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0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = Hi Blake, Our Caledonia Christmas Bird Count on December 17 recorded 493 black-capped chickadees. This was our highest ever number in 16 years of holding the count. I looked at 10 years of our count where the party hours were similar but didn't do an average for chickadees but noted this year's total above any pervious year with similar effort. I wonder if we benefited from a movement. My feeder retains its home flock of about 7 or 8. Pete Hope ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Maybank" <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:22 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Disappearance of Black-capped Chickadees > 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 > >
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