[NatureNS] song sparrow arrival, drumming flicker, red-winged blackbirds, good sparrows still

From: "Roland McCormick" <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:22:22 -0300
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I am wondering how many people have had a flicker drum on their metal 
chimney. I have a friend who early one fall  morning heard a terrible racket 
on the roof. He ran out to check it and found about thirty flickers on his 
roof, with several of them drumming on his chimney.

Roland
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From: "Jim Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 7:19 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] song sparrow arrival, drumming flicker, red-winged 
blackbirds, good sparrows still


> Mar. 24, 2008 - This morning a SONG SPARROW appeared at our Wolfville
> feeders.  This is our first winter (out of five) during which we had no 
> song
> sparrow at all.
>
> For the last three days, we have had a male FLICKER DRUMMING on the metal
> parts associated with the top of our house chimney.  This also happened 
> last
> year.
>
> And our CLAY-COLOURED and immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW continue to be
> present.
>
> At Lower Canard, Nancy Burbidge reports 2  RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS (today or
> very recently).
>
> 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>
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