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<blockquot --Apple-Mail-97--208262641 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Oops. Here's the link: http://www.ace-eco.org/vol4/iss1/art5/ Sorry, Andy On Aug 1, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Richard Stern wrote: > Hi, is there another link to Phil's paper? The one you give leads to = F. Scott Fitzgerald's recommended books, and the search function on that = site doesn't seem to work on an iPhone. >=20 > Richard Stern > Sent from my iPhone >=20 > On Aug 1, 2013, at 2:52 PM, Andrew Horn <aghorn@dal.ca> wrote: >=20 >> Hi all, >>=20 >> Research on this period when songbird family groups are breaking up, = and youngsters wandering all over, is one of the coolest areas in = ornithology right now, as people use new tracking technology to finally = figure out what's going on during what's probably the least-understood = part of a songbird's life. >>=20 >> And some of the best work on this is being done right here in Nova = Scotia, by Phil Taylor's lab at Acadia. A link to their most recent = paper, on young Myrtle and Blackpoll Warblers in Newfoundland, is here: = http://www.openculture.com/?p=3D71882 =20 >>=20 >> Much of the report is quite technical, but it's fairly easy to get = the jist of what was done and the sorts of things people are finding. >>=20 >> Cheers, >> Andy >>=20 >> On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Richard Stern wrote: >>=20 >>> Hi, >>>=20 >>> We may just be in that doldrum period between when the adult birds = are nesting and using all their energy to feed the young instead of = singing, calling and being territorial, and when the young are starting = to fly and migrate. I have experienced excellent numbers of warblers and = other woodland birds on Brier Island and Blomidon Provincial Park in = early morning in mid to late August in past years - mostly young = migrants. July is usually the quiet period in the woods. In general, = also, numbers of woodland birds - in particular neo-tropical migrants, = are declining, so it's likely that quiet periods will continue to get = quieter with time. >>>=20 >>> Richard >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:30 AM, David & Alison Webster = <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: >>> Hi Nancy & All, Aug 1, 2013 >>> I rarely hear birds because my hearing is damaged but when ants = swarm and then rain into trees I hear the clamor clearly; birds follow = the ant showers. >>>=20 >>> I wonder if the sudden silence reflects ants swarming elsewhere ? >>>=20 >>> Two ant nests in the yard that I checked yesterday seemed = deserted. One that I checked this morning has many winged ants. >>>=20 >>> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy P Dowd" = <nancypdowd@gmail.com> >>> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 6:13 AM >>> Subject: [NatureNS] Silent or migrating warblers >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> I noticed a big difference this week compared to last. The woods are = very silent. The most obvious absence is the Parulas. They were = everywhere 7 days ago, singing, but I have heard not one these past few = days. Ditto for Ovenbirds, Yellow-Rumps, Redstarts, B&Ws, Magnolias and = Black Throated Blue Warblers. All I am hearing is Yellowthroats and a = few Bl Throated Greens in the warbler world. >>>=20 >>> E Dalhousie, Kings Co is very inland. Basically at the intersection = of Kings, Annapolis and Lun Counties. Do the warblers move to more = peripheral areas now or are they just silent? >>>=20 >>> Anyone noticing related changes in other locations? >>>=20 >>> Nancy >>>=20 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3209/6540 - Release Date: = 07/31/13 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> --=20 >>> ################# >>> Richard Stern,=20 >>> Port Williams, NS, Canada >>> sternrichard@gmail.com >>> ################### >>=20 --Apple-Mail-97--208262641 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Oops. Here's the link: http://www.ace-eco.org/vol4/iss1/art5/<div><br></div><div>Sorry,</div><div>Andy</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 1, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Richard Stern wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi, is there another link to Phil's paper? The one you give leads to F. Scott Fitzgerald's recommended books, and the search function on that site doesn't seem to work on an iPhone.</div> <div><br></div><div>Richard Stern<br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Aug 1, 2013, at 2:52 PM, Andrew Horn <aghorn@dal.ca> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi all,<div> <br></div><div>Research on this period when songbird family groups are breaking up, and youngsters wandering all over, is one of the coolest areas in ornithology right now, as people use new tracking technology to finally figure out what's going on during what's probably the least-understood part of a songbird's life.</div> <div><br></div><div>And some of the best work on this is being done right here in Nova Scotia, by Phil Taylor's lab at Acadia. A link to their most recent paper, on young Myrtle and Blackpoll Warblers in Newfoundland, is here: http://www.openculture.com/?p=71882 </div> <div><br></div><div>Much of the report is quite technical, but it's fairly easy to get the