[NatureNS] robins, rat, fox sparrow, purple finch

Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:20:28 -0300
From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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April 11, 2007 - After three days of seeing just a few singles, suddenly
this morning our neighborhood in Wolfville was LOADED WITH ROBINS in many
groups of 2 to 10+, and many snow-free patches of lawns were occupied for
foraging.  And this is exactly a week after lower Blomidon was invaded by
³lots².

April 12, 2007 - Beautiful sunny and WARM day, up to 12 C., resulted in a
lot of melting of our lingering snow (from Apr. 8/07).

Pat noticed and I confirmed that again we have (or still have from
mid-winter) a big, wary NORWAY RAT at our feeders.

In late afternoon I noticed a FOX SPARROW in our bird-house feeder.

April 13, 2007 - As a ³gift from the gods² for the newly arrived flocks of
migrant ROBINS, overnight the newly exposed small patches of lawns were all
covered up with about 5 cm. of very wet, heavy, NEW SNOW, and there was
freezing rain to boot.

One ³female² PURPLE FINCH (i.e., brown-plumaged) still at our feeders.

Cheers :-) from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204
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Jim (James W.) Wolford
91 Wickwire Avenue 
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4P 1W3
phone (902)542-9204 (home)
fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. Biology Dept.)
e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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