[NatureNS] Re: Disappearance of Black-capped Chickadees

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Hi Blake,

The only yardstick I have are the ones that show up at my feeder in  
the south-end of Halifax which have not diminished at all during  
January. Numbers of House Finches and Goldfinches have remained  
constant and Song Sparrows and Juncos have increased slightly, but I  
haven't really noticed any trends (based on my extremely limited  
sample sizes ;->).

Cheers,

Chris

On 19-Jan-07, at 2:22 PM, Blake Maybank 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
>
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<HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Blake,<DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The only yardstick I have =
are the ones that show up at my feeder in the south-end of Halifax which =
have not diminished at all during January. Numbers of House Finches and =
Goldfinches have remained constant and Song Sparrows and Juncos have =
increased slightly, but I haven't really noticed any trends (based on my =
extremely limited sample sizes ;-&gt;).</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV=
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14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For all this autumn and early =
January I have had many Black-capped Chickadees making numerous daily =
visits to by feeders. <SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =
</SPAN>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.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>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.<SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =A0 </SPAN>And flocks of chickadees =
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14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Has anyone else noted a sudden =
loss of chickadees?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers,</DIV><DIV =
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margin-left: 0px; ">Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"</DIV><DIV =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
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margin-left: 0px; ">144 Bayview Drive</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
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Lake, Nova Scotia,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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