toads in trilling choruses =97 strong = chorus at Van Nostrand=92s Pond at 4 p.m., same at <span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Gesner=92s = Pond at 5 p.m</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">painted turtles =97 at = least 9 basking at Gesner=92s Pond in late afternoon.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">gigantic domestic pigs =97 2 along marsh channel at Van Nostrand=92s= Pond.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97</div><div><br></div></= div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_64F035F5-72DD-4FF0-B273-8C20487D61C3--
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