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Index of Subjects --0-212320783-1175526641=:61279 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit After a quiet winter in Georgefield with almost nothing since January except for Goldfinch and Chickadees the birds are finally returning to the hump despite the snow last week. First the males and now female Purple finch, Fox and Song sparrows Goldfinch males are getting their black faces First Grackle RW Blackbird at the marsh (one day only as still frozen) Geese and ducks keep checking the lake for open water but edges still freeze each night. Juncos arrived back last weekend after none since december and singing at full force. Great Horned owls have gone quiet the last two weeks....Mating over? Barred owls have stepped it up with at least 3 calling constantly on my morning 6am walk. And others are calling during the evening on my lake walk. The male pheasant (new to the property) is calling constantly. Crows and Ravens are already being seen with nesting material in their mouths. Rob Woods Georgefield. Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: Hi All, One advantage of winters such as the one just past, soft winters where feeder attendence is light and there are few winter finches or other irruptive species about, is that it is much easier to pinpoint the exact arrival of spring migrants. Here in White's Lake the Purple Finches and American Goldfinches arrived en masse on March 26, and two days later Dark-eyed Juncos and Song Sparrows also arrived to reinforce the few that overwintered. The over-wintering Juncos and Song Sparrows will start singing near feeders by the beginning of March, but a more accurate sign of spring is when you encounter these species singing on territory in areas quite removed from any feeders -- I heard juncos singing in coastal spruce yesterday for the first time this spring, far from any houses or feeders. Grackles arrived in the Terence Bay area this weekend, with flocks of 15 or more flying about, and territories being established. Double-crested Cormorants had not yet appeared on Inner Gull Island (in Shad Bay, HRM) as of yesterday, but the Great Black-backed Gulls have been occupying territory for two weeks now. I enjoy the inexorable march of spring. And I enjoy seeing my first coltsfoot before the end of March, though for me I cut it close -- they were in bloom yesterday at Black Point on Shag End. Happy spring birding, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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Games. --0-212320783-1175526641=:61279 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <div>After a quiet winter in Georgefield with almost nothing since January except for Goldfinch and Chickadees the birds are finally returning to the hump despite the snow last week.</div> <div> </div> <div>First the males and now female Purple finch,</div> <div>Fox and Song sparrows</div> <div>Goldfinch males are getting their black faces</div> <div>First Grackle</div> <div>RW Blackbird at the marsh (one day only as still frozen)</div> <div>Geese and ducks keep checking the lake for open water but edges still freeze each night.</div> <div>Juncos arrived back last weekend after none since december and singing at full force.</div> <div>Great Horned owls have gone quiet the last two weeks....Mating over?</div> <div>Barred owls have stepped it up with at least 3 calling constantly on my morning 6am walk. And others are calling during the evening on my lake walk.</div> <div> </div> <div>The male pheasant (new to the property) is calling constantly.</div> <div> </div> <div>Crows and Ravens are already being seen with nesting material in their mouths.</div> <div> </div> <div>Rob Woods</div> <div>Georgefield.<BR><BR><B><I>Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hi All,<BR><BR>One advantage of winters such as the one just past, soft winters <BR>where feeder attendence is light and there are few winter finches or <BR>other irruptive species about, is that it is much easier to pinpoint <BR>the exact arrival of spring migrants.<BR><BR>Here in White's Lake the Purple Finches and American Goldfinches <BR>arrived en masse on March 26, and two days later Dark-eyed Juncos and <BR>Song Sparrows also arrived to reinforce the few that <BR>overwintered. The over-wintering Juncos and Song Sparrows will <BR>start singing near feeders by the beginning of March, but a more <BR>accurate sign of spring is when you encounter these species singing <BR>on territory in areas quite removed from any feeders -- I heard <BR>juncos singing in coastal spruce yesterday for the first time this <BR>spring, far from any houses or feeders.<BR><BR>Grackles arrived in the Terence Bay area this weekend, with flocks of <BR>15 or more flying about, and territories being established.<BR><BR>Double-crested Cormorants had not yet appeared on Inner Gull Island <BR>(in Shad Bay, HRM) as of yesterday, but the Great Black-backed Gulls <BR>have been occupying territory for two weeks now.<BR><BR>I enjoy the inexorable march of spring. And I enjoy seeing my first <BR>coltsfoot before the end of March, though for me I cut it close -- <BR>they were in bloom yesterday at Black Point on Shag End.<BR><BR>Happy spring birding,<BR><BR><BR>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Blake Maybank<BR>Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<BR><BR>author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<BR>http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm<BR><BR>144 Bayview Drive<BR>White's Lake, Nova Scotia,<BR>B3T 1Z1, Canada<BR><BR>maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>(902) 852-2077 <BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked by AVG.<BR>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.23/740 - Release Date: 30/03/2007<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>  <hr size=1>Be a PS3 game guru.<br>Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. --0-212320783-1175526641=:61279--
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