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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_Tk0PKIkh6hDfhGHOwYb7pg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Andy et al, Very often at this time of year, birds do stop coming to our feeders. However, this year, for some reason, we still have lots of activity. Goldfinches, purple finches, mourning doves, rock pigeons, red-breasted nuthatch, black-capped chickadees, starlings, crows, hummingbirds and most recently common grackles are at the feeders, while all these species as well as robins, blue jays and today a magnolia warbler use the bird bath. Never underestimate the power of a bird bath to attract birds and provide a display of activity one only seldom sees in a more natural setting. It can often be quite humorous! And no crows were seen on the drive to CSI and back...!!?? Incredible! Cheers, Bob McDonald Halifax bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Dean To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:01 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Lack of birds Is anyone else experiencing a sudden loss of birds at feeders or around the garden? We were filling feeders daily until about two weeks ago when everything stopped showing up. The only species feeding here now are hummingbirds. I drove to Cape Sable with a friend yesterday and saw some good flocks of waders there but as as far as land birds went we saw only six species on the drive there and back. Goldfinch, Starling , tree swallow, mourning dove, robin, and ruffed grouse. Andy Andy & Lelia Dean 154 St Catherines Rd Port Joli. NS. Canada B0T 1S0 Tel 902-683-2775 aadean@ns.sympatico.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.10/419 - Release Date: 8/15/2006 --Boundary_(ID_Tk0PKIkh6hDfhGHOwYb7pg) Content-type: text/html; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Andy et al,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Very often at this time of year, birds do stop coming to our feeders. However, this year, for some reason, we still have lots of activity. Goldfinches, purple finches, mourning doves, rock pigeons, red-breasted nuthatch, black-capped chickadees, starlings, crows, hummingbirds and most recently common grackles are at the feeders, while all these species as well as robins, blue jays and today a magnolia warbler use the bird bath. Never underestimate the power of a bird bath to attract birds and provide a display of activity one only seldom sees in a more natural setting. It can often be quite humorous!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And no crows were seen on the drive to CSI and back...!!?? Incredible!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob McDonald</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Halifax</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca">bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=aadean@ns.sympatico.ca href="mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca">Andy Dean</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Lack of birds</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is anyone else experiencing a sudden loss of birds at feeders or around the garden?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We were filling feeders daily until about two weeks ago when everything stopped showing up. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The only species feeding here now are hummingbirds.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I drove to Cape Sable with a friend yesterday and saw some good flocks of waders there but as as far as land birds went we saw only six species on the drive there and back. Goldfinch, Starling , tree swallow, mourning dove, robin, and ruffed grouse.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andy</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andy & Lelia Dean<BR>154 St Catherines Rd<BR>Port Joli. NS. Canada<BR>B0T 1S0<BR>Tel 902-683-2775</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca">aadean@ns.sympatico.ca</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.10/419 - Release Date: 8/15/2006<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_Tk0PKIkh6hDfhGHOwYb7pg)--
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