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Hi everyone,
Some species like American Goldfinch and Cedar Waxwing are well known
for nesting late in August and into early September. However, this year
the young of a number of other species have been showing up over the
last two weeks. On Brier Island during the last week of August and the
first week of September I had the occasion to see either adults feeding
young or young that were only a few days out of the nest (CF and FY for
you atlas folks) for the following species: Golden-crowned Kinglet,
Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Yellow Warbler,
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Common
Yellowthroat, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco.
I'm sure that with a little looking around the island I could have come
up with a few more as well (goldfinch, waxwings and Gray Catbird come to
mind).
The young kinglets were particular abundant this year with very young
kinglets still showing up Sept. 5. I saw this same thing two years ago.
Two explanations come to mind for this. One is that it may be the result
of poor nesting conditions in June and birds were late in starting. The
other is that conditions were actually very good in late May, early June
and throughout the summer and what we are seeing are the young of a
second nesting (or the third or fourth nesting for the robins). I'm
leaning towards the latter because the level of bird migration for all
three weeks I was on Brier Island was very high indicating, at least
locally, a very successful breeding season.
To add to what many of you have seen and commented on, there were large
numbers of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds on the island during that same
period and many sighting were reported from the whale watching boats of
hummingbirds crossing the Bay of Fundy, heading towards New Brunswick.
There were still a number of birds on Brier Sept. 5.
All the best,
Lance
===========================
Lance Laviolette
Glen Robertson, Ontario
lance.laviolette@lmco.com
===========================
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of John Kearney
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:07 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Goldfinch Breeding
For the past week, I have noticed "begging" juvenile American
Goldfinches among the flocks at my feeders. None of these young ones
were being paid attention to, until today. I witnessed an adult female
feeding two begging (with wing flutter) juveniles. She would go to the
feeder for about 3-5 minutes, and then return to where the juveniles
were perched in nearby trees and feed them alternately. American
Goldfinches are among our latest breeding birds and do not start nesting
in this area (Antigonish County) until the last week of June. The date
of these observations is September 12.
John Kearney
Doctor's Brook, Antigonish Co.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008>Hi everyone,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008>Some species like American Goldfinch and Cedar Waxwing
are well known for nesting late in August and into early September. However,
this year the young of a number of other species have been showing up over the
last two weeks. On Brier Island during the last week of August and the first
week of September I had the occasion to see either adults feeding young or young
that were only a few days out of the nest (CF and FY for you atlas folks) for
the following species: </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008>Golden-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit
Thrush, American Robin, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated
Green Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow and
Dark-eyed Junco. I'm sure that with a little looking around the island I could
have come up with a few more as well (goldfinch, waxwings and Gray Catbird come
to mind).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008>The young kinglets were particular abundant this year
with very young kinglets still showing up Sept. 5. I saw this same thing two
years ago. Two explanations come to mind for this. One is that it may be
the result of poor nesting conditions in June and birds were late in starting.
The other is that conditions were actually very good in late May, early June and
throughout the summer and what we are seeing are the young of a second nesting
(or the third or fourth nesting for the robins). I'm leaning towards the latter
because the level of bird migration for all three weeks I was on Brier Island
was very high indicating, at least locally, a very successful breeding
season.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008>To add to what many of you have seen and commented on,
there were large numbers of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds on the island during that
same period and many sighting were reported from the whale watching boats of
hummingbirds crossing the Bay of Fundy, heading towards New Brunswick. There
were still a number of birds on Brier Sept. 5.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008>All the best,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=971582215-12092008>Lance</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>===========================</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2>Lance Laviolette</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Glen Robertson, Ontario</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>lance.laviolette@lmco.com</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2>===========================</FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John
Kearney<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 12, 2008 11:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Goldfinch
Breeding<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">For the past week, I
have noticed “begging” juvenile American Goldfinches among the flocks at my
feeders. None of these young ones were being paid attention to, until today. I
witnessed an adult female feeding two begging (with wing flutter) juveniles.
She would go to the feeder for about 3-5 minutes, and then return to where the
juveniles were perched in nearby trees and feed them alternately. American
Goldfinches are among our latest breeding birds and do not start nesting in
this area (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Antigonish</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) until the last week of June. The
date of these observations is September 12.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">John
Kearney<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Doctor’s Brook,
Antigonish Co.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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