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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_048F_01D16CBB.4B0CF6C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We have two male cardinals and one female at our feeder here in Tupperville, where they have been nesting in our woodlot each year for the past 3 years. But compared to East Dalhousie, we are not 'remote', though it feels a bit that way if someone drives here from the city. Farmland all around and scraggly woodlands from a long history of abuses. Multiflora rose grows nearly everywhere, which they find attractive (the cardinals, that is). Speaking of East Dalhousie, I nailed some fresh pork fat in a tree in January, since my mother had two grey jays visiting her feeder for food scraps. I thought I might encourage them, but she is seeing them far less frequently now. Meanwhile, a bob cat stole the fat from the tree. (Tracks told the tale.) Grey jay were commonplace in East Dalhousie when I grew up there. In Tupperville, we had a male sapsucker hammering away on the wooden feeder post last week. That was a change from the usual Downy and Hairy woodpecker visitors. He is likely enjoying this weather, as I noticed two separate lots of sugar maple trees being tapped this morning. Some of the buckets were brimming. Imagine! In mid-February! -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of NancyDowd Sent: February-21-16 2:52 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] what sounds similar to Carolina Wren Yes. I imagine it will turn out to be a Cardinal although I never see them at my feeder here (E Dalhousie, Kings Co). I also think of them more as town birds (at least in NS thus far) rather than being out in the woods. But they are versatile, I know. Do others see them at feeders in remote locations? Nancy On 2016-02-21, at 2:06 PM, James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com> wrote: > Nancy, > Cardinals also have a repeated 'Tea-kettle' song type which I do not hear as frequently as other types; it is reminiscent of a Carolina Wren. > > James > > On Sunday, 21 February 2016, John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Nancy, > There can also be a similarity of pattern in the calls of Carolina > Wren and Tufted Titmouse. Although there is only one Nova Scotia > record for Tufted Titmouse, their population has been moving northward. > Good luck in solving this mystery, > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca > [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of NancyDowd > Sent: February-21-16 08:41 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] what sounds similar to Carolina Wren > > For the last couple of weeks I have heard a bird calling in the woods, > usually early in the morning, that I cannot place. To me it sounds > like a Carolina Wren song "tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea kettle" but is > most likely not. It doesn't sound like any of the Cardinal > vocalizations I am used to hearing around Bridgewater. Any suggestions? > > I will try to get a recording. > > Nancy D > E Dalhousie, Kings Co. > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile. ------=_NextPart_000_048F_01D16CBB.4B0CF6C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 08.00.0681.000"> <TITLE>cadrinals, sapsuckers and sap, grey jays</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">We have</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">two male cardinals and one = female</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"> at our feeder here in = Tupperville</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"> where = they have been nesting</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">in our woodlot</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">each = year for the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">past 3 years. = B</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">ut compared to East Dalhousie, we are = not</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">‘</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">remote</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">, though it feels a bit that way = if someone drives here from the city</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"> Farmland all around = and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">scraggly</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"> wood</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">lands</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">from = a long history of abuses.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"> Multiflora = rose</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> = <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">grows nearly everywhere</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SP