[ValleyNature] Vocal Song Sparrows and other signs of spring

[James W. Wolford]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Richard Stern <sternrichard at gmail.com>
> Date: March 15, 2009 10:06:29 PM ADT
> To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Vocal Song Sparrows and other comments
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been stuck at home over the weekend because of a health  
> issue (now improving), so I couldn't take advantage of the good  
> weather - but in our own back yard we have had singing N.Cardinals,  
> N.Flickers, Mourning Doves, Black-capped Chickadees, as well as the  
> sparrows I mentioned the other day, + "our" Bald Eagle is now  
> coming daily to pick up reeds and sticks from our marsh, presumably  
> for nesting material - althouth I haven't discovered where it goes  
> with it yet.
>
> Richard
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:47 PM, James Hirtle  
> <jrhbirder at hotmail.com> wrote:
> This morning in Lunenburg with a stroll over a .5 km distance, I  
> heard at least nine song sparrows vocalizing.   Mourning doves have  
> been cooing also over the past few weeks.
>
> Nothing special in the bird world to report, other than three dead  
> ducks at Second Peninsula, They were just as you turn off the  
> Mahone Bay road closest to Lunenburg.  There were two mallards and  
> a black duck.  I thought a mink or something of the sort had been  
> the culprit, but spoke to someone else shortly after, while Pat and  
> I were doing her Beach Bird Survey on Bachman's Beach and that  
> person had seen a young fellow with a gun near the area of the dead  
> ducks.  Therefore, in all likelihood the ducks were shot and left.   
> What a waste indeed.
>
> James R. Hirtle
> East LaHave
>
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