[NatureNS] flycatching gulls (ants?), olive-sided flycatcher at home,

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Aug. 16, 2007 - In east Wolfville, Brenda Thexton saw a HAIRY WOODPECKER
JUVENILE today with red on the front of the top of the head.  I guess this
is only evidence of PROBABLE breeding in my square?

Aug. 17, 2007 - At about 5:00 p.m., in the centre of Wolfville town, I
looked up to see, high in the blue clear sky, a large flock of GULLS,
probably mostly herring gulls?, that were clearly not just soaring but
actively FLYCATCHING.  Whenever I see that, I suspect FLYING ANTS
(reproductives), and, a couple minutes later at my parked car, I saw a
single large female winged ant.

On a Sunny evening at home, I was surprised to see, at the top of a tree on
dead branches in the open, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, actively flycatching
just like its name says.  This was at long range with the binoculars in
bright Sun, and the dark sides plus very white mid-underparts are quite
distinctive.  The head was noticeably peaked in shape, but no other details
could be seen at that range.

Also for the last two evenings, we have seen large flocks of mixed STARLINGS
and BLACKBIRDS (red-winged?)(and probably also grackles?) flying high over
our house in Wolfville between 7:15 and 7:40 p.m., all headed in a southeast
direction (toward some pre-roosting location).

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204
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Jim (James W.) Wolford
91 Wickwire Avenue 
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4P 1W3
phone (902)542-9204 (home)
fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. Biology Dept.)
e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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