[NatureNS] Re: Disappearance of Black-capped Chickadees

Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:22:39 -0400
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Hi All;

For all this autumn and early January I have had many Black-capped 
Chickadees making numerous daily visits to by feeders.   The visits 
are naturally more frequent on cold days, less so on warm ones, but 
at least 30+ birds were present, the combined total of several 
flocks.  However, only one or two birds were noted as of last Sunday, 
when it was still warm, and that number has remained fairly constant 
since then, despite the downs and ups of the temperature this 
week.    And flocks of chickadees are also much more scarce on my 
walks on local trails in the Prospect Peninsula and Shag End.

Has anyone else noted a sudden loss of chickadees?

Cheers,


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Blake Maybank
Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"

author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"
http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm

144 Bayview Drive
White's Lake, Nova Scotia,
B3T 1Z1, Canada

maybank@ns.sympatico.ca
(902) 852-2077  


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