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Index of Subjects --0-1449898460-1295225656=:74944 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oops...most likely, then,=A0they probably were Bohemian Waxwings. Have to a= dmit, was looking at them high in the tree,=A0with the sky behind them so r= eally didn't see their colour clearly & then had to rush to work. None the = less, it was an impressive sight. =A0 Gayle MacLean --- On Sun, 1/16/11, Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> wrote: From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] Cedar Waxwings and Oriole Update To: "naturelist" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Received: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 9:38 AM As I looked out my back window yesterday morning, in disgust, at my bird-fe= eders being over run by the 'winged rat' Starlings, I was pleasantly surpri= sed to see a large flock of Cedar Waxwings wheel over and settle in the lar= ge hardwood tree at the edge of the property. There were easily well over 1= 00 (my neighbour, Robie thought more like 200). They stayed perched up ther= e, every branch completely covered by the Waxwings! I then had to head off = to work but Robie said that they headed on down to the trees within the gre= en belt just behind the Needs/Robbins store on Prince Albert Rd. He said th= ey stayed for quite a while. I only have one Baltimore Oriole coming to my feeders now (since last Tuesd= ay). It is the female. She is very cautious and intimidated easily by the S= tarlings. Though, not at all, interested in the mealworms, she is going int= o the cage and=A0mostly only eating=A0the grape jelly and, occasionally, th= e=A0homemade (Suzann Myers recipe) lard/peanut butter suet.=20 =A0 Gayle MacLean Dartmouth =0A=0A --0-1449898460-1295225656=:74944 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"= top" style=3D"font: inherit;"><DIV>Oops...most likely, then, they prob= ably were Bohemian Waxwings. Have to admit, was looking at them high in the= tree, with the sky behind them so really didn't see their colour clea= rly & then had to rush to work. None the less, it was an impressive sig= ht.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Gayle MacLean<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 1/16/11, Gayle MacLean <I><duar= tess2003@yahoo.ca></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(= 16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca>= <BR>Subject: [NatureNS] Cedar Waxwings and Oriole Update<BR>To: "naturelist= " <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><BR>Received: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 9:= 38 AM<BR><BR> <DIV id=3Dyiv371502295> <TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 border=3D0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=3Dtop> <DIV>As I looked out my back window yesterday morning, in disgust, at my bi= rd-feeders being over run by the 'winged rat' Starlings, I was pleasantly s= urprised to see a large flock of Cedar Waxwings wheel over and settle in th= e large hardwood tree at the edge of the property. There were easily well o= ver 100 (my neighbour, Robie thought more like 200). They stayed perched up= there, every branch completely covered by the Waxwings! I then had to head= off to work but Robie said that they headed on down to the trees within th= e green belt just behind the Needs/Robbins store on Prince Albert Rd. He sa= id they stayed for quite a while.</DIV> <DIV>I only have one Baltimore Oriole coming to my feeders now (since last = Tuesday). It is the female. She is very cautious and intimidated easily by = the Starlings. Though, not at all, interested in the mealworms, she is goin= g into the cage and mostly only eating the grape jelly and, occas= ionally, the homemade (Suzann Myers recipe) lard/peanut butter suet. <= /DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Gayle MacLean</DIV> <DIV>Dartmouth</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td><= /tr></table><br> --0-1449898460-1295225656=:74944--
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