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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C85ED6.F628A410 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In the last several days I have made a number of outings on foot, and = today on cross country skis, in northern Queens and southern Annapolis = counties. In five and a half hours walking on three different woodland = outings, during which I called (swished for birds and made a few barred = owl calls by voice) and searched with binoculars I had little luck. One = day I found 5 black-capped chickadees, another day 3 black-capped = chickadees and I heard a pileated woodpecker calling nearby. One 2 1/4 = hour outing in good boreal woods produced nothing and during 2 hours of = skiing today I neither heard nor saw anything. There are no cones in any softwoods around here. I can't speak for food = in birches or alders but have seen no birds near those species.=20 In contrast we had about 200 birds at our feeders on January 22 - a day = when I was skunked in the woods. Most of our feeder birds were common = redpolls but good numbers of Am. goldfinches have been with us all = winter and the pine siskins have arrived in the last 2 weeks and built = up to over a dozen on most days. We have 15 plus black-capped = chickadees, both nuthatches, and a downy and a hairy woodpecker at our = feeders. Starlings and crows and blue jays round out our species - = visits by a few evening grosbeaks are few and far between. A = sharp-shinned hawk has, surprisingly, made only 2 visits. I think as well as it being a redpoll winter it may also be a feeder = year here in the southern interior. Northern shrikes have been seen in this district near three widely = scattered feeder houses in the last couple of weeks.=20 An extra treat was a great horned owl seen at 4 pm today perched in a = tree in Kempt, Queens County. While I see barred owls hunt the winter = daylight like that I don't have experience of great horned owls doing = the same. Just thought I'd report what I'm not finding in our woods. Pete Hope South Brookfield Queens Co. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C85ED6.F628A410 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>In the last several days I have made a number of = outings=20 on foot, and today on cross country skis, in northern Queens and = southern=20 Annapolis counties. In five and a half hours walking on three different = woodland=20 outings, during which I called (swished for birds and made a few barred = owl=20 calls by voice) and searched with binoculars I had little luck. One day = I found=20 5 black-capped chickadees, another day 3 black-capped chickadees and I = heard a=20 pileated woodpecker calling nearby. One 2 1/4 hour outing in good boreal = woods=20 produced nothing and during 2 hours of skiing today I neither heard nor = saw=20 anything.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>There are no cones in any softwoods around here. = I can't=20 speak for food in birches or alders but have seen no birds near those = species.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>In contrast we had about 200 birds at our = feeders on=20 January 22 - a day when I was skunked in the woods. Most of = our feeder=20 birds were common redpolls but good numbers of Am. goldfinches have been = with us=20 all winter and the pine siskins have arrived in the last 2 weeks and = built up to=20 over a dozen on most days. We have 15 plus black-capped chickadees, both = nuthatches, and a downy and a hairy woodpecker at our = feeders. Starlings=20 and crows and blue jays round out our species - visits by a few evening=20 grosbeaks are few and far between. A sharp-shinned hawk has, = surprisingly, made=20 only 2 visits.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I think as well as it being a redpoll winter it = may also=20 be a feeder year here in the southern interior.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Northern shrikes have been seen in this district = near=20 three widely scattered feeder houses in the last couple of weeks. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>An extra treat was a great horned owl seen at 4 = pm today=20 perched in a tree in Kempt, Queens County. While I see barred owls hunt = the=20 winter daylight like that I don't have experience of great horned owls = doing the=20 same.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Just thought I'd report what I'm not finding in = our=20 woods.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Pete Hope</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>South Brookfield</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Queens Co.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C85ED6.F628A410--
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