[NatureNS] Evening Grosbeaks

Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:20:05 -0400
From: Eleanor Lindsay <az678@chebucto.ns.ca>
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Dennis Hippern wrote:
> Hi All,
>    Today, for the first time in at least 5 years, my feeders were 
> visited by
> 15 - 20 Evening Grodbeaks. They were accompanied by a few Am Goldfinches.
>    Also, lately I have been seeing increasingly more House sparrows. 
> I'm up to
> about 20. This is notworthy only because they have been scarce here 
> for several
> years. Perhaps 10 years ago, I was up to 30+, but that number dropped 
> off to
> zero for a few years.
>    Of note, this year I have been seeing a Hairy W.P. at my seut 
> feeder. This is only
> the second year I have had one in the 26 years I've lived here. The 
> other year was
> Dec 1999 - Jan 2000 when I had my Woodpecker year, which encluded a 
> Red Bellied
> W.P. for almost 2 months.
> Cheers
> Dennis Hippern (DHH)
> Cole Harbour
>
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I have been having intermittent visits from a flock of approx. 15 - 20 
evening grossbeaks over the past two months; more sightings in two 
months than I have had annually in recent years.

Eleanor Lindsay
Seabright, St Margarets Bay

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