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Aug. 10, 2006 - Ladny Richmond on Hillside Ave. in Wolfville has seen the disappearance of her small number of HOUSE SPARROWS over the past few weeks; the last individual was seen at her feeder a few days ago and looked and acted unhealthy. She is wondering if something more general has been happening to house sparrows; the other kinds of neighborhood birds seem OK. I found a hairless CATERPILLAR crawling across a sidewalk at the Wolfville Tourist Bureau in afternoon. Dorsally it is dark brown with yellow stripes; the lateral stripes are much thicker than the much less noticeable mid-dorsal stripe; and the underparts are bright green. It looks like some sort of armyworm? or cutworm?, but I looked through the new thick photo field guide to caterpillars and could not get a photographic or description match. I will try to photograph it tomorrow (non-digital) and then perhaps give it to Jean Timpa to raise to adult-hood? At 7:15 p.m. I saw 3 CHIMNEY SWIFTS fly past our Wolfville home twice on a cloudy but bright evening. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204
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