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--Boundary_(ID_24d87Ra9ptYQ41SFgKgXWg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Pat Hawes & I saw a soaring, teetering turkey vulture up near Blomidon = Park this afternoon =97 I think we were along the Stewart Mountain Road = when we saw it. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Jacquie Dale <jacquie.dale@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Sandhill Cranes over Round Hill > Date: May 21, 2018 at 12:09:15 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > Hello everyone, well apparently I have introduced myself and my = husband to the whole group by mistake thinking I was only replying to = Bev. I apologize but it is rather funny. I have enjoyed reading all the = postings. I guess I am no longer an anonymous lurker! >=20 > Good news, no ticks as of yet today in the garden and husband's pain = in side is much better. Our pond has filled up from all the recent rain = and we spotted the turtle swimming about today. The peepers are still = keeping us awake at night so they must be doing well. The barred owls = were also hooting. I still have not seen the elusive yellow bird my = husband said he saw but will report when I do. >=20 >=20 > Jacquie=20 >=20 > On Mon, May 21, 2018, 11:12 AM Jacquie Dale <jacquie.dale@gmail.com> = wrote: > Wow! Thats fantastic. There are so many birds around now. I'm still = not good identifying them but Paul said he saw a yellow bird so may have = been a Canada warbler. I'll keep an eye out for it while I'm planting = our tomatoes in the garden today. So far we are growing a lot of weeds = and ticks. Haha. We have found lots of ticks. I even found one on me at = work climbing up my chest. It was definitely a black legged tick. I ran = into the bathroom and whipped off all my clothes and inspected. The = little bugger was hiding in my black shirt. I'm detemined to wear only = light clothing from now on. I got some of that spray but now from the = nature ns list I see it is practically useless. Haha. Bug nets seem to = work the best for black flies.=20 >=20 > You are really zooming through that painting. We have still not = managed to finish the kitchen cupboards. We are about half way. Paul has = been feeling a little under the weather. He has a pain in his right = side. Not sure it it's appendix or muscular. We may need to find a = doctor if it isn't better tomorrow. He's been taking it easy and he says = the pain comes and goes. He doesn't want to go to hospital just yet I = guess.=20 >=20 > Otherwise things are crazy growing here. Trees finally leafed out. Its = about a week delay from down in the valley we noticed. We need to cut = some grass but no scythe yet. I will order one from Maine today I guess.=20= >=20 > Take care.=20 > J >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Mon, May 21, 2018, 10:20 AM Bev Wigney <bkwigney@gmail.com> wrote: > While scraping paint off the wall of the tower on my place this = morning, two Sandhill Cranes wheeled over my house and then headed east = toward Tupperville. There were 3 Turkey Vultures circling as well, but = the Sandhills were a bit higher and caught my eye as they were flying = almost wingtip to wingtip. Then I heard their very distinctive call = which I so often hear when I'm down in Arizona where about 20K of them = overwinter on the playa at Whitewater Draw about 3 km from the cabin = where I stay. Neat surprise to see them this morning -- almost like = they came by to say hello and check out my summertime abode. >=20 > Bev Wigney > Round Hill, NS --Boundary_(ID_24d87Ra9ptYQ41SFgKgXWg) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <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;">Pat = Hawes & I saw a soaring, teetering turkey vulture up near Blomidon = Park this afternoon =97 I think we were along the Stewart Mountain Road = when we saw it. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><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';">Jacquie Dale <<a = href=3D"mailto:jacquie.dale@gmail.com">jacquie.dale@gmail.com</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>Re: [NatureNS] = Sandhill Cranes over Round Hill</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 21, 2018 at 12:09:15 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';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></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>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><div dir=3D"auto">Hello everyone, well apparently I = have introduced myself and my husband to the whole group by mistake = thinking I was only replying to Bev. I apologize but it is rather funny. = I have enjoyed reading all the postings. I guess I am no longer an = anonymous lurker!<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Good = news, no ticks as of yet today in the garden and husband's pain in side = is much better. Our pond has filled up from all the recent rain and we = spotted the turtle swimming about today. The peepers are still keeping = us awake at night so they must be doing well. The barred owls were also = hooting. I still have not seen the elusive yellow bird my husband said = he saw but will report when I