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Index of Subjects --498176207-1773797348-1376311446=:70786 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Which is of course a fathom Dave.=0AProbably where=A0fathom originated. We = often used it=0Awhen fishing or setting lobster traps. =0AIt was a span on = shore -=A0a fathom on the water.=0AHave a nice summer=0APaul=0A=0AFrom: Dav= id & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0AS= ent: Monday, August 12, 2013 9:27:55 AM=0ASubject: Re: Short-sighted WP: Re= : [NatureNS] Aggressive Hummingbird=0A=0A=0ARoughly 6'; fingertip to finger= tip with arms spread. It is a handy measure for many purposes.=0ADave=0A---= -- Original Message ----- From: "Annabelle Thiebaux" <hamst@xplornet.com>= =0ATo: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=0ASent: Monday, August 12, 2013 8:21 AM=0A= Subject: Re: Short-sighted WP: Re: [NatureNS] Aggressive Hummingbird=0A=0A= =0A> What is a span David?=0A> =0A> On 11/08/13 10:38 AM, David & Alison We= bster wrote:=0A>> Hi Don & All,=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Aug 11, 2012=0A>>=A0 =A0 =A0 Your comment about the Dow= ny freezing at the hint of danger reminded me of an experience last winter = suggesting that Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers are short-sighted.=0A>> =0A>>= =A0 =A0 =A0 For many years I have hung a stick of firewood, with 16 stagger= ed 3/4" diameter holes about 1/2" deep, horizontally in a shrub and kept th= em supplied with fat during cold weather. The Downy & Hairy WP often also f= ed in a nearby Ash and would usually come to the fat from the Ash.=0A>> =0A= >>=A0 =A0 =A0 After Alison became confined to wheelchair she could not see = the birds visit this stick so I decided to move it this winter to another l= ocation that was visible from a low window by hanging a second stick at the= new location and withholding fat from the first. This second location was = about 15 paces from the Ash home base and about 20 paces from the bush in w= hich the old stick hung.=0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 =A0 To effect this move, to a st= ick at the second location that was in full view from the Ash, took about 6= weeks !!=0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 =A0 They would find fat in a post that was half= a span from the feeder currently used but ignore a post that was a span aw= ay. So I leapfrogged posts by half-span increments; shifting the oldest for= ward after they were finding fat at the most recent.=0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 =A0 = In the process of doing this I learned that they strongly prefer to feed on= a vertical post as opposed to an angled post or a horizontal stick.=0A>> = =0A>> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville=0A>> =0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 ----- Original Me= ssage -----=0A>>=A0 =A0 From: Don MacNeill=0A>>=A0 =A0 To: naturens@chebuct= o.ns.ca=0A>>=A0 =A0 Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 1:26 PM=0A>>=A0 =A0 Subje= ct: Re: [NatureNS] Aggressive Hummingbitd=0A>> =0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 4 parts w= ater, 1 part sugar.=A0 Do you think I am making it hyperactive like childre= n who get too much sugar? :>)=0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 Don=0A>> =0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0= Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net=0A>>=A0 =A0 On 09/08/2013 7:36 AM,= Hebda, Andrew J wrote:=0A>> =0A>> Out of curiosity, how strong a sugar sol= ution are you using?=0A>> =0A>> Andrew=0A>> =0A>> _________________________= _______________=0A>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@ch= ebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of Don MacNeill [donmacneill@bellaliant.net]=0A>> S= ent: August-09-13 6:38 AM=0A>> To: NaturenNS=0A>> Subject: [NatureNS] Aggre= ssive Hummingbitd=0A>> =0A>> I bought and hung out a hummingbird feeder abo= ut a week ago. Yesterday a=0A>> hummingbird fed from it and decided to stak= e out its territory.=A0 It=0A>> chased away Black-capped Chickadees that we= re feeding at a sunflower=0A>> feeder that was 20 feet away fram the hummin= gbird feeder.=A0 It chased a=0A>> House Sparrow from my backyard.=A0 It dov= e at a Downy Woodpecker but=0A>> stopped about a foot from it and flew back= to a bush.=A0 Interestingly,=0A>> the woodpecker froze as it normally does= when danger threatens.=A0 It was=0A>> quite a while before the woodpecker = resumed feeding at the peanut feeder.=0A>> =0A>> I hope the dog-in-the-mang= er hummingbird doesn't succeed in keeping the=0A>> whole yard for itself.= =0A>> =0A>> Don=0A>> --=0A>> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net=0A>> = =0A>> =0A>> =0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 No virus found in this message.=0A>>=A0 =A0 = Checked by AVG - www.avg.com=0A>>=A0 =A0 Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Datab= ase: 3211/6563 - Release Date: 08/09/13=0A>> =0A> =0A> =0A> -----=0A> No vi= rus found in this message.=0A> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com=0A> Version: 20= 13.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6563 - Release Date: 08/09/13=0A> --498176207-1773797348-1376311446=:70786 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ar= ial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style=3D"RIGHT: auto"><SPAN= style=3D"RIGHT: auto">Which is of course a fathom Dave.</SPAN></div> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; R= IGHT: auto; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transp= arent"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">Probably where fathom originated. W= e often used it</SPAN></div> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; R= IGHT: auto; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transp= arent"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">when fishing or setting lobster traps. <= /SPAN></div> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; R= IGHT: auto; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transp= arent"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">It was a span on shore -&nb