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--Apple-Mail=_5B40EC3C-39A9-4625-B16E-622A97B29C55 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Miner's Marsh May 24/16 -- nature notes: grebe nest, wild = calla & hawthorn in bloom, etc. > Date: May 24, 2016 at 8:27:46 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >=20 > MAY 24, 2016 - MINER=92S MARSH in mid-afternoon:=20 >=20 > =97 plants in bloom included wild calla, hawthorn (2 varieties), tall? = buttercups, etc. =97 still cuckoo-flowers, willow spp., common = dandelions, >=20 > =97 pied-billed grebes: several calls were heard during my hour=92s = walk; I saw only 2, but one of those was on a conspicuous nest platform, = a bit back toward the bridge from the trail that bisects the marsh. >=20 > =97 Canada geese: at one point along the trail I suddenly found 4 = adults with 2 broods of 6 + 4 goslings; the 4 babies were younger than = the 6, which are probably 3-4 weeks old now??=20 >=20 > =97 mallards: about 10-12 seen; 5 were males in a group, but there = were several male-female pairs.=20 >=20 > =97 other birds included several tree swallows, a flicker, oodles of = red-winged blackbirds with lots of singing constantly, grackles, = starlings, crows, a pheasant crowed somewhere along the RR tracks?, and = a couple of loud bird songs from the trees, one of both possibly = Baltimore orioles?? >=20 > =97 a green frog called just once, =91glunk=92. >=20 > =97 as usual, several painted turtles were out basking in the = non-existent Sun. >=20 > =97 several bumble bees (black & yellow coloured) were working the = marsh edges, but I couldn=92t see what they were foraging on? =97 = dandelions were ignored, as were oodles of flowering grasses?. >=20 > =97 I saw a few unidentified whites and sulfurs (butterflies). >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail=_5B40EC3C-39A9-4625-B16E-622A97B29C55 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>Miner's Marsh May = 24/16 -- nature notes: grebe nest, wild calla & hawthorn in bloom, = 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 24, 2016 at = 8:27:46 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>><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 24, 2016 </b>- = <b>MINER=92S MARSH in mid-afternoon:</b> </div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97<b> = plants in bloom</b> included <b>wild calla</b>, <b>hawthorn</b> (2 = varieties), <b>tall? buttercups</b>, etc. =97 still cuckoo-flowers, = willow spp., common dandelions,</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97 = <b>pied-billed grebes</b>: several calls were heard during my hour=92s = walk; I saw only 2, but one of those was on a conspicuous <b>nest</b> = platform, a bit back toward the bridge from the trail that bisects the = marsh.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97 <b>Canada geese</b>: at one point along the = trail I suddenly found 4 adults with 2 broods of 6 + 4 goslings; the 4 = babies were younger than the 6, which are probably 3-4 weeks old = now?? </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97 <b>mallards</b>: about = 10-12 seen; 5 were males in a group, but there were several male-female = pairs. </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97 <b>other birds</b> = included several tree swallows, a flicker, oodles of red-winged = blackbirds with lots of singing constantly, grackles, starlings, crows, = a pheasant crowed somewhere along the RR tracks?, and <b>a couple = of loud bird songs</b> from the trees, one of both possibly <b>Baltimore = orioles??</b></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97 a <b>green frog</b> = called just once, =91glunk=92.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97 as usual, = several <b>painted turtles </b>were out basking in the non-existent = Sun.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97 several <b>bumble bees</b> (black & = yellow coloured) were working the marsh edges, but I couldn=92t see what = they were foraging on? =97 dandelions were ignored, as were oodles of = flowering grasses?.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">=97 I saw a few = <b>unidentified whites and sulfurs</b> (butterflies).</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=_5B40EC3C-39A9-4625-B16E-622A97B29C55--
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