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Index of Subjects --001a1141f32823a6390565f625ab Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable They also seem to be good habitat for nesting Palm Warblers. Richard On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 8:56 AM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > Thursday I visited a trail that runs along the lakeshore with a Xmas tree > farm going up from it. White-winged Crossbills were everywhere- feeding i= n > the spruce trees bordering the lot and also scattered throughout the Xmas > trees themselves. Several were actually sitting atop these small firs > singing away, well away from the cone-bearing trees. Would WWCR actually > nest in these tree farms? > > Xmas tree farms are curious places: fir monocultures with thick grassy > undergrowth, edge habitat and gravelly trails. Each lot has a Red-tailed > Hawk present (two in courtship flight there on Thursday) plus I=E2=80=99v= e seen > Kestrels, Merlins and other raptors- the thick grass likely harbours lots > of small mammals, sparrows, insects and such. Neither natural nor the > world=E2=80=99s safest environments in many ways but certainly not the w= orst. > > Nancy > E Dalhousie, Kings Co. > > Sent from my iPad > --=20 ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --001a1141f32823a6390565f625ab Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">They also seem to be good habitat for nesting Palm Warbler= s.<div><br></div><div>Richard</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><di= v class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 8:56 AM, nancy dowd <span d= ir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">na= ncypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot= e" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">= Thursday I visited a trail that runs along the lakeshore with a Xmas tree f= arm going up from it. White-winged Crossbills were everywhere- feeding in t= he spruce trees bordering the lot and also scattered throughout the Xmas tr= ees themselves. Several were actually sitting atop these small firs singing= away, well away from the cone-bearing trees. Would WWCR actually nest in t= hese tree farms?<br> <br> Xmas tree farms are curious places: fir monocultures with thick grassy unde= rgrowth, edge habitat and gravelly trails. Each lot has a Red-tailed Hawk p= resent (two in courtship flight there on Thursday) plus I=E2=80=99ve seen K= estrels, Merlins and other raptors- the thick grass likely harbours lots of= small mammals, sparrows, insects and such. Neither natural nor the world= =E2=80=99s safest environments in many ways=C2=A0 but certainly not the wor= st.<br> <br> Nancy<br> E Dalhousie, Kings Co.<br> <br> Sent from my iPad<br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class= =3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><d= iv>#################<br>Richard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail= .com</a><br>###################</div></div></div> </div> --001a1141f32823a6390565f625ab--
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