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we have a small flock of wax wings as well,...attracted to ripe mountain ash berries. One unfortunate individual fell prey to one of two small hawks who were attracted by the flutter of so many wings as there were also numerous robins, sparrows, chickadees, finches, juncos, jays and doves.
When the feeders are this busy the predators aren't far behind. We've had sharp-shinned hawks but these were quite a bit larger and the plummage was all wrong. The tails seemed a bit longer too! I've never had a juvenile sharpie in my yard before and the pictures in my Sibley's show a bird much more brown than the predominantly grey to grey/brown and speckley fellows we saw here yesterday. Can anyone offer suggestion as to an I D. They were slender and slim winged, light underside, short face/beak.
They were so incredibly fast, as the waxwing fled the mountain ash the hawk took him right out of the air. Later they were climbing an diving straight into the thicket to the north of my house. Then circled, so fast to the south and disappeared...
Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: Oct. 6, 2006 - In my back yard in Wolfville, a small flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS
was feeding on the abundant black berries of ALDER BUCKTHORN (Rhamnus
frangula) -- photos of latter. Also present were ROBINS, several DOWNY
WOODPECKERS, several SONG SPARROWS, BL.-C. CHICKADEES, FLICKER, a male
PHEASANT, etc.
As of yesterday, Glenys Gibson reports that the CAROLINA WREN was still
there in Canning, and that some of the birders saw it there last weekend on
Sept. 29 and Oct. 1.
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.)
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<TABLE id=HB_Mail_Container height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 UNSELECTABLE="on"> <TBODY> <TR height="100%" width="100%" UNSELECTABLE="on"> <TD id=HB_Focus_Element vAlign=top width="100%" background="" height=250 UNSELECTABLE="off"> <div>we have a small flock of wax wings as well,...attracted to ripe mountain ash berries. One unfortunate individual fell prey to one of <STRONG>two</STRONG> small hawks who were attracted by the flutter of so many wings as there were also numerous robins, sparrows, chickadees, finches, juncos, jays and doves.</div> <div> When the feeders are this busy the predators aren't far behind. We've had sharp-shinned hawks but these were quite a bit larger and the plummage was all wrong. The tails seemed a bit longer too! I've never had a juvenile sharpie in my yard before and the pictures in my Sibley's show a bird much more brown than the predominantly grey to
grey/brown and speckley fellows we saw here yesterday. Can anyone offer suggestion as to an I D. They were slender and slim winged, light underside, short face/beak. </div> <div> They were so incredibly fast, as the waxwing fled the mountain ash the hawk took him right out of the air. Later they were climbing an diving straight into the thicket to the north of my house. Then circled, so fast to the south and disappeared...</div></TD></TR> <TR UNSELECTABLE="on" hb_tag="1"> <TD style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" height=1 UNSELECTABLE="on"> <DIV id=hotbar_promo></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <BLOCKQUOTE id=77be485f><BR><BR><B><I>Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Oct. 6, 2006 - In my back yard in Wolfville, a small flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS<BR>was feeding on the abundant black berries of ALDER BUCKTHORN
(Rhamnus<BR>frangula) -- photos of latter. Also present were ROBINS, several DOWNY<BR>WOODPECKERS, several SONG SPARROWS, BL.-C. CHICKADEES, FLICKER, a male<BR>PHEASANT, etc.<BR><BR>As of yesterday, Glenys Gibson reports that the CAROLINA WREN was still<BR>there in Canning, and that some of the birders saw it there last weekend on<BR>Sept. 29 and Oct. 1.<BR><BR>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204<BR>---------------------<BR>Jim (James W.) Wolford<BR>91 Wickwire Avenue <BR>Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR>B4P 1W3<BR>phone (902)542-9204 (home)<BR>fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. Biology Dept.)<BR>e-mail <JIMWOLFORD@EASTLINK.CA><BR>----------------------<BR>³In wildness is the preservation of the world.² -- Henry David Thoreau<BR>----------------------<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p> 
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