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Index of Subjects --047d7b1635f5d7967e04f046e162 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Heard the 'cheeese burger' lasr weekend as well James. Indeed it's maybe premature, but still love it - my all time early sign of the end of the beginning of winter lol? On 17 January 2014 12:56, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi all: > > Last Friday on the 10th when walking to work there were five male > black-capped chickadees competing for territory. Likely, it is too early > for the calls to have been for territory for the purpose of mating, so I > suspect they were vying for the territory as there is a good food source > present. > > Also, on that same day there were a number of very vocal white-breasted > nuthatch pairs. I know for a fact that this breed nests quite early at > times, so that likely was a territorial calling issue for the purpose of > them nesting around those areas that I heard them. > > Today at my feeders 90 American goldfinches dropped by. There was a > carpet of yellow and the trees were full of activity. Nice to see after an > absence of no birds at all for a few days. > > James R. Hirtle > Bridgewater > > > -- Jamie Simpson Hantsport, NS --047d7b1635f5d7967e04f046e162 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Heard the 'cheeese burger' lasr weekend as well Ja= mes. =A0Indeed it's maybe premature, but still love it - my all time ea= rly sign of the end of the beginning of winter lol?=A0</div><div class=3D"g= mail_extra"> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 17 January 2014 12:56, James Hirtle <= span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com" target=3D"_bl= ank">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gm= ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le= ft:1ex"> <div><div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"6">Hi all:</font><br>=A0<br><font size= =3D"6">Last Friday on the 10th when walking to work there were five male bl= ack-capped chickadees competing for territory.=A0 Likely, it is too early f= or the calls to have been for territory for the purpose of mating, so I sus= pect they were vying for the territory as there is a good food source prese= nt.=A0 </font><br> <font size=3D"6"></font>=A0<br><font size=3D"6">Also, on that same day ther= e were a number of very vocal white-breasted nuthatch pairs.=A0 I know for = a fact that this breed nests quite early at times, so that likely was a ter= ritorial calling issue for the purpose of them nesting around those areas t= hat I heard them.=A0 </font><br> <font size=3D"6"></font>=A0<br><font size=3D"6">Today at my feeders 90 Amer= ican goldfinches dropped by.=A0 There was a carpet of yellow and the trees = were full of activity.=A0 Nice to see after an absence of no birds at all f= or a few days.=A0 </font><br> <font size=3D"6"></font>=A0<br><font size=3D"6">James R. Hirtle</font><br><= font size=3D"6">Bridgewater</font><br><font size=3D"6">=A0<br></font><br> = </div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"= ltr"><div>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Hantsport, NS<br></div> </div> --047d7b1635f5d7967e04f046e162--
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