[ValleyNature] Fwd: [NatureNS] eagle watch III report , some photos

[James W. Wolford]

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> From: Richard Stern <sternrichard at gmail.com>
> Date: February 8, 2009 12:23:23 PM AST
> To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca, Mel and Ginny Lee  
> <travelgin at hotmail.com>, Christopher Marke <chris at markeaccounts.com>
> Subject: Re: eagle watch III report , some photos
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hi,
>
> I managed to get there (5 minutes from home) for about an hour in  
> the morning, and again in the afternoon, where I took some  
> pictures. I have posted a few of the better ones here - http:// 
> www.pbase.com/rb_stern/eagle_festival_feb_2009 . (And it wasn't my  
> dog!).
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Angus MacLean  
> <angusmcl at ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> As Jim has mentioned there were hordes of eagle watchers out  
> yesterday morning. It took quite a while to find a parking spot  
> which was on Bains Road at the north end of Middle Dyke Road.  
> Luckily it was just as the food had been put out (perhaps for the  
> second time) and the eagles chose our grove of trees on which to  
> finish their meal. So lots of oppurtunity for good photos. Of  
> interest to me were two opportunists, a White-breasted Nuthatch and  
> a sandy-coloured dog. The nuthatch had found out that after an  
> eagle left its perch, there was still plenty of food on the branch  
> so the nuthatch was feasting on the left-overs. The dog as you may  
> have guessed, was eating the pieces that were being dropped. I'm  
> sure both have been practising for a while.
> Angus
>
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> Richard
>
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> Richard Stern,
> 317 Middle Dyke Rd.
> Port Williams, NS, Canada
> B0P 1T0
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