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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0095_01C8ABB5.4BEC3260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jim They were about 2 feet outside my window. Had my "book" with me & the = side tail feathers were brown rather than black. Is this not one of the keys to = telling the difference? Also didn't see the white patch Learner still asking questions :-) =20 Just got out of hospital again & as soon as I can learn how to use my = new camera, I'll take a couple of pictures hugs jackie ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James W. Wolford=20 To: Jackie Portewr-Haley=20 Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 6:19 PM Subject: Fwd: [NatureNS] House Finches & Others Black Rock Kings Jackie, Are your house finches possibly purple finches? House finches = generally are seen only in Halifax and Yarmouth in N.S. Check them out = carefully and then get back to us on this. Also very few people are reporting cowbirds so you are one of the = lucky? ones to have them. Cheers and thanks from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: From: porter-haley <porter-haley@ns.sympatico.ca> Date: April 25, 2008 8:20:37 PM ADT To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Cc: lance.laviolette@lmco.com Subject: [NatureNS] House Finches & Others Black Rock Kings Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Hi all Had a lonely male house finch on the 18th & since then the #'s are = increasing. (8 today) Still have lots of chickadees, northern flickers, hairy woodpeckers, = few red breasted nuthatches, blue jays, juncos Last week was the first time in 8 yrs that we've had cedar waxwings. Others include golfinches, brown headed cowbirds, robins, rw = blackbirds, crows, starlings, europeon starlings (gathering nesting materials), = doves, tree sparrows, white throated sparrows, chirping sparrows, song sparrows, = black ducks & mallards (seem to come in pairs lately), rn pheasants. odd red = tailed hawk Heard the spring peepers as of the 17th & last redpoll & Downy = woodpecker seen were the 18th Odd eagle still flying along the bay & lots or gulls going by Think that wraps it up for now. hugs jackie ------=_NextPart_000_0095_01C8ABB5.4BEC3260 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 6.00.6000.16643" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Jim</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>They were about 2 feet outside my = window. Had=20 my "book" with me & the side tail</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>feathers were brown rather than = black. Is=20 this not one of the keys to telling the difference?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also didn't see the white = patch</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Learner still asking = questions :-) =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just got out of hospital again & as = soon as I=20 can learn how to use my new camera, I'll take</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>a couple of pictures</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>hugs</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>jackie</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W.=20 Wolford</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dporter-haley@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:porter-haley@ns.sympatico.ca">Jackie Portewr-Haley</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 26, 2008 = 6:19=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fwd: [NatureNS] House = Finches=20 & Others Black Rock Kings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Jackie, Are your house finches possibly purple finches? = House finches generally are seen only in Halifax and Yarmouth in = N.S.=20 Check them out carefully and then get back to us on this. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> Also very few people are reporting cowbirds so you are one = of the=20 lucky? ones to have them. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> Cheers and thanks from Jim in Wolfville<BR> <DIV><BR> <DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR = class=3DApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica = size=3D3>porter-haley <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:porter-haley@ns.sympatico.ca">porter-haley@ns.sympatico.ca= </A>></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3>April 25, = 2008 8:20:37 PM=20 ADT</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Cc: </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:lance.laviolette@lmco.com">lance.laviolette@lmco.com</A></= FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Subject: = </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica = size=3D3><B>[NatureNS] House=20 Finches & Others Black Rock Kings</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Reply-To: = </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV><SPAN=20 class=3DApple-style-span=20 style=3D"WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: = none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; = LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: = 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Had a lonely male house finch on = the 18th &=20 since then the #'s are increasing. (8 today)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Still have lots of chickadees, = northern=20 flickers, hairy woodpeckers, few red breasted</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>nuthatches, blue jays, = juncos</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Last week was the first time in 8 = yrs that=20 we've had cedar waxwings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Others include golfinches, brown = headed=20 cowbirds, robins, rw blackbirds,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>crows, starlings, europeon = starlings (gathering=20 nesting materials), doves, tree</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>sparrows, white throated sparrows, = chirping=20 sparrows, song sparrows, black ducks &</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>mallards (seem to come in pairs = lately), rn=20 pheasants. odd red tailed hawk</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Heard the spring peepers as of the = 17th &=20 last redpoll & Downy woodpecker seen were</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the 18th</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Odd eagle still flying along the = bay & lots=20 or gulls going by</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Think that wraps it up for = now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>hugs</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>jackie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></B= LOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0095_01C8ABB5.4BEC3260--
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