[NatureNS] re Feeder birds Sydney Feb 10

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:55:43 -0400
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Margaret, the actual =93song=94 of the bl.-c. chickadee is the =
two-or-actually-three-note call that we Anglicize as =93cheeseburger=94. =
 Listen for it in the next few months as we get into real spring.  Jim =
in Wolfville=20

P.S. In east Wolfville, again we had our SNOW BUNTINGS, today counted at =
100, back for the free offerings on the ground outside our apartment =
building.

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> From: Don MacNeill <donmacneill@bellaliant.net>
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Feeder birds Sydney Feb 10
> Date: February 10, 2015 at 4:44:15 PM AST
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>=20
> My starlings are too damned smart.  A while ago they learned how to =
hang upside down on my suet which I hang face-down to discourage them.  =
Now they are hanging upside down on my niger feeder and cleaning out the =
niger seeds.  I'll have to build a cage around the feeder so that small =
birds can get in but the starlings can't.
>=20
> I removed the seed tray from the sunflower feeder to discourage =
pigeons.  Now they are holding on to the seed tube and eating while they =
flap constantly to stay there.
>=20
> Don
>=20
> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
> On 10/02/2015 4:27 PM, Margaret Fraser wrote:
>>=20
>> I had an unexpected chance to watch my feeders today-my afternoon was =
abruptly cleared with too little notice to do much with it besides take =
my father to lunch. This afternoon I again had about 40 goldfinches =
trying to bankrupt me,about 15 chickadees and a male downie woodpecker =
at the suet and then the peanut feeder. No sign of his mate but I am =
sure she is around. I usually only see her in the summer. Also,of =
course, a dozen pigeons and innumerable starlings. They are very =
faithful!
>> The chickadees have started singing their full chickadeedee song. =
They were using it to swear at me when I went out to refill the feeders.
>> Cheers,
>> Margaret
>>=20
>=20


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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;">Margaret, the actual =93song=94 of the bl.-c. =
chickadee is the two-or-actually-three-note call that we Anglicize as =
=93cheeseburger=94. &nbsp;Listen for it in the next few months as we get =
into real spring. &nbsp;Jim in Wolfville&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>P.S. =
In east Wolfville, again we had our SNOW BUNTINGS, today counted at 100, =
back for the free offerings on the ground outside our apartment =
building.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
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style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Don MacNeill &lt;<a =
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Feeder birds Sydney Feb 10</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix"><font face=3D"Calibri">My starlings =
are
        too damned smart.&nbsp; A while ago they learned how to hang =
upside
        down on my suet which I hang face-down to discourage them.&nbsp; =
Now
        they are hanging upside down on my niger feeder and cleaning out
        the niger seeds.&nbsp; I'll have to build a cage around =
</font>the
      feeder so that small birds can get in but the starlings can't.<br>
      <br>
      I removed the seed tray from the sunflower feeder to discourage
      pigeons.&nbsp; Now they are holding on to the seed tube and eating
      while they flap constantly to stay there.<br>
      <br>
      Don<br>
      <br>
      <div class=3D"moz-signature">Don MacNeill
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href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net">donmacneill@bellaliant.net</a><=
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      On 10/02/2015 4:27 PM, Margaret Fraser wrote:<br>
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            <td valign=3D"top"><p dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"2">I had an
                    unexpected chance to watch my feeders today-my
                    afternoon was abruptly cleared with too little
                    notice to do much with it besides take my father to
                    lunch. This afternoon I again had about 40
                    goldfinches trying to bankrupt me,about 15
                    chickadees and a male downie woodpecker at the suet
                    and then the peanut feeder. No sign of his mate but
                    I am sure she is around. I usually only see her in
                    the summer. Also,of course, a dozen pigeons and
                    innumerable starlings. They are very =
faithful!</font><br>
                <font size=3D"2">The chickadees have
                    started singing their full chickadeedee song. They
                    were using it to swear at me when I went out to
                    refill the feeders.</font><br>
                <font size=3D"2">Cheers,</font><br>
                <font size=3D"2">Margaret</font></p>
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