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--Apple-Mail-565-219256616 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Dave, I'll guess your small birds were starlings?, which I often see apparently feeding on flying ants. Also I often see various gulls, esp. ring-bills and herring, feeding also on flying ants high in the air. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > Date: August 31, 2013 9:38:24 AM ADT > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Flicker, ants ? > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Dear All, Aug 31, 2013 > I don't often pay attention to birds but today was an exception. > First a persistent drumming on the chimney liner cap turned out to > be a probable Flicker (outline of head & fore body only) confirmed > later by calling. > > When I went out at 8:30 the check on the drumming there were 20+ > small birds flying high in circles, with very rapid wingbeats which > I took to be feeding, probably on ants. And also at 8:30 gulls > flying SW in a determined way by 2's to 5's. > > When I went out next at 9:30 the same. High feeders and Gulls as > before. > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > --Apple-Mail-565-219256616 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Dave, I'll guess your small birds were starlings?, which I often see = apparently feeding on flying ants. Also I often see various gulls, = esp. ring-bills and herring, feeding also on flying ants high in the = air.<div><br></div><div> Cheers 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">David & Alison Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>></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>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">August 31, 2013 9:38:24 AM ADT</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"><a = href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</a></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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Flicker, ants = ?</b></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>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></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; ">Dear All,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = = </span>Aug 31, 2013</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I don't often pay = attention to birds but today was an exception. First a persistent = drumming on the chimney liner cap turned out to be a probable Flicker = (outline of head & fore body only) confirmed later by = calling.</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; "><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>When I went out at 8:30 the check on the drumming there were 20+ = small birds flying high in circles, with very rapid wingbeats which I = took to be feeding, probably on ants. And also at 8:30 gulls flying SW = in a determined way by 2's to 5's.</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; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>When I went out next = at 9:30 the same. High feeders and Gulls as before.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</div><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>= --Apple-Mail-565-219256616--
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