[NatureNS] Grackles

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:23:27 -0400 (AST)
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   =EF=BB=BF And many more bird watchers than there was 70 years ago Dave
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   with much better equipment and much more info in books, internet and so =
on.
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   A report of a rare bird nowadays is known world wide with in minutes now
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   little wonder more reported strays!=20
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   On my trips to Mahone Bay on the winter weekends I rarely fail to see
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   folks out enjoying nature&#160;with cameras, telescopes and so on.
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   It wasn&#39;t like that in the days of horse and sleigh!
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   Enjoy the winter Paul
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   <!-- <![endif] --> On January 17, 2016 at 8:21 PM David &#38; Alison Web=
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    I would guess that the variety and quantity of food now available in wi=
nter, as a result of bird feed, roadkill and dead chickens,&#160;is much gr=
eater than it was 70 years ago. This would tend to permit survival of vagra=
nts from the south and migratory birds who stuck around.
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    Yt, DW
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     John and Nhung
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     <strong>Sent:</strong> Sunday, January 17, 2016 6:04 PM
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     <strong>Subject:</strong> RE: [NatureNS] Grackles
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     <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: &#3=
9;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 11pt;">Climate change or so=
mething else?</span></p>=20
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9;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 11pt;">&#160;</span></p>=20
     <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: &#3=
9;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 11pt;">Down here in Yarmout=
h, I saw my first cardinal in 1992.&#160; Now they are regulars the year ar=
ound.</span></p>=20
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9;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 11pt;">&#160;</span></p>=20
     <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: &#3=
9;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 11pt;">Ditto for turkey vul=
tures, except that my first sighting of that species was back in =E2=80=998=
2 or =E2=80=9983. </span></p>=20
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       <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><strong><span style=3D"font-family: &#39;Taho=
ma&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></strong><span =
style=3D"font-family: &#39;Tahoma&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 10p=
t;"> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebuc=
to.ns.ca</a> [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <strong>On Behalf Of </=
strong>angeladawngranchelli<br/><strong>Sent:</strong> January 17, 2016 4:3=
8 PM<br/><strong>To:</strong> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br/><strong>Subject:<=
/strong> Re: [NatureNS] Grackles</span></p>=20
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      <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Maybe they are late leaving as they do migrate=
. &#160;I&#39;m not sure if any over winter here.</p>=20
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