[ValleyNature] recent feeder fauna, Can. geese, ducks, etc.

[James W. Wolford]

NOV. 8, 2009 - This morning I clearly saw 6 different n. cardinals at  
our feeders: 3 males and 3 females, and 1 male and 1 female had pink  
beaks (adults?).  Other recent customers include about 5 pheasants, 2  
downy woodpeckers, 2 hairy woodpeckers, no nuthatches of either kind  
for a long time, 2 crows, 8 blue jays, 4 bl.-c. chickadees, 12  
mourning doves, a few white-throated sparrows, 2 song sparrows, no  
goldfinches nor purple finches, and no mammals except an occasional  
domestic cat from adjacent yards.

NOV. 9, 2009 - Harris' Pond in Canning: just a single male hooded  
merganser.

In Wolfville Harbour at low tide, only 7 black ducks  (usually more,  
with mallards) sieving the organically very rich mud, which year- 
round is full of critters and plants, both living and dead (hence the  
expression from Sherman Bleakney, the "yummy muds of Minas".

Brenda & Bill Thexton saw Canada geese in two places: 200 in the  
lower Habitant River, east of Canning, and 120+ flying in to the  
lower Cornwallis River, se. of Port Williams.

NOV. 15, 2009 - Two notable new additions to our feeder fauna this  
morning: a female n. flicker and a white-breasted nuthatch.  Also  
notable were 6 n. cardinals at once, 2 males & 4 females.  If we  
still have a 3rd male, which was the case a week ago, then there are  
at least 7 in total.

Also I saw a red squirrel in an adjacent yard yesterday (none seen  
for several weeks at least).

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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