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Nov. 28, 2007 - The male CARDINAL and the imm. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were seen again at home (the white-crowned seems to be here all the time now, hopefully for the winter??). But no sign of those 2 PINE SISKINS since they first appeared Nov. 25. Tonight the sky was clear and dark and full of stars, and COMET HOLMES is still visible to the naked eye (even to mine!) downward from Cassiopeia constellation. Dolores Burton, who lives on Fowler St. off Gaspereau Ave. in Wolfville, reports that her usual 2 N. CARDINALS suddenly grew to 4 today, and 2 days ago across her street she watched a foraging MINK (residential area). In east Wolfville along Main St., Brenda & Bill Thexton are used to seeing 2 or occasionally 3 CARDINALS. Nov. 29, 2007 - At my home feeders, 2 female/immature PURPLE FINCHES joined the hordes today. Nov. 30, 2007 - Brenda and Bill Thexton visited Wolfvilleıs Fowler St., off Gaspereau Ave., and found a flock of 5 PINE GROSBEAKS in a tree full of red fruits. December 1, 2007 -SNOW on the ground in morning -- very cold and windy day with a blizzard in early afternoon, and lots of bird activities at our feeders, particularly from 20+ JUNCOS, twice as many as I have been seeing; also present were 5+ white-throated sparrows, a red-breasted nuthatch, a flicker, 2 blue jays, 2 pheasants, etc. Carol Buckley of Port Williams phoned to report a WARBLER with slate-grey upper parts, no wing-bars, and bright yellow underparts in her yard. She wondered if she could have had a CANADA WARBLER? I asked about the eye-ring or spectacles, but she wasnıt able to see that. I mentioned both the yellow-breasted chat and common yellowthroat as possibilities. Dec. 2, 2007 - No sign of ³my² imm. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW since yesterdayıs storm of wind/cold/snow hit here in Wolfville. In a willow bush in our back yard, a few days ago I found the COCOON that resulted from the very large CECROPIA MOTH CATERPILLAR that Jennifer Foster found at Blomidon, and subsequently was photographed and then released in our willow bush (see Aug. 23 and 24 in this journal). Dec. 3, 2007 - Our immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW is back today, after probably visiting other local feeders for the past two days? Dec. 5, 2007 - At our home feeders, both male and female CARDINALS were seen, plus 15+ juncos, 5+ white-throated sparrows, 2 mourning doves, etc. Dolores Burton saw at least 4 PINE GROSBEAKS in Wolfville, off Gaspereau Ave. along Fowler St. (5 seen there Nov. 30 by the Thextons); I saw 2 pine grosbeaks there this afternoon, in a crab-apple? tree loaded with bright red fruits, right in front of the Burtonsı house, which I think is one house west of the Chiropractory Clinic. Cheers :-) from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204 --------------------- 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> ---------------------- ³In wildness is the preservation of the world.² -- Henry David Thoreau ----------------------
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