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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_21911288_1934079994.1541323821908 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the info. We would have been probably more aware of them in wint= er if it were not for the fact that we have been migrants for many years sp= ending the winter months on North Hutchinson Island on Florida's East Coast= . Also a great birding spot. Peter StowIn a message dated 2018-11-03 11:55:32 PM Atlantic Standard Time,= srshaw@Dal.Ca writes: Hi Peter: =C2=A0along with many Downy and a few Hairy WPs, we have a single= N. Flicker show up occasionally at our hanging-log suet+peanut butter feed= ers every winter, though not necessarily always the same bird. =C2=A0The Sm= ithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of N. Am (2008, 1st ed., map on p. 280 b= ut you need a magnifying glass to read it) confirms that this species has y= ear-round residential status in coastal and southern Nova Scotia: =C2=A0at = least some birds here don=E2=80=99t migrate. =C2=A0My Sibley=E2=80=99s Guid= e to Birds (2000, 1st ed.,) map on p.318 is less detailed in that it doesn= =E2=80=99t show this, though I think there=E2=80=99s a later edition. As a come-from-away used to house-owners=E2=80=99 bird-baths and who once w= ondered idly how birds here get any water at all when the lake freezes over= , the first time I ever saw the solution was from this same N. Flicker repe= atedly eating snow off the piles on our back deck rail in January or so, so= me years back. =C2=A0I=E2=80=99ve since seen other birds like starlings do = it often and imagine it is commonplace for other species in winter here aft= er it has snowed. =C2=A0 I=E2=80=99m not sure how much water they get this = way, however, versus direct from oxidation of their food (like gerbils), bu= t no doubt this is known for some species and a real birder perhaps may inf= orm us. Steve in Hfx --------------------------------------------------------------------------= --------- On Nov 3, 2018, at 12:39 PM, Hubcove@aol.com wrote: I have some suet out for the woodpeckers but was very surprised to see a ye= llow shafted flicker show up this morning. They are pretty common here in t= he summer but I have never seen one this late and never at a feeder. =20 Peter StowHubbards ------=_Part_21911288_1934079994.1541323821908 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <div> <div class="userEdit" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">Thanks for the info. We would have been probably more aware of them in winter if it were not for the fact that we have been migrants for many years spending the winter months on North Hutchinson Island on Florida's East Coast. Also a great birding spot.<br></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">Peter Stow</span></div> </div> In a message dated 2018-11-03 11:55:32 PM Atlantic Standard Time, srshaw@Dal.Ca writes: <div><br></div> <div class="quotedReply"> <blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: blue 2px solid;"> <div id="yiv4085441685"> <div>Hi Peter: along with many Downy and a few Hairy WPs, we have a single N. Flicker show up occasionally at our hanging-log suet+peanut butter feeders every winter, though not necessarily always the same bird. The Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of N. Am (2008, 1st ed., map on p. 280 but you need a magnifying glass to read it) confirms that this species has year-round residential status in coastal and southern Nova Scotia: at least some birds here don’t migrate. My Sibley’s Guide to Birds (2000, 1st ed.,) map on p.318 is less detailed in that it doesn’t show this, though I think there’s a later edition. <div><br></div> <div>As a come-from-away used to house-owners’ bird-baths and who once wondered idly how birds here get any water at all when the lake freezes over, the first time I ever saw the solution was from this same N. Flicker repeatedly eating snow off the piles on our back deck rail in January or so, some years back. I’ve since seen other birds like starlings do it often and imagine it is commonplace for other species in winter here after it has snowed. I’m not sure how much water they get this way, however, versus direct from oxidation of their food (like gerbils), but no doubt this is known for some species and a real birder perhaps may inform us.<br></div> <div>Steve in Hfx<br clear="none"> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br clear="none"> <div id="yiv4085441685yqt96560" class="yiv4085441685yqt5659504661"> <div> <div>On Nov 3, 2018, at 12:39 PM, Hubcove@aol.com wrote:</div> <br class="yiv4085441685Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"> <blockquote> <div> <div class="yiv4085441685userEdit" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I have some suet out for the woodpeckers but was very surprised to see a yellow shafted flicker show up this morning. They are pretty common here in the summer but I have never seen one this late and never at a feeder.</span><br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Peter Stow</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hubbards</span></span></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> ------=_Part_21911288_1934079994.1541323821908--