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--=======AVGMAIL-4734477C46A1======= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_2882046==.ALT"; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-44BB4652 --=====================_2882046==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-44BB4652 Hi All; This is my second attempt to post this message. The Chebucto server hates messages that contain web site addresses. Another annoying feature of the Chebucto servers. On to the message. . . On both my previous weekly explorations of Wagner's Beach, HRM, I encountered small flocks of winter finches coming in off the ocean, and proceeding north along the Prospect Peninsula. The species included Common Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks, Pine Siskins, American Goldfinches. This is part of a larger trend across the country. I am copying the following post from Ron Pittaway in Ontario. . . "We are experiencing the biggest winter finch irruption since the "superflight" of 1997-1998, when many boreal finches went well beyond their normal ranges. The cause is the largest tree seed crop failure in a decade across more than 3200 km (2000 mi) of boreal forest from Saskatchewan into Quebec. Today in Toronto, I had a Pine Grosbeak, Evening Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls, Pine Siskins and Purple Finches migrating along the shoreline of Lake Ontario. Boreal winter finches are being reported in many areas of southern Ontario and the United States, where some species such as Pine and Evening Grosbeaks haven't been seen in years. There is no telling how far south this "superflight" will go and how many finches will remain in Ontario this winter. Stock your feeders." Winter Finch Forecast 2007-2008 is here: tinyurl.com/2rbv5d The same advice would apply to us here in Nova Scotia. Stock your feeders. Cheers, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca 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 (902) 852-2077 --=====================_2882046==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-44BB4652 <html> <body> Hi All;<br><br> This is my second attempt to post this message. The Chebucto server hates messages that contain web site addresses. Another annoying feature of the Chebucto servers. On to the message. . .<br><br> On both my previous weekly explorations of Wagner's Beach, HRM, I encountered small flocks of winter finches coming in off the ocean, and proceeding north along the Prospect Peninsula. The species included Common Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks, Pine Siskins, American Goldfinches. This is part of a larger trend across the country. I am copying the following post from Ron Pittaway in Ontario. . .<br><br> "We are experiencing the biggest winter finch irruption since the <br> "superflight" of 1997-1998, when many boreal finches went well beyond <br> their normal ranges. The cause is the largest tree seed crop failure <br> in a decade across more than 3200 km (2000 mi) of boreal forest from <br> Saskatchewan into Quebec. Today in Toronto, I had a Pine Grosbeak, <br> Evening Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls, Pine Siskins and Purple Finches <br> migrating along the shoreline of Lake Ontario. Boreal winter finches <br> are being reported in many areas of southern Ontario and the United <br> States, where some species such as Pine and Evening Grosbeaks haven't <br> been seen in years. There is no telling how far south this <br> "superflight" will go and how many finches will remain in Ontario <br> this winter. Stock your feeders."<br><br> Winter Finch Forecast 2007-2008 is here:<br><br> <b>tinyurl.com/2rbv5d</b> <br><br> The same advice would apply to us here in Nova Scotia. Stock your feeders.<br><br> Cheers,<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <a href="http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm" eudora="autourl"> http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm<br><br> </a>144 Bayview Drive<br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, <br> B3T 1Z1, Canada<br><br> (902) 852-2077 </body> </html> --=====================_2882046==.ALT-- --=======AVGMAIL-4734477C46A1======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-44BB4652 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.25/1118 - Release Date: 08/11/2007= 9:29 AM --=======AVGMAIL-4734477C46A1=======--
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