[ValleyNature] eagles/raptors count results, Feb. 1, 2009

[James W. Wolford]

FEBRUARY 1, 2009 - EAGLE WATCH WEEKEND II, Sunday -- A bunch of us  
did our 28th ANNUAL CYRIL K. COLDWELL EAGLES/RAPTORS COUNT OF EASTERN  
KINGS COUNTY today.   Nice conditions for observation and for getting  
the eagles to the poultry feeding sites -- -7 to -6 C., mostly Sunny,  
and fairly light wind from the west.  We had 16 field parties and a  
total of 37 observers, and we only counted up our designated areas  
from 10 to 11 a.m.

Our totals for birds of prey counted were as follows:

294 BALD EAGLES : 184 adults, 106 immatures, 4 of unknown age (for  
aged eagles, 63.4% adults, 36.6% immatures).

  48 RED-TAILED HAWKS (including the NEARLY-ALL-WHITE INDIVIDUAL at  
Hortonville).

1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (light phase).

2 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS.

1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK adult.

2 PEREGRINE FALCONS.

Other observations during count: OTTER signs & 4 DEER & BLACK DUCKS  
(& mergansers?)  along Gaspereau River,100+ WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS  
along Evangeline Beach, 50+ BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, a few ROBINS.

I've been the coordinator of this annual count ever since Cyril  
Coldwell died in January of 1994.

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville

Jim (James W.) Wolford
91 Wickwire Ave.
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4P 1W3

phone 902-542-9204
e-mail <jimwolford at eastlink.ca>

"In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau
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