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Jim Wilson has been tracking this fall's invasion of Red-bellied
Woodpeckers in New Brunswick. Here is his most recent update to the
NatureNB list, which I found interesting:
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
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Subject:
<https://listserv.unb.ca/cgi-bin//cgi-bin/wa?A2=NATURENB;2c3211aa.1111D>NB
Red-bellied Woodpecker Update to Nov 24 2011
From: Jim Wilson
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:12:27 -0400
I'm continuing to track and record the many reports of Red-bellied
Woodpeckers this fall as this species stages a major incursion north into
New Brunswick.
This fall's first Red-bellied Woodpecker was reported from Fundy Park on
October 16th. During the past 40 days we've had a total of 114 sightings
that stretch all across the province, with the majority of birds appearing
in the southern half.
Of the 114 reports, it's possible that about 104 of them are of different
individuals and at least another 10 are likely "duplicates", meaning birds
that may be visiting more than one property within a relatively small area.
But as sightings accumulate, the process of identifying duplicates becomes
more complex, so getting details on street addresses and the sex of the bird
becomes ever more useful.
Of the 104 individual birds, males total 55, females 45, and four others
have not yet been unidentified as to sex.
A total of 87 were seen at feeders; the other 17 were not associated with
feeding stations, although they could eventually appear somewhere, further
muddying the picture.
Interestingly, eight lucky hosts have two Red-bellied Woodpeckers coming to
their properties. In all but one case it's a male and female attending and
in the other instance the sex of the birds has not yet been provided. And
from Ralph Eldridge's recent report from St. George, he's apparently hosting
three - two females and a male. So a pattern seems to be emerging that could
suggest that males tend to not tolerate other males at feeders.
There continue to be new sightings nearly every day. The only dates when no
new birds appeared are October 24th and today, November 24th .yet.
If anyone would like a copy of the detailed data, please contact me and I'll
be happy to share it with you. Ultimately, it will be filed with the NB Bird
Records Committee which will archive it on behalf of the NB Museum.
Jim Wilson
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03:57 PM 04/01/2012, you wrote:
>All,
>
>I've birded NS for over 20 years, sometimes enthusiastically,
>sometimes just absorbingly. However, I don't know much about
>Red-bellied Woodpeckers here, though someone has sent in a picture
>to our local paper and the reporter wants details about the species
>here. From watching NatureNS and reading Nova Scotia Birds, I feel
>like this statement is fair: "It is a regular fall or winter
>visitor, in some years, in ones and twos, and in others, like this
>one, they are popping up regularly. I don't think anyone knows why
>this happens." Does this sound reasonable?
>
>There is one nest record in the Atlas (confirmed)...were there any
>others this past year?
>
>Thanks,
>Randy
>
>_________________________________
>RF Lauff
>Way in the boonies of
>Antigonish County, NS.
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Jim Wilson has been tracking this fall's invasion of Red-bellied
Woodpeckers in New Brunswick. Here is his most recent update to the
NatureNB list, which I found interesting:<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br>
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<b>Subject:</b>
<a href="https://listserv.unb.ca/cgi-bin//cgi-bin/wa?A2=NATURENB;2c3211aa.1111D">
NB Red-bellied Woodpecker Update to Nov 24 2011</a><br>
<b>From:</b> Jim Wilson <br>
<b>Date:</b> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:12:27 -0400<br><br>
<br>
<pre>I'm continuing to track and record the many reports of Red-bellied
Woodpeckers this fall as this species stages a major incursion north
into
New Brunswick.
This fall's first Red-bellied Woodpecker was reported from Fundy Park on
October 16th. During the past 40 days we've had a total of 114 sightings
that stretch all across the province, with the majority of birds
appearing
in the southern half.
Of the 114 reports, it's possible that about 104 of them are of
different
individuals and at least another 10 are likely "duplicates",
meaning birds
that may be visiting more than one property within a relatively small
area.
But as sightings accumulate, the process of identifying duplicates
becomes
more complex, so getting details on street addresses and the sex of the
bird
becomes ever more useful.
Of the 104 individual birds, males total 55, females 45, and four others
have not yet been unidentified as to sex.
A total of 87 were seen at feeders; the other 17 were not associated
with
feeding stations, although they could eventually appear somewhere,
further
muddying the picture.
Interestingly, eight lucky hosts have two Red-bellied Woodpeckers coming
to
their properties. In all but one case it's a male and female
attending and
in the other instance the sex of the birds has not yet been provided.
And
from Ralph Eldridge's recent report from St. George, he's apparently
hosting
three - two females and a male. So a pattern seems to be emerging that
could
suggest that males tend to not tolerate other males at feeders.
There continue to be new sightings nearly every day. The only dates when
no
new birds appeared are October 24th and today, November 24th .yet.
If anyone would like a copy of the detailed data, please contact me and
I'll
be happy to share it with you. Ultimately, it will be filed with the NB
Bird
Records Committee which will archive it on behalf of the NB Museum.
Jim Wilson
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At 03:57 PM 04/01/2012, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=4>All,</font><br>
<font size=4><br>
I've birded NS for over 20 years, sometimes enthusiastically, sometimes
just absorbingly. However, I don't know much about Red-bellied
Woodpeckers here, though someone has sent in a picture to our local paper
and the reporter wants details about the species here. From watching
NatureNS and reading <i>Nova Scotia Birds</i>, I feel like this statement
is fair: "It is a regular fall or winter visitor, in some years, in
ones and twos, and in others, like this one, they are popping up
regularly. I don’t think anyone knows why this happens." Does this
sound reasonable?<br><br>
There is one nest record in the Atlas (confirmed)...were there any others
this past year?<br><br>
Thanks,<br>
Randy<br>
</font><br>
_________________________________<br>
RF Lauff<br>
Way in the boonies of<br>
Antigonish County, NS.</blockquote></body>
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