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--Apple-Mail=_81742D9C-58C4-49F1-8DC0-798971CC3450 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 MARCH 22/20 =97 three more eagle nests checked today: - co-op nest in New Minas, occupied by an adult eagle; - NOVA nest in New Minas, no definite eagle seen there; - also the Wolfville Anglican Church nest had an adult eagle on it = today. Also a male-female pair of hooded mergansers were in Miner=92s Marsh = today, along with 2 Canada geese, about 10 mallards, and 3 robins. MARCH 23/20 =97 I created more GHGs today as I drove to New Minas etc. = to check on four more local bald eagle nests for occupancy. First I drove to the New Minas sewage ponds and looked north across the = Cornwallis River to an eagle nest on the north bank in a pine? tree. Up = on top of the tall nest was an adult female? eagle. Next I went west to review the NOVA DRIVE eagle nest. There was again = no eagle on the nest, but while I was viewing an adult bald eagle = flushed out of an adjacent tree and flew away. Thus maybe soon this = nest will be re-occupied? Next I drove way northeast to Canning, where the river held only a = handful of Canada geese. Then on north to SCOTS=92 BAY, where I saw 2 turkey vultures flying = together from west to east over the road. But then I noticed that the Huntley Road eagle nest has disappeared, = perhaps having blown down?? Finally I drove east to Blomidon, where the eagle nest in a deciduous = tree was occupied by a sitting adult female eagle. MARCH 24/20 =97 We got a blizzard of snow, leaving about 6-8 cm.? on = ground =97 ne. wind, chilly, temp. about +1 C. or so. In our home = neighborhood in east Wolfville, about 20 robins seen, 1 singing male = cardinal, lots of goldfinches (some noticeably turning yellow), 1 song = sparrow, plus starlings and crows. MARCH 25/20 =97 Pat heard multiple singing cardinals today near our home = apartment =97 beautiful sunny & calm day =97 and I heard 2 singing song = sparrows plus a singing mourning dove. Also Pat reported a flicker at = our feeders, and I also saw it; our overwintering flicker departed over = a week ago. I drove to Grand Pre to check on the Eye Road eagle nest again; on my = arrival, 2 adult bald eagles were perched in tall trees along Eye Road = just west of the nest, and an immature or subadult eagle was perched = next to the nest. Then a third adult eagle flew in and landed on the = nest and interacted a bit with the 3rd or 4th year immature (head = whitening), then the adult flew away. Thus I am not sure what is = happening at this nest this year. In recent years this nest often led = the way in being occupied with a sitting adult early in the year. MARCH 28/20 =97 Pat & I drove to Waterville to check on the bald eagle = nest north of there for occupancy =97 no eagles seen there at all. MARCH 29/20 =97 On my walk in our neighborhood in east-end Wolfville, = lots of goldfinches singing in a lovely chorus =97 also multiple song = sparrows (new arrivals?) all singing, a calling/singing flicker, plus a = couple of singing red-winged blackbirds, but no robins to be seen. MARCH 30/20 =97 Today Pat spotted a male brown-headed cowbird at our = feeders among a bunch of starlings on the ground. MARCH 31/20 =97 A flock of 25 cedar waxwings seen in east-end Wolfville; = also a crowing male pheasant, and a single Am. robin. Also on this very = cold day with a stiff ne. wind, 2 singing song sparrows. And two = flickers visited our bird pie at the same time, with the male being = first =97 the female had to wait her turn.= --Apple-Mail=_81742D9C-58C4-49F1-8DC0-798971CC3450 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;"><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MARCH 22/20 </b>=97 three more <b>eagle = nests</b> checked today:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- co-op nest in New Minas, = occupied by an adult eagle;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- NOVA nest = in New Minas, no definite eagle seen there;</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">- also the Wolfville Anglican Church nest had an adult eagle on it = today.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">Also a male-female pair of<b> hooded = mergansers</b> were in Miner=92s Marsh today, along with 2 Canada geese, = about 10 mallards, and 3 robins.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MARCH = 23/20</b> =97 I created more GHGs today as I drove to New Minas etc. to = check on four more local bald eagle nests for occupancy.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">First I drove to the <b>New Minas</b> <b>sewage ponds</b> and = looked north across the Cornwallis River to an <b>eagle nest</b> on the = north bank in a pine? tree. Up on top of the tall nest was an = <b>adult female? eagle</b>.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Next I went west to review = the <b>NOVA DRIVE eagle nest.</b> There was again no eagle on the = nest, but while I was viewing an adult bald eagle flushed out of an = adjacent tree and flew away. Thus maybe soon this nest will be = re-occupied?</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Next I drove way northeast = to Canning, where the river held only a handful of <b>Canada = geese</b>.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Then on north to SCOTS=92 = BAY, where I saw 2 <b>turkey vultures</b> flying together from west to = east over the road.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">But then I noticed that the = <b>Huntley Road eagle nest has disappeared</b>, perhaps having blown = down??</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">Finally I drove east to <b>Blomidon</b>, where = the <b>eagle nest in a deciduous tree was occupied by a sitting adult = female eagle</b>.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MARCH 24/20</b> =97 We = got a <b>blizzard of snow,</b> leaving about 6-8 cm.? on ground =97 ne. = wind, chilly, temp. about +1 C. or so. In our home neighborhood in = east Wolfville, about 20 <b>