[NatureNS] birds in White Point

Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:46:57 -0400
From: Eleanor Lindsay <az678@chebucto.ns.ca>
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Margaret E.Millard wrote:
> Cold out there today. Looks like an old fashioned winter.
> We have chickadees, coming and going constantly, two groups of Blue 
> Jays, one is a group of five, the other is 11 we think. The five are 
> pretty constant and the rowdy boys come in stir and feed and leave in 
> a short burst of energy. There is a group of up to 20 Starlings, 
> mourning doves, up to 40 plus at times; A couple juncos, several 
> flocks one small and one quite large of redpolls that either just fly 
> by or stop ever so briefly then up and away. There are a couple sharp 
> shinned hawks hunting the area, and they are successful. An evening 
> Gross beak, an immature male I believe, with just a shade of yellow 
> beginning to show, is watching the feeders, it doesn't seem to have 
> the nerve to land and actually feed. I think it is a scout for a 
> larger group, I can hear but not see. There are 5 American sparrows, 
> one white throat and one song, which is very unusual for us as 
> normally we would be over run with white throats and song sparrows.
> Yesterday when I was searching for an injured mourning dove I though I 
> saw a mockingbird. We usually have at least one this time of the year. 
> Steve said he thought it was there earlier in the week. It turned out 
> to be a shrike. It is regularly visiting the grapevine now and I am 
> trying to get a couple photos. The beak is slightly hooked at the tip 
> and the eye slash is there. Colour is right, I think. Main bird 
> viewing windows are fogged up today so it is hard to see out. It is 
> smaller than I think it should be, a bit heavier and more compact. I 
> wonder if it is a loggerhead. Whatever it is after the chickadees.
> Marg in White Point
> http://margmillard.ca
>
Just as Margaret is reporting, I have seen a major change in sparrow 
numbers over the past 2-3 winters; I used to regularly have 2-3 songs 
and 6-8 whitethroats, with no tree sparrows, but now have 1 song, 1 
whitethroat and 4-5 tree sparrows.
Eleanor Lindsay
Seabright
St Margarets Bay

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