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I have been trying to feed the robins in our neighbourhood. After a
trip to Costco, I put out apples, grapes, strawberries, suet and a
chopped up hard-boiled egg.
One robin has come and considers it his/her stash. It chases off any
other robins and allows only starlings to get at it. So much for
sharing the wealth. I put more out front so that at least one more
robin could feed.
90% of the time it eats only the apple. I have seen it with a grape and
occasionally it will peck at the suet and egg. Nothing, including the
starlings, will touch the strawberries. I guess I will have strawberry
shortcake tonight.
Don
Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
On 12/04/2015 1:09 AM, Jim Wolford wrote:
>
>> *Subject: **[ValleyNature] re distressed birds this spring -- was
>> more woodcocks but not good news*
>> *Date: *April 12, 2015 at 1:08:16 AM ADT
>> *To: *Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca
>> <mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>>
>> *Cc: *Helene Van Doninck <helene.birdvet@gmail.com
>> <mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com>>
>>
>> THANKS, HELENE! [Director of Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
>> near Truro]. I will also post this to naturens. Jim in Wolfville.
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> *From: *Helene Van Doninck <helene.birdvet@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com>>
>>> *Subject: **Re: re distressed birds this spring -- was more
>>> woodcocks but not good news*
>>> *Date: *April 11, 2015 at 11:32:20 PM ADT
>>> *To: *"James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca
>>> <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>>
>>>
>>> We've been seeing all sorts of starving birds all winter, and lately
>>> robins and woodcock. I know you mention the robins you've seen look
>>> fat, but without actually touching them there's no way to determine
>>> their condition...only palpation of the breast muscle can do that.
>>> I doubt there's a pile of fat robins in NS right now.
>>> Have lately had multiple cases where people are traveling to us with
>>> woodcock, robins, and lately Saw Whets...which are thin and weak
>>> enough that they've died on the way.
>>> We have a pile of owls here that are holding till the weather breaks
>>> for release. Not much sense in feeding them all winter only to let
>>> them go in a food scarcity situation. Bare grass can't come soon
>>> enough for me. Our food budget for 2014/2015 was surpassed long ago!
>>> Helene
>>>
>>> Helene Van Doninck DVM
>>> Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
>>> Hilden Nova Scotia
>>> www.cwrc.net <http://www.cwrc.net/>
>>> helene.birdvet@gmail.com <mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com>
>>> 902-893-0253
>>>
>>> On Apr 11, 2015 9:31 PM, "Jim Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca
>>> <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Pat and I have been wondering about how well our various spring
>>> birds are making out, especially here in The Valley compared
>>> with other areas of the province. Nearly all of the robins we
>>> have seen looked fat and very healthy, but we heard on Thursday
>>> that Michael Laceby of The Blomidon Inn in Wolfville found two
>>> dead robins that morning (he said that superficially they looked
>>> big and normal to him). I have been especially worried about
>>> the early woodcocks, which have been so incredibly abundantly
>>> reported by everyone this year of the very late spring. Two
>>> days ago we heard by way of a Sierra Club message that Hope
>>> Swinimer had quite a few woodcocks at Hope For Wildlife in
>>> Seaforth that were in need of care. Very few of the reported
>>> sightings to us on naturens have been of birds in distress, but
>>> both Andrew Hebda and Hope Swinimer reported oodles of calls
>>> about distressed or dying birds of various kinds, including
>>> especially robins. Maybe we can find out from Helene Van
>>> Doninck in Truro about how she is faring in the wildlife rehab’
>>> business, compared with Hope For Wildlife.
>>>
>>> Cheers? fromj Jim in Wolfville.
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> *From: *James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com
>>>> <mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com>>
>>>> *Subject: **[NatureNS] More woodcocks but not good news*
>>>> *Date: *April 10, 2015 at 6:33:07 PM ADT
>>>> *To: *Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>>> <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>>
>>>> *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>>> <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>>>>
>>>> I had a report of another American woodcock that some children
>>>> had shot with a pellet gun in Broad Cove. Also, a call from a
>>>> lady that another is not in good shape and needs assistance.
>>>> Not the lady, but the woodcock.
>>>>
>>>> James R. Hirtle
>>>> LaHave
>>>
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<font face="Calibri">I have been trying to feed the robins in our
neighbourhood. After a trip to </font>Costco, I put out apples,
grapes, strawberries, suet and a chopped up hard-boiled egg.<br>
<br>
One robin has come and considers it his/her stash. It chases off
any other robins and allows only starlings to get at it. So much
for sharing the wealth. I put more out front so that at least one
more robin could feed.<br>
<br>
90% of the time it eats only the apple. I have seen it with a grape
and occasionally it will peck at the suet and egg. Nothing,
including the starlings, will touch the strawberries. I guess I
will have strawberry shortcake tonight.<br>
<br>
Don<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Don MacNeill
donmacneill@bellaliant.net</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/04/2015 1:09 AM, Jim Wolford
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re distressed birds this spring -- was more woodcocks
but not good news</b><br>
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style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date:
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12, 2015 at 1:08:16 AM ADT<br>
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BNS <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</a>><br>
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</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Helene
Van Doninck <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space;
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">THANKS, HELENE!
[Director of Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre near
Truro]. I will also post this to naturens. Jim in
Wolfville.<br>
<div><br>
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style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: </b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Helene Van
Doninck <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a>><br>
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style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: re
distressed birds this spring -- was more
woodcocks but not good news</b><br>
</span></div>
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date: </b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica';">April 11, 2015 at
11:32:20 PM ADT<br>
</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To: </b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"James W.
Wolford" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br>
</span></div>
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<p dir="ltr">We've been seeing all sorts of starving
birds all winter, and lately robins and woodcock.
I know you mention the robins you've seen look
fat, but without actually touching them there's no
way to determine their condition...only palpation
of the breast muscle can do that. I doubt there's
a pile of fat robins in NS right now.<br>
Have lately had multiple cases where people are
traveling to us with woodcock, robins, and lately
Saw Whets...which are thin and weak enough that
they've died on the way.<br>
We have a pile of owls here that are holding till
the weather breaks for release. Not much sense in
feeding them all winter only to let them go in a
food scarcity situation. Bare grass can't come
soon enough for me. Our food budget for 2014/2015
was surpassed long ago!<br>
Helene</p>
<p dir="ltr">Helene Van Doninck DVM<br>
Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<br>
Hilden Nova Scotia<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cwrc.net/">www.cwrc.net</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a><br>
902-893-0253</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 11, 2015 9:31 PM,
"Jim Wolford" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>
wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Pat and I have
been wondering about how well our various
spring birds are making out, especially here
in The Valley compared with other areas of the
province. Nearly all of the robins we have
seen looked fat and very healthy, but we heard
on Thursday that Michael Laceby of The
Blomidon Inn in Wolfville found two dead
robins that morning (he said that
superficially they looked big and normal to
him). I have been especially worried about
the early woodcocks, which have been so
incredibly abundantly reported by everyone
this year of the very late spring. Two days
ago we heard by way of a Sierra Club message
that Hope Swinimer had quite a few woodcocks
at Hope For Wildlife in Seaforth that were in
need of care. Very few of the reported
sightings to us on naturens have been of birds
in distress, but both Andrew Hebda and Hope
Swinimer reported oodles of calls about
distressed or dying birds of various kinds,
including especially robins. Maybe we can
find out from Helene Van Doninck in Truro
about how she is faring in the wildlife rehab’
business, compared with Hope For Wildlife.
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Cheers? fromj Jim in Wolfville.<br>
<div><br>
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style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From:
</b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica'">James
Hirtle <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>><br>
</span></div>
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style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span
style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Subject:
</b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>[NatureNS]
More woodcocks but not good news</b><br>
</span></div>
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style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date:
</b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica'">April
10, 2015 at 6:33:07 PM ADT<br>
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style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To:
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style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Naturens
Naturens <<a
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target="_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="6">I had
a report of another American
woodcock that some children had
shot with a pellet gun in Broad
Cove. Also, a call from a lady
that another is not in good
shape and needs assistance. Not
the lady, but the woodcock.</font><br>
<br>
<font size="6">James R. Hirtle</font><br>
<font size="6">LaHave </font></div>
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