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--Boundary_(ID_fYMqxNId2plw02AJjXQODw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Cam, thanks so much for this -- many of us were wondering -- someone put this on NS-RBA please. Cheers and regards to you both, from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Joy and Cam Finlay <joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca> > Date: February 1, 2011 1:00:53 PM AST > To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Re: Anna's Hummingbird in NF video > > Jim > Finally the queen bee of humingbird ID and banding them, Nancy > Neufield, near New Orleans, La,. who has banded many types of > hummers in her home state and other places down there, has seen the > photos and video and has stated it is an adult female Annas. Also > Barbara in California who has banded thousands of Anna's at her > banding station states that it is an adult Annas. > I bow to these expert ID's. > All well with Joy and me, and now enjoy the spring out here > [Victoria, BC]. At least two barn swallows spotted in the area and > two tree swallows too. Birds are beginning to sing spring songs in > their quiet way they do in early spring. > Best > Cam > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James W. Wolford" > <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > To: "Brian Starzomski" <bstarzomski@gmail.com>; "Joy and Cam > Finlay" <joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 1:31 PM > Subject: Anna's Hummingbird in NF video > > >> Brian, thanks for your note and sharing the great video. A friend >> of mine and hummer expert suggested that the identity of the >> Newfoundland Anna's (?) Hummingbird is in question? I must admit >> that the one video I watched on the CBC National News on TV showed a >> bird that looked unlike the illustrations I've seen in field guides. >> However, Bruce MacTavish is a very well-known birder in our region >> who is extremely knowledgeable and careful and experienced -- he was >> in his late teens when I got to N.S. in the mid-1970s. Cam, any >> further comment on this? >> >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Brian Starzomski <bstarzomski@gmail.com> >>> Date: January 31, 2011 3:26:16 PM AST >>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Anna's Hummingbird in NF video >>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>> >>> Hi all- >>> >>> I relocated to Victoria from Halifax two years ago, though I still >>> spend significant part of the year in Nova Scotia. I thought you >>> might be interested in what these birds are up to here in their >>> natural Canadian range. Anna's Hummingbirds are a regular >>> occurrence >>> at my hummingbird feeder throughout the winter here, and their >>> courtship flights in December and January are remarkable. While we >>> are well known for our mild winters in Victoria, there are >>> occasional >>> bouts of cold, and the fact that Anna's Hummingbird is robust enough >>> to survive through the Nov-Feb period still amazes me. For example, >>> it went to -5C last night and was still hovering around zero when I >>> went to work this morning at 7am. Nevertheless, I saw several >>> Anna's >>> on my walk. Incredibly, their nest-building is likely in >>> progress or >>> finished at this time of the year. Here is a wonderful video from >>> January of 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aupSOndl7W0 (I must >>> admit I put this video on my website to demonstrate to potential >>> grad >>> students Victoria's climate!). >>> >>> Best- >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Richard Stern >>> <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> There's a CBC interview with Bruce MacTavish about that Anna's >>>> Hummer in NF, >>>> here - >>>> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/01/24/nl- >>>> annas-hummingbird-124.html >>>> >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> -- >>>> ################# >>>> Richard Stern, >>>> 317 Middle Dyke Rd. >>>> Port Williams, NS, Canada >>>> B0P 1T0 >>>> >>>> sternrichard@gmail.com >>>> ################### >>>> >> > --Boundary_(ID_fYMqxNId2plw02AJjXQODw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Cam, thanks so much for this -- many of us were wondering -- someone put = this on NS-RBA please.<div><br></div><div>Cheers and regards to you = both, from Jim in Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Joy and Cam Finlay <<a = href=3D"mailto:joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca">joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 1, 2011 1:00:53 PM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: Anna's Hummingbird in NF = video</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Jim</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Finally the queen = bee of humingbird ID and banding them, Nancy Neufield, near New Orleans, = La,. who has banded many types of hummers in her home state and other = places down there, has seen the photos and video and has stated it is an = adult female Annas.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Also Barbara in California who has banded thousands of Anna's at = her banding station states that it is an adult Annas.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>I bow to these expert ID's.</div></blockquote><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">All well with Joy and me, and = now enjoy the spring out here [Victoria, BC].<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>At least two barn swallows = spotted in the area and two tree swallows too.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Birds are beginning to = sing spring songs in their quiet way they do in early = spring.</div></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Best</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cam</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message ----- From: "James W. = Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></div= ><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To: "Brian Starzomski" <<a = href=3D"mailto:bstarzomski@gmail.com">bstarzomski@gmail.com</a>>; = "Joy and Cam Finlay" <<a = href=3D"mailto:joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca">joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca</a>></d= iv><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 1:31 PM</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: Anna's Hummingbird in NF video</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Brian, thanks for your note and sharing the great = video. <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>A = friend</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">of mine and hummer expert = suggested that the identity of the</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Newfoundland = Anna's (?) Hummingbird is in question?<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I must admit</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">that the one video I watched on the CBC National = News on TV showed a</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">bird that looked unlike the = illustrations I've seen in field guides.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">However, = Bruce MacTavish is a very well-known birder in our region</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">who is extremely knowledgeable and careful and = experienced -- he was</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">in his late teens when I = got to N.S. in the mid-1970s.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Cam, any</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">further comment on = this?</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Begin = forwarded message:</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: Brian = Starzomski <<a = href=3D"mailto:bstarzomski@gmail.com">bstarzomski@gmail.com</a>></div><= div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Date: January 31, 2011 3:26:16 PM AST</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></div><= div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Anna's Hummingbird in NF = video</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Reply-To: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></div><= div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi = all-</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I relocated to Victoria from Halifax two years ago, = though I still</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">spend<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>significant part of the = year in Nova Scotia.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>I thought you</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">might be interested in what = these birds are up to here in their</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">natural = Canadian range.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Anna's Hummingbirds are a regular occurrence</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">at my hummingbird feeder throughout the winter here, = and their</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">courtship flights in December = and January are remarkable.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>While we</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">are well known for our mild = winters in Victoria, there are occasional</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">bouts of = cold, and the fact that Anna's Hummingbird is robust enough</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">to survive through the Nov-Feb period still amazes = me.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>For = example,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">it went to -5C last night and = was still hovering around zero when I</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">went to = work this morning at 7am.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Nevertheless, I saw several Anna's</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">on my = walk.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Incredibly, = their nest-building is likely in progress or</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">finished at this time of the year.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Here is a wonderful video = from</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">January of 2010: <a = href=3D"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DaupSOndl7W0">http://www.youtube.c= om/watch?v=3DaupSOndl7W0</a> (I must</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">admit I put = this video on my website to demonstrate to potential grad</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">students Victoria's climate!).</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Best-</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Brian</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On Fri, Jan = 28, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Richard Stern</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><<a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:</div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">There's a CBC = interview with Bruce MacTavish about that Anna's</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Hummer in NF,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">here = -</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/01/24/nl= -">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/01/24/nl-</a>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">annas-hummingbird-124.html</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Richard</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">#################</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Richard Stern,</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">317 Middle Dyke Rd.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Port = Williams, NS, Canada</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">B0P 1T0</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a></div><di= v style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">###################</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote></blockquote><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_fYMqxNId2plw02AJjXQODw)--
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