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Index of Subjects Hi Blake From casual observation, no scientific counts, I would say here at Martins Point they are comparable to other years. They always seem to go back and forth to other feeders in the area. Most are quite modest affairs. We never have a lot but always some every day. Max about 10 - 12 I would say. Folks who had been at Mason's Cabin in Keji told me they saw a large flock go through one day - trees full of them they descrided it. Next day none. I have meet large flocks in the woods a few times. Seems like they flocked together more this year. I'll not go look in the woods today Enjoy the rain - a good night to test out the latest vitamin pills! Paul --- Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > 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, > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.0/639 - > Release Date: 18/01/2007 > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited
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