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Index of Subjects Annabelle, The calls are very different and easy to tell apart. Phonetics doesn't help much so I will not waste time by reciting them. It's best to listen to the calls on a recording. Although their territory overlaps in places the boreal forest, of spruce and bog, is home to the Red-breasted Nuthatch. Look for the White-breasted Nuthatch in a deciduous forest. Their migration is a sight to behold. I've only seen it once in the Delta Marsh area of Lake Manitoba, hundreds of mixed Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches sharing tree trunks. Hans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annabelle Thiebaux" <hamst@xplornet.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Fw: Black-backed Woodpecker, Gray Jays and Fox Sparrows > Hans, Can one tell the difference between the red breasted & white > breasted calls? Since there are both here this isn't a casual question! > > On 27/11/10 1:50 PM, Hans Toom wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Hans Toom >> To: ns-rba@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 1:50 PM >> Subject: Black-backed Woodpecker, Gray Jays and Fox Sparrows >> >> >> I enjoyed a two hour hike on the Wetland's Trail, Mount Uniacke Museum >> Park, this morning in glorious early morning sunshine and calm air. The >> logs were silvered and the packed leaf fall slick so I had to trek >> carefully. The creek was running high so waterproof footwear was >> essential out here, not rubber boots, but good leather winter hiking >> boots with lots of freeboard. The woods, as expected, were quiet but I >> did manage one Black-backed Woodpecker between the lakes and eight Gray >> Jays. The distant calling of a Red-breasted Nuthatch was reassuring. >> >> At home in Portuguese Cove two Fox Sparrows linger. They are running >> late now but they have over-wintered successfully at our place in the >> past. >> >> Hans Toom >> Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada >> http://www.hanstoom.com/ >> >
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