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Your email reminded me of another bird of the flycatcher group that I heard on Tuesday August 2nd, an Alder Flycatcher singing consistently from one spot along the Mersey River inside the park in the Orde Stillwater. I presume its nesting by the frequency of its song and consistency in one place. Chimney swifts are typically late nesters, as we know. My mother's barn hayloft is host this year to 5 large juvenile chimney swifts, all appearing ready to fledge and clinging to the barn wall. It's nice to see maximum clutch size. Yet in another barn hayloft in Cherryfield, the swifts are not nearly as advanced, possibly due to the parents taking out time to build a brand new nest this year. I saw 7 swifts flying over head in Tupperville on August 7th, they returned overhead a couple of times that evening. There is a local nest here somewhere in Tupperville. I thought I found it last Sunday, but now realize it might have been starlings (?) flying in a chimney at dusk instead of swifts. I know that's embarrassing to mention, but I'll need to return and take a closer look. (Still a Rookie!) I had an active nest of Yellow-bellied sapsuckers near Grafton Lake in Keji this year, the parents bringing food in the first days of July. (The date is in my notes at work.) Those sapsuckers you mention appear to be extremely tardy. Lots of tasty insects right now, though. It would seem to be still a good time to nest. I am glad that nesting is pretty well over. Those forest fires in Keji yesterday were burning very hot and deep. It was a very long day on the fire lines. Donna -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Ken McKenna Sent: August-04-16 1:14 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Late nesting birds EAPH, YBSA Hi all On a little stroll this morning on the Willard Fraser Rd. Pictou Co, I found a nest of Easter Phoebe with at least 3 young under a bridge with an adult seen bringing food. It is not that unusual I don't think for Phoebes to nest late as they have multiple broods. Only 100 m away I also heard the distinct sounds of a nesting woodpecker begging for food. A little wait showed the nester to be a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. I thought this to be on the late side for this species. Tried to find the breeding season for sapsuckers in the new Maritime breeding Bird Atlas but for some reason this info is not included. Also I don't seem to be able to open the drop-down info from the maritime Breeding Bird Atlas website where this info was previously available. (Maybe it is my IPad that can't open this info but everything else in the column appears to open). This year I also had my latest nesting Tree Swallow in my yard with the young probably leaving the nest the morning of August 2 a month later than the usual date. Fred MacKenzie less than a km up the road also had a similar late nesting Tree Swallow in a box in his yard. Cheers Ken Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad
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