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Hi Angus, We have just moved into the area and I am looking for birding spots close to our residence near the border of Kentville and Coldbrook. I notice your mention of Palmeter woods, where is this please? Thanks, Andy. Andy & Lelia Dean 86 Baden Powell Drive Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5 Tel: [902] 678-6243 aadean@ns.sympatico.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angus MacLean" <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 4:47 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Bird Notes >I am expecting to hear the song of the Eastern Wood Pewee once the weather >improves. They usually arrive here about May 20-22. What I have missed is >the resident Starling mimicking the Pewee song which it has done for a >number of years. Perhaps he has passed on to bird heaven or wherever >Starlings go! What has interested me is that the Starling stops singing the >song once the Pewee starts. How does it know when to start?? > > I had stopped feeding birds about a week ago but yesterday when I hadn't > seen a Rose-breasted Grosbeak here, I put out some sunflower seeds. Within > 15 mins. a male showed up and today we have 3 males & 2 females and they > seem to be increasing by the hour!! > > Today in between heavy rain, I checked out Palmeter Woods (West Kentville) > between 10:30-11:30. Despite the late hour there were: > > - 11-12 Ovenbirds (usually about 20 singing males a little later). > - 5-6 Black-throated Green Warblers > - a few Parula Warblers (one was singing something very close to a > Black-throated Green but with the usual Parula ending....I believe this is > their "3rd" song but it is not on the Stokes CD) > - Least Flycatcher ...only one was singing and several were calling. There > are 15-20 along this loop trail and I noticed earlier in the week they had > spaced themselves out more after their arrival when they were basically in > two groups. Their territories must be quite small but I recall from > another woodlot they can make do with such small areas. > > Angus > -
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