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6px=3B=22=3EThat=27s a great point about the diurnal cycle=2E I=27m goin=
g to throw that into a conversation tonight and astound my friends by ap=
pearing right some smart! I was thinking that the warmer weather might b=
ring them or any other bird earlier=2E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=
=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EOn another note=2C do pheasants have n=
ests on the ground=3F=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdi=
rty=3D=22=22 /=3EThanks=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5F=
dirty=3D=22=22 /=3EAngela in Windsor=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 04/=
09/10=2C =3Cb class=3D=22name=22=3EBob McDonald =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bbobatho=
me=40hfx=2Eeastlink=2Eca=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D=
=22mid=3A5A7BCF22AC934725A77BF2E019B30C6C=40desktop=22 class=3D=22iwcQuo=
te=22 style=3D=22border-left=3A 1px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 255)=3B padding-=
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=3C/p=3E=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3EIf you look carefully at the m=
aps for 2009 and for 2010=2C so =
far=2C there is not really a significant difference as far as Canada is =
concerned=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3ELast year at this time=2C there=A0had =
been=A02 reports in =
Canada (s=2E Ontario)=2C while this year there have been 4 reports=2E=A0=
Is this =
significant=3F=A0 I don=27t think so=2E=A0 As far as NS is concerned=2C =
there are =
no reports yet for 2010 while in 2009 the first reports came on April 20=
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22=2C 23=2E=A0 April 20 is only 11 days away=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3EMost migrating birds=A0time their migr=
ation according to =
the diurnal cycle (the length of the day) so just because we are experie=
ncing =
late spring-like weather here does not necessarily mean birds will arriv=
e here =
early=2E=A0 Those outliers which do arrive =26quot=3Bearly=26quot=3B=2C =
like the Ruby-crowned =
Kinglet that Suzanne and I saw and heard last Tuesday=2C may be more rea=
dily =
noticed since it was singing in the warm sunshine=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E=
=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3EOverall=2C I am sceptical that our uns=
easonably warm weather =
here has any effect on the arrival timing of migrating birds=2E=3C/font=3E=
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hroated Hummingbirds=3C/b=3E =
are about 1400 kilometres further north this year than last year=2E=A0=
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year they were crossing the North Carolina border in early April while=
this =
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l=3B=22=3E=3Cb=3ETo=3A=3C/b=3E naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =26lt=3Bnat=
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l=3B=22=3E=3Cb=3ESent=3A=3C/b=3E Friday=2C April 09=2C 2010 11=3A54 =
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