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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01CB69FE.03FEF000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lelia suggests that this may be similiar to our hummingbird's activity = towards the end of the season when they get agressive and chase siblings = or offspring away from the feeder. We have assumed ( but you know what they say about 'assumimg' ) that = this is to prevent them from hanging around too long as the time for = migration closes in. Maybe your grackle guy is a watchdog, or field -marshal to keep = stragglers from staying too long.....who knows? Maybe somebody has a = more 'scientific' explanation. Andy and Lelia Dean 86 Baden Powell Drive Kentville, N.S. (902) 678-6243 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Eleanor Lindsay=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:31 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Grackle pest! Two days ago I had an event I have never experienced before; approx 15 = - 20 common grackles descended on my property first thing in the morning = and spent the day around the tree by my house that I hang my bird = feeders on - very noisy in a most unmusical way!. By the end of the day, = however and rather to my surprise, I found that not too much bird food = had been eaten (at least some of the feeders are usually empty).=20 Yesterday was much quieter; only one grackle remained - but that = grackle lurked like a watchdog between all the feeders and for the = entire day chased all the many other birds away, only very occasionally = making the odd peck or two at the feeders himself. By sunset scarcely = any seeds had been eaten. And now today I see that the pesky bird is back again....=20 Is this unusual? What is going on here? Eleanor Lindsay, Seabright, St Margarets Bay ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01CB69FE.03FEF000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18939"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff text=3D#000000> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Lelia suggests that this may be = similiar to our=20 hummingbird's activity towards the end of the season when they get = agressive and=20 chase siblings or offspring away from the feeder.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We have assumed ( but you know what = they say about=20 'assumimg' ) that this is to prevent them from hanging around too = long as=20 the time for migration closes in.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Maybe your grackle guy is a watchdog, = or field=20 -marshal to keep stragglers from staying too long.....who knows? = Maybe=20 somebody has a more 'scientific' explanation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Andy and Lelia Dean<BR>86 Baden Powell=20 Drive<BR>Kentville, N.S.<BR>(902) 678-6243<BR></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dkelindsay@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:kelindsay@eastlink.ca">Eleanor=20 Lindsay</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 12, 2010 = 9:31=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Grackle = pest!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3D"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Two days = ago I had an=20 event I have never experienced before; approx 15 - 20 common grackles=20 descended on my property first thing in the morning and spent the day = around=20 the tree by my house that I hang my bird feeders on - very noisy in a = most=20 unmusical way!. By the end of the day, however and rather to my = surprise, I=20 found that not too much bird food had been eaten (at least some of the = feeders=20 are usually empty). <BR><BR>Yesterday was much quieter; only one = grackle=20 remained - but that grackle lurked like a watchdog between all the = feeders and=20 for the entire day chased all the many other birds away, only very=20 occasionally making the odd peck or two at the feeders himself. By = sunset=20 scarcely any seeds had been eaten.<BR><BR>And now today I see that the = pesky=20 bird is back again.... <BR>Is this unusual? What is going on=20 here?<BR><BR>Eleanor Lindsay,<BR>Seabright,<BR>St Margarets=20 Bay<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01CB69FE.03FEF000--
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