[NatureNS] cadrinals, sapsuckers and sap, grey jays

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:25:54 -0400 (AST)
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   We&#39;ve had a pair of Cardinals visiting from time to time
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   here in Martins Point.&#160; not a common bird here. They seem to like
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   the rhodies and azaleas and feed on the seeds on the bushes.
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   I can see them out the window as I type!
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   Enjoy the winter
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   Paul
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  <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-co=
lor: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: rela=
tive;" type=3D"cite">
   On February 21, 2016 at 3:19 PM Donna Crossland &#60;dcrossland@eastlink=
.ca&#62; wrote:
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   <p><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">We have</spa=
n></span><span></span><span> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">two male=
 cardinals and one female</span></span><span></span><span><span style=3D"fo=
nt-family: Calibri;"> at our feeder here in Tupperville</span></span><span>=
</span><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">,</span></span><span></s=
pan><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"> where they have been nesti=
ng</span></span><span></span><span> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">i=
n our woodlot</span></span><span></span><span> <span style=3D"font-family: =
Calibri;">each year for the</span></span><span></span><span> <span style=3D=
"font-family: Calibri;">past 3 years.&#160; B</span></span><span></span><sp=
an><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">ut compared to East Dalhousie, we =
are not</span></span><span></span><span> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibr=
i;">=E2=80=98</span></span><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family: C=
alibri;">remote</span></span><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family:=
 Calibri;">=E2=80=99</span></span><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily: Calibri;">, though it feels a bit that way if someone drives here fro=
m the city</span></span><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family: Cali=
bri;">.</span></span><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri=
;">&#160; Farmland all around and</span></span><span></span><span> <span st=
yle=3D"font-family: Calibri;">scraggly</span></span><span></span><span><spa=
n style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"> wood</span></span><span></span><span><sp=
an style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">lands</span></span><span></span><span></=
span><span></span><span> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">from a long =
history of abuses.</span></span><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-fami=
ly: Calibri;">&#160; Multiflora rose</span></span><span></span><span> <span=
 style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">grows nearly everywhere</span></span><span=
></span><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">, which they find attra=
ctive (the cardinals, that is).</span></span><span></span><span></span></p>=
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   <p>&#160;</p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">Speaking of East Dalhousi=
e, I nailed some fresh pork fat in a tree in January</span></span><span></s=
pan><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">,</span></span><span></span=
><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"> since my mother had two grey =
jays visiting her feeder for food scraps.&#160; I thought I might encourage=
 them, but she is seeing them far less frequently now.&#160; Meanwhile, a b=
ob cat stole the fat from the tree.&#160; (Tracks told the tale</span></spa=
n><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">.)&#160;</span><=
/span><span></span><span>&#160;<span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"> Grey =
jay were common</span></span><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family:=
 Calibri;">place</span></span><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family=
: Calibri;"> in East Dalhousie</span></span><span></span><span><span style=
=3D"font-family: Calibri;"> when I grew up there.</span></span><span></span=
><span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">In Tupperville, we</span>=
</span><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"> had a male=
 sapsucker hammering away on the wooden feeder post last week.&#160; That w=
as</span></span><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"> a=
 change from the usual Downy and Ha</span></span><span></span><span><span s=
tyle=3D"font-family: Calibri;">iry woodpecker visitors</span></span><span><=
/span><span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">.&#160; He</span></span><=
span></span><span> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">is likely enjoying=
 this weather, as I noticed two</span></span><span></span><span> <span styl=
e=3D"font-family: Calibri;">separate</span></span><span></span><span></span=
><span></span><span> <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">lots of sugar ma=
ple trees being tapped this morning.&#160; Some of the buckets were brimmin=
g.&#160; Imagine!&#160; In mid-February!</span></span><span></span><span></=
span></p>=20
   <p>&#160;</p>=20
   <p>&#160;</p>=20
   <p><span></span><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">-----Origin=
al Message-----<br/> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [<a href=3D"mailto=
:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>] O=
n Behalf Of NancyDowd<br/> Sent: February-21-16 2:52 PM<br/> To: naturens@c=
hebucto.ns.ca<br/> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] what sounds similar to Carolina =
Wren</span></span><span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">Yes. I imagine it will t=
urn out to be a Cardinal although I never see them at my feeder here (E Dal=
housie, 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 kno=
w. Do others see them at feeders in remote locations?</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">Nancy</span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">On 2016-02-21, at 2:06 P=
M, James Churchill &#60;</span></span><span></span><a href=3D"mailto:jamesl=
churchill@gmail.com"><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">jameslchu=
rchill@gmail.com</span></span><span></span></a><span><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily: Consolas;">&#62; wrote:</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; Nancy,</span></spa=
n></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; Cardinals also hav=
e a repeated &#39;Tea-kettle&#39; song type which I do not hear as frequent=
ly as other types; it is reminiscent of a Carolina Wren.</span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; </span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; James</span></span=
></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; </span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; On Sunday, 21 Febr=
uary 2016, John Kearney &#60;</span></span><span></span><a href=3D"mailto:j=
ohn.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca"><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">j=
ohn.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span><span></span></a><span><span style=
=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; wrote:</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; Hi Nancy,</span></=
span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; There can also be =
a similarity of pattern in the calls of Carolina </span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; Wren and Tufted Ti=
tmouse. Although there is only one Nova Scotia </span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; record for Tufted =
Titmouse, their population has been moving northward.</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; Good luck in solvi=
ng this mystery,</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; John</span></span>=
</p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; </span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; -----Original Mess=
age-----</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; From:</span></span=
><span> </span><a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca"><span><span=
 style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</span></spa=
n><span></span></a><span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; [</span></span><sp=
an></span><a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca"><span><span styl=
e=3D"font-family: Consolas;">mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</span></s=
pan><span></span></a><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">]</span><=
/span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; On Behalf Of Nancy=
Dowd</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; Sent: February-21-=
16 08:41</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; To:</span></span><=
span> </span><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca"><span><span style=
=3D"font-family: Consolas;">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</span></span><span></sp=
an></a><span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; Subject: [NatureNS=
] what sounds similar to Carolina Wren</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; </span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; For the last coupl=
e of weeks I have heard a bird calling in the woods, </span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; usually early in t=
he morning, that I cannot place. To me it sounds </span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; like a Carolina Wr=
en song &#34;tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea kettle&#34; but is </span></span><=
/p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; most likely not. I=
t doesn&#39;t sound like any of the Cardinal </span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; vocalizations I am=
 used to hearing around Bridgewater. Any suggestions?</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; </span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; I will try to get =
a recording.</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; </span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; Nancy D</span></sp=
an></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; E Dalhousie, Kings=
 Co.</span></span></p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; </span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; </span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; </span></span></p>=
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   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; --</span></span></=
p>=20
   <p><span><span style=3D"font-family: Consolas;">&#62; Sent from Gmail Mo=
bile.</span></span></p>=20
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