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Index of Subjects <html><div style='background-color:'><P>Helllo Fellow Birders,</P> <P> While I recognize that Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos have very distinct calls, and do not question John's identifications, this influx of Red-eyed must have been a very local one. I had the next area to the east (North side of Valley to the Bay between the Kings-Annapolis Co. line and Aylesford - Victoria Harbour) on Migration Count day (May 12) and had 8 Blue-headed to zero Red-eyed. Most of my time was spent on the North Mountain, but I have not heard the Red-eyed here at Tremont (edge of South Mountain) yet either. Perhaps it is a habitat effect, with them occurring earlier in the sandy red-pine-dominated central part of the Valley. </P> <P> Interestingly, the first two editions of Tufts' <EM>Birds of Nova Scotia </EM>(1962 & 1973) gave May 26 as the average arrival date for the Red-eyed Vireo and May 19 as the earliest, while by the 3rd ed. (1986) it had moved up to a May 18 average arrival and 8 May extreme (excluding one April 30 report). Probably with global warming and ever more observers, the average arrival date is getting earlier still. Similarly, the average arrival date for "Solitary" Vireo moved from May 14 to May 7 between the 2nd and 3rd editions and is likely even earlier now.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR></P> <DIV>Wayne Neily <BR>Tremont, Nova Scotia <BR><BR>"Come forth into the light of things, <BR>Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth, 1798. <BR><BR></DIV><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif"> <DIV> <HR color=#a0c6e5 SIZE=1> </DIV> <DIV>From: <I>"john belbin" <jbelbin@ns.sympatico.ca></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</I><BR>To: <I>"Naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca></I><BR>Subject: <I>[NatureNS] Red eyed vireos?</I><BR>Date: <I>Tue, 15 May 2007 09:19:46 -0300</I><BR></DIV> <DIV> I saw a comment earlier this morning (I am afraid I deleted it so I'm not<BR>sure who made it), that Red Eyed Vireos are not here yet. Well they have<BR>been in this part of the Valley for a few days now and I was able to record<BR>quite a number of them for the Migration Count. At least two were so close<BR>that you didn't need glasses to identify them. In fact, the only Blue Headed<BR>Vireo I found on Saturday, I tracked down because it was singing<BR>"differently" from the other Vireos.<BR>John Belbin - Kingston<BR><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></div><br clear=all><hr> More photos, more messages, more storage—get 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. </html>
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