[NatureNS] Pine Siskins

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<P><FONT face --0-1948923318-1200660936=:82392 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Good Morning All, Here on Glenwood Ave., Dartmouth, there is quite a sight at my backyard feeders. For a number of weeks I have had a fairly large flock of Common Redpolls visit on a daily basis and have seen (I think, anyway, a couple of Hoary Redpolls (whiter & somewhat bigger). Today, they have been joined by quite a few pine siskins as well. This is a day off work for me and am enjoying the view tremendously. And both male Cardinals are seen daily though, I see the female cardinal only occasionally. As well, there is a "creature" that has buried itself under a downed tree at the back of our property. From the mound of dirt covering the entrance to the tree root hole, I presume it is probably a raccoon. (there are some in the area) It/they always got into my silo feeders back in the fall, even eventually, destroying & dragging them off quite a ways. Needless to say, I moved my feeders up closer to the house and have not had any problems since. Gayle MacLean Gary Murray <garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: "My" flock is still around, usually early in the morning. the other day there were 60+, all swirling around...quite a sight, though dizzying to try to count! cheers, Gary Murray Bedford NS http://garyamurray.blogspot.com/ http://www.pbase.com/pgns/gmurray ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob McDonald To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Pine Siskins Well not quite ALL, Randy. On Monday, we had a visit from a mixed flock that was at least 90 % Siskins, a single (!) Common Redpoll and 2 A Goldfinch. After having at most a half dozen Siskins on several occasions since early Dec, it was remarkable to have at least 30 in the flock. I wondered if Gary Murray's flock had made its way into Clayton Park. Bob McDonald Halifax ----- Original Message ----- From: Randy Lauff To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Pine Siskins Oh...so YOU'VE got them all... Randy, Fairmont, Antigonish County. On 17/01/2008, John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: The Pine Siskins at my feeders have been steadily increasing over the last two weeks. It is up to 72 birds now. John Kearney Doctor's Brook, Antigonish County --------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.5/1228 - Release Date: 1/16/2008 9:01 AM --------------------------------- Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail --0-1948923318-1200660936=:82392 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <DIV>Good Morning All,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here on Glenwood Ave., Dartmouth, there is quite a sight at my backyard feeders. For a number of weeks I have had a fairly large flock of Common Redpolls visit on a daily basis and have seen (I think, anyway, a couple of Hoary Redpolls (whiter & somewhat bigger). Today, they have been joined by quite a few pine siskins as well. This is a day off work for me and am enjoying the view tremendously. And both male Cardinals are seen daily though, I see the female cardinal only occasionally. </DIV> <DIV>As well, there is a "creature" that has buried itself under a downed tree at the back of our property. From the mound of dirt covering the entrance to the tree root hole, I presume it is probably a raccoon. (there are some in the area) It/they always got into my silo feeders back in the fall, even eventually, destroying & dragging them off quite a ways. Needless to say, I moved my feeders up closer to the house and have not had any problems since.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Gayle MacLean<BR><BR><B><I>Gary Murray <garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"My" flock is still around, usually early in the morning. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the other day there were 60</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>+, all swirling around...quite a sight, though dizzying to try to count!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Gary Murray<BR>Bedford NS<BR>http://garyamurray.blogspot.com/
http://www.pbase.com/pgns/gmurray</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> Bob McDonald

To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:37 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Pine Siskins</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Well not quite ALL, Randy.  On Monday, we had a visit from a mixed flock that was at least 90 % Siskins, a single (!) Common Redpoll and 2 A Goldfinch.  After having at most a half dozen Siskins on several occasions since early Dec, it was remarkable to have at least 30 in the flock.  I wondered if Gary Murray's flock had made its way into Clayton Park.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bob McDonald</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Halifax</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: