[ValleyNature] sandhill cranes "Update" on Centre Burlington

[James W. Wolford]

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> From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly at dal.ca>
> Date: January 1, 2010 1:12:16 PM AST
> To: NatureNS <naturens at chebucto.ns.ca>, NS-RBA <NS- 
> RBA at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [NatureNS] "Update" on Centre Burlington sandhill cranes
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hello everyone:
>
> I did go out on the 28th (the day after we found out that the  
> cranes were there) and I stopped to check all the fields on the way  
> out to Ross Barkhouse Road with no luck.
>
> I went down Ross Barkhouse Road around the sharp bed and to the end  
> of the road with no luck either. I had turned the car around and  
> was about the head further north when the pair flew in from the  
> landward side of Highway 215 and landed in the corn field that is  
> behind the farm just south of Ross Backhouse.
>
> I walked around the "dyked" area of the farm and despite the snow  
> flurries had a god chance to view them. While the view in  
> binoculars was better, I did get some pictures. The first  two are  
> cropped, the last one scaled down to show the entire scene.
>
> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill1.jpg
> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill2.jpg
> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill3.jpg
>
> I then stopped in to meet Derek Crosby, (on the "bend" in the  
> Barkhouse Road) who had reported the birds with his feederwatch  
> report. He said that the birds have been off and on since early  
> December, and there are days where he doesn't see them. I haven't  
> had a chance to get back since to see if they are still around.
>
>
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