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--=====================_359874937==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed White's Lake, HRM, 26 March Martine hiked into the woods behind the subdivision this morning, and about 500 metres in heard a Ruffed Grouse drumming, at a spot where we've had them in previous years. I heard my first American Robin song of the year this morning. Our property has lots of thick brush (yound firs growing in after the blow-downs from Hurricane Juan and subsequent storms), and this cover, while attractive to sparrows and finchs, makes it hard to make accurate counts of the number of individuals present. I first noted Fox Sparrows here last Saturday, on the 19th, but it took several days to determine there were at least four individuals (of which at least two are singing males). But I usually see them in ones and twos. I thought they might continue their migration last night given the clear, calm conditions, but they are still about today, singing frequently, and feeding often. Onward spring, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" http://nsbs.chebucto.org Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://tinyurl.com/birdingns Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: http://tinyurl.com/mr627d White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --=====================_359874937==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> White's Lake, HRM, 26 March<br><br> Martine hiked into the woods behind the subdivision this morning, and about 500 metres in heard a <b>Ruffed Grouse</b> drumming, at a spot where we've had them in previous years.<br><br> I heard my first <b>American Robin</b> song of the year this morning.<br><br> Our property has lots of thick brush (yound firs growing in after the blow-downs from Hurricane Juan and subsequent storms), and this cover, while attractive to sparrows and finchs, makes it hard to make accurate counts of the number of individuals present. I first noted <b>Fox Sparrows</b> here last Saturday, on the 19th, but it took several days to determine there were at least four individuals (of which at least two are singing males). But I usually see them in ones and twos. I thought they might continue their migration last night given the clear, calm conditions, but they are still about today, singing frequently, and feeding often.<br><br> Onward spring,<br><br> Blake<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> 902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br> <a href="http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora="autourl"> http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br> </a>Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a></u></font> <br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</a> <br><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </body> </html> --=====================_359874937==.ALT--
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