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Jan. 14, 2008 - Our yard and feeders this morning were suddenly INVADED by 100+ COMMON REDPOLLS. And, still in mid-morning along Wolfville¹s Main St., opposite Blomidon Inn, some other feeders had 50+ C. REDPOLLS too! I¹ll guess it is a bit late in winter for these to be new arrivals to the province? Perhaps they have been eating mainly wild food like birch seeds and alder? seeds, and now have depleted such forage and are invading towns and feeders? [Later lots of e-mails from various places suggested that the big flocks which seem to be abundant throughout the province are not generally spending much time at any one set of feeders, but are very mobile and flying to and fro and probably still feeding a lot on wild sources of seeds??] Jan. 16, 2008 - At our feeders this morning, there was a mixed flock of PINE SISKINS (2+), COMMON REDPOLLS (several), and AM. GOLDFINCHES (a few). Jan. 18, 2008 - Perhaps 40 or more COMMON REDPOLLS again invaded my feeders this morning. Jan. 20, 2008 - Our feeder menagerie in Wolfville just grew by one mundane bird, a SONG SPARROW. Until now this winter has been our first with no song sparrow. Also present were a single GOLDFINCH and 2 COMMON REDPOLLS, one of them a pretty male with lovely pink on its underparts. Jan. 23, 2008 - Bernard Forsythe called to report 2 immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and a C. GRACKLE at 29 Martin Cross Road at Melanson. Still present at my feeders are the CLAY-COLOURED SPARROW, the imm. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, at least one CHIPPING SPARROW, a SONG SPARROW, etc. 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> ---------------------- ³...... the Earth .....belongs as much to those who come after us as to us; and we have no right, by anything that we do, or neglect to do, to involve them in unnecessary penalties, or to deprive them of benefits which are theirs by right.² - John Ruskin ----------------------
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