[ValleyNature] barred owl pair in BLF's yard, eagle on nest, ravens at nest, etc.

[James W. Wolford]

MAR. 10, 2009 - At the RAVEN NEST high in the pines just north of the  
Acadia Univ. Arena, two RAVENS flew into the site while I watched and  
then flew out and away shortly thereafter.  I therefore assume they  
have not started incubation of eggs yet?

I checked the BALD EAGLE NEST just east of Wolfville, east of Eye  
Road -- an adult eagle was only slightly visible in the nest (I could  
only see the top of her head with my scope), and she? was fidgeting  
apparently with something in the nest -- nest materials or possibly  
eggs?

A MOURNING DOVE was "singing" in late afternoon in Wolfville, and  
yesterday I heard a singing WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.

This evening Bernard Forsythe fed his single BARRED OWL (male from  
his deep hooting) as usual in his back yard on Wolfville Ridge -- BUT  
for the first time this year he became aware of a SECOND BARRED OWL,  
which was obviously the male's mate, shown by the male taking the  
food and giving it to her (courtship feeding).  As Bernard says, this  
bodes well for this year's late-April N.S. Bird Society/Blomidon  
Naturalists Society field trip, at which we hope his yard and  
nesting? owls will be our first stop.

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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