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I had a large flock of white wing crossbill visiting my feeders for the =
last month or more, and it included a number of red crossbills, both =
male and female. I still have a few white wing crossbills, but most of =
the crossbills are now gone. It is the first time I have had crossbills =
at my feeder - always before they stayed in the large spruce trees =
nearby.
I have not been tending my feeders too well of late - we have =
had a lot less snow than some parts of the province, and when the snow =
left the birds left with it except for the goldfinch, which are now =
beginning to show signs of the summer colors, a dozen new junko and our =
usual woodpecker and some chicadees.=20
Roland.=20
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From: jan foley=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re: Red Crossbill??
My apologies for my poor punctuation in the subject box...has =
anyone sighted Red Crossbills as yet this season...I went for my field =
glasses but what appeared to be a female or immature, in the branches =
near my finch feeder, had flown before I could have a more discerning =
look.....
J Foley
Hd Jeddore
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From: Andy Dean <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:14:40 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re pair of red-winged blackbirds -- fox =
sparrow
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At first glance I thought you had a damaged redwing Jan.
Andy
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From: jan foley=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 09:47 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re pair of red-winged blackbirds -- fox =
sparrow
We had a pair of Red-Winged Blackbirds about two hours before =
Lucas posted his..Lucas is just 3 kilometres east of me so possibly the =
same pair..also a feisty Sharp-Shinned hawk and new Red breasted =
Nuthatch and Fox sparrow. On Friday 42 Canada Geese flew into the ENE =
overhead..yesteday 26 more.=20
Jan Foley=20
Head Of Jeddore
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From: James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 6:02:58 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] re pair of red-winged blackbirds -- was fox =
sparrow song? in Wolfville, gray squirrel at Greenwich again
It's much too early for migrant female red-winged blackbirds, but of =
course the one Lucas saw might well have overwintered. Normally migrant =
females are a couple of weeks or more later than the early males, so =
that by the time of the annual pond-hopping King's County field trip, =
females will be just starting to arrive, I'll guess. Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville
Begin forwarded message:
From: Lucas Berrigan <coppersmithbarbet@yahoo.ca>
Date: March 31, 2009 10:47:02 PM ADT
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] fox sparrow song? in Wolfville, gray =
squirrel at Greenwich again
Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
There are at least three fox sparrows here and I hear them singing =
all the time. They have really beautiful songs.
I had a pheasant at my feeders for the first time, actually I have =
never seen a pheasant anywhere near where I live. I wonder if =
it=E2=80=99s been released recently. I also had a pair (male and female) =
of red-winged blackbirds for a few seconds, my first for the year. The =
loons are also back, since the harbour is finally thawed out.
Lucas Berrigan
Eastern Shore,
Nova Scotia
My website
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of James W. Wolford
Sent: March 31, 2009 7:18 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] fox sparrow song? in Wolfville, gray squirrel =
at Greenwich again
MAR. 31, 2009 - In late afternoon at home I heard a loud, melodic, =
unfamiliar SONG twice, and I'll bet it was the FOX SPARROW that, as of =
yesterday, has been hanging around my yard and feeders for a week or =
more? When I played the fox sparrow song on the set of Stokes CDs, it =
had quite a bit of likeness of what I had heard. Hopefully I will hear =
it some more before it migrates north!? Then at 7:15 p.m. I saw the FOX =
SPARROW again at the feeders -- just a coincidence?
And Pat Dix at Greenwich , across the highway from Harold =
Forsyth's house, saw a GRAY SQUIRREL again.
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@eastlink.ca>
"In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David =
Thoreau
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