[NatureNS] White Point Birds

Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 20:06:08 -0300
From: "Margaret E.Millard" <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
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Things are fairly quiet here at our feeders. We are about to take the one in 
the front yard down for the summer.
We did have a treat briefly this afternoon when a male Bobolink landed in 
the back yard. Years ago, for a couple years, there was a pair with a 
successful nest down on the edge of the golf course, then the club cleaned 
up that area and thinned out the trees and undergrowth. Haven't seen a 
nesting sight for about a dozen years. There are still a few Juncos and 
chickadees, a couple hairy woodpeckers, male and female and a couple downys, 
mostly male. They all  had a scream fest at the house the other day (all 
day) when there wasn't any seed cake. What a racket!! ( We ran out after the 
raccoon took off with it. )
Many grackles, a few starlings, red-winged blackbirds, male and female, a 
couple crows and a raven, a Sharp shinned hawk, a broad winged hawk. There 
are three American goldfinch males and two pairs of tree swallows arguing 
over one of the houses in the yard. A Barn swallow is swooping in and out 
our barn but seems to be alone. I have one female purple finch. There are 
several robins, and a couple song sparrows and now we have lost the white 
throats as well as the white crowns. No warblers stayed and I am not hearing 
any vireos. Very strange indeed. I hope this isn't the sign of things to 
come.
There are still two male hummingbirds actually feeding from the same feeders 
at the same time until today when they started with the territory swooping 
but as far as I can see the female that arrived sometime ago isn't around.
I think that is it.
Marg Millard,
White Point,  Queens

http://margmillard.ca 

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