[ValleyNature] d.-cr. cormorants & foraging times, etc.

[James W. Wolford]

OCT. 7, 2009 - At my Wolfville feeders, the Norway rat continues to  
show up frequently, but no chipmunk lately -- also present were at  
least 3 cardinals, 2 white-throated sparrows, 2 goldfinches (new), etc.

Also yesterday in evening at low tide Brenda & Bill Thexton noticed  
many (but uncounted) double-crested cormorants perched on the power  
lines across the mouth of the Gaspereau River at Hortonville, viewed  
from Highway 101.  Previously Bill thought this was a high-tide  
phenomenon, but I had my doubts about that, since I'd guess the  
cormorants forage a lot during so-called slack water during high tide  
and also at low tide -- slack tide is when, four times a day,  
suspended particles in the water settle out (for all the mud  
critters) and the water becomes a bit more clear for visibility.   
Comments?

I have checked this power lines twice in the past few days when there  
were no cormorants there at all, BUT on both occasions one or two  
adult bald eagles were perched on power poles on the riverbank.

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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