[ValleyNature] eagle on nest, ravens nesting?, crows? kill raven, raccoon on cold night

[James W. Wolford]

MAR. 6, 2009 - I was surprised, after a very cold clear night of -10  
to -11 C. temperatures, to find lots of muddy tracks of a prowling  
RACCOON in our yard.  Perhaps after so many cold nights, this animal  
was restless and desperate for some sustenance?

MAR. 9, 2009 - This morning two RAVENS were present and calling in  
the pine woodlot just north of the Acadia Univ. Arena, where they  
nested successfully last year and might very well have now started  
their nesting for this year?

It's also time again to start checking on the local BALD EAGLE NESTS  
to see if they are apparently beginning their incubation of eggs.   
Thus this afternoon I checked the Noggins Farm Market eagle nest, and  
the presumed female's white head was just showing in the nest as she  
sat there in apparent INCUBATION.

MAR. 10, 2009 - This morning David Burton saw two apparent CROWS?  
that were on top of and pecking a still-alive RAVEN on the ground in  
the "Duck Pond" Park or Willow Park in Wolfville.  David was able to  
fetch his camera and then approach the dying raven for a few close  
photos.  The "crows" were on a power line but had not gone back to  
pestering or eating the raven, which died a bit later.  Dave's photos  
show clearly that the victim was a raven, but how this incident  
happened will be a mystery.

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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