Dear All,
   Honey Bees were were quite numerous and active in the yard today,
including this evening, working Aster cordifolius blossoms.
YT, DW Kentville
Nova Scotia Bird Society
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Laura
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The first thing you’ll need to do is find materials. Luckily, you start each game with a pickaxe. So start swinging at pretty much anything to break it down into materials. Once you have a decent stockpile, switch into building mode (circle on PS4, B on Xbox One, and the G key on PC or Mac). From there you can switch between structure types and materials, and even edit the things you build to add windows and doors.
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A little more info
Luke Thies
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Understanding & Identifying Color Mutations In Wild Birds &
Animals.
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Bilateral gynandromorph
In Powdermill Bird Banding’s nearly 60 year history, we’ve caught less
than ten of these extraordinary birds, the most recent of which was a
Rose-breasted Grosbeak that we banded today.
What does “bilateral gynandromorph†mean? It means that the animal is
partly male and partly female, and in this case that line runs roughly
down the middle of the bird with male on the right and female on the
left (from the perspective of the bird, not the photograph!).
This bird was aged as an after-hatching-year, meaning it hatched last
year at the earliest. Male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in their non-breeding
plumage have black wings and tail, pink “wing pits,†and often have pink
on their breasts whereas females have much browner wings and tail and
yellow wing pits.
Such an exciting capture and another one for the record books!
*the previous bilateral gynandromorph banded at Powdermill was also a
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. You can read about it here:
http://www.powdermillarc.org/.../Pictorial_Highlights...
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On 9/25/2020 8:28 AM, Nick Hill wrote:
> Wow!
>
> On Fri., Sep. 25, 2020, 7:59 a.m. Don MacNeill,
> <donmacneill(a)bellaliant.net <mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net>> wrote:
>
> An interesting article on combined male/female genetics in birds
> and some good comments on fall warblers
>
> http://www.powdermillarc.org/archives/Powdermill%20Website%20Original/Picto…
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During the last week we have had a frost (-3 C here), a tropical storm (70
mm rain), and a transition to Autumn.
However, today we saw a hummingbird at our feeder as we have every day
recently. It may be a transient.
A week ago today, I made a routine count of Monarchs in our field of
milkweed and saw 39, two days later there were 21 using the same
technique, and then we had two nights with frost. On the 21st I could only
find one Monarch in the field. Today I saw two. The Monarchs have been
heading south for the last month but the ones that emerged later were
still here. Now they are gone. I hope you have seen some of them during
their flight south.
The frost has killed off all the milkweed plants but we still found one
caterpillar attached to a dead plant laying in the field. So far this year
we have rescued almost 200 Monarchs in the field and released them when
they became butterflies. Over the last month the count of Monarch
butterflies in the field has varied between 20 and 60. In a preliminary
report at http://valleynature.ca there is a graph of my counts this year.
This has been a good year for Monarchs here but not the best.
Regards,
Larry
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Larry Bogan
Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia
larry(a)bogan.ca
Our single Ruby-throated Hummingbird was seen - for one more day - on Mon
evening Sept 21, ahead of post-tropical storm Teddy, and not seen since.
Yesterday we had an immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, looking very wet and
bedraggled, as it searched the bark of our mature trees close to the house.
We rarely see YBSA here so it was a delightful surprise.
According to my rain gauge we received @ 3½" / 89mm rain between late Tues
morning and 9:00 am yesterday (Wed), heavier rain falling Tuesday. Anna.
Valley farmers must be so thankful and relieved that storm Teddy did little
damage to their crops, and we can echo their relief.
Keep safe,
Judy Tufts
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Judy Tufts
Wolfville
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Hi All,
I've been following 'Teddy's' onslaught on NS with interest and I'm particularly impressed with the wave and storm surge heights - possibly 20+ metres offshore.
Is a chance that Sable Island could be overtopped - or nearly so - by a rogue wave or storm surge event. There are only a few scattered spots on the island over 20 metres so it seems theoretically possible. Is there any record of it - or something close happening in the past? All the best.
Fritz
Fritz McEvoy
Sunrise Valley CB
an amazing look at Hummingbirds
https://www.youtube.com/embed/FPRswRWZ23Q
One here in White Point this pm.
Stay Safe, Marg
White Point Artist, Marg Millard
19 White Point 2 Rd., White Point, Queens Co.,
R.R. # 1 Hunts Point, Nova Scotia
B0T 1G0 Canada (902) 683-2393
MargMillard.ca By Appointment, please
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tunes without the words
And never stops–at all." (Emily Dickinson)
For Bat lovers:
The Bissex family in Wolfville are still seeing their Little Brown Bat
around their home on Kencrest Ave, and sightings are being reported.
Cheers,
Judy Tufts
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Judy Tufts
Wolfville
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