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Dear All Jan 9, 2008
Further to my previous post, out RBN has now taken to perching directly
on the fat log while feeding.
At mid-morning there was a lot of activity in the yard, mostly a steady
stream of B-C Chicadees and the RB Nuthatch pigging out but also some
20-50 Common Redpoll on the snow below the Niger feeder for a few
minutes (never previously in the yard as I recall) plus, also for just
several minutes under the Niger feeder, several copies of a QUESTION MARK.
This looked a bit like a Slate-colored Junco but was ~15% longer, more
slim, had faint streaking of the wing (primary feathers I expect) and
had some brown on the body, especially strong on the upper back. Based
on Peterson, I am leaning to Oregon Junco. Have some been sighted here
this winter ?
Yt, DW, Kentville
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Dear All, Dec 24, 2007
We usually see a Red-Breasted Nuthatch several times a year, hunting
on large trees that are in the yard but never previously on the fat log .
In previous years, to deter Starlings, I have hung the fat log with
12-18" long wires at each end.
This year, due to loss of branches, I hung the fat log differently;
one end being wired directly to a 2-cm diameter vertical post. Over the
last several days we have seen a R-B Nh many times at the fat log but
always perched inverted on the slim post and feeding only at the hole
that is easily reached from the post.
The fat log is Spruce, renewed each year, about 5 cm in diameter and
free of bark. Is a relatively large, smooth surface like this, as
opposed to a small or rough branch, not suitable for horizontal feeding
by R-B Nh ?
Merry Christmas to All, Dave Webster, Kentville
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