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Always welcome news that a SCTA has arrived in the Valley, and as Richard
says, keep a watchful eye out in Palmeter's Woods.
The first recorded SCTA nest in the province Richard refers to, was found in
those woods back in 1988 - how easily the years slip by - and the nesting in
our back yard was in 2002. In 2003, the male came back (presumably the same
one) at least three times, sang his heart out hoping to find either his old
mate or a replacement, but it was not to be. We keep hoping... A male
briefly appeared in a garden a mile down the road from us in 2007 -
appropriately on Migration Count day, long enough to be photographed and
duly admired by the home-owners.
A couple of reports from Merritt Gibson:
Around May 19 : a BROWN THRASHER was found at the home of Jamie Gibson
(Merritt's son) in Newtonville,
Kings Co.
Today - May 29: Two fledgling N. Cardinals (first nesting) were visiting
Merritt's backyard / feeding stations (Canning) along with three adults.
He rarely sees the female now so believes she may be busy with a second
nesting...
Mentioning Cardinals...
May 24: Mary Pratt - a nearby neighbour - enjoyed a surprise (but brief)
visit from two male N. Cardinals on her Wolfville Ridge property.
Cardinals are doing very well around Wolfville. One place one can see them
is along the Millenium Trail, off Sherwood Dr, in Wolfville, around the old
town Reservoir.
Cheers,
Judy Tufts
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Judy Tufts
Wolfville
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Richard Stern
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:56 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Tanager
Hi,
It would be interesting to have some follow-up on the Tanager. They used to
be regular visitors there some 10+ years ago, and the first nest in the
Province was found around then (I don't have the actual date to hand, but
it's in my files) in that location - to be precise, in the pine plantation
not far from the little footbridge behind the nursing home. They
subsequently became less regular there. The 2nd nest found in the province
was, appropriately, in Gordon and Judy Tufts' back yard.
I was trying to get back into the swing of playing tennis yesterday evening,
in Canning, and was hearing Veeries singing in the woods behind the courts
all evening.
Richard
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Andy Dean <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
There was a male scarlet tanager at Palmeters woods yesterday.....also the
peewee , least flycatchers, and several veery's, etc.
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Dr.Richard Stern,
70 Exhibition St.
Kentville, NS, Canada
B4N 4K9
Richard Stern,
317 Middle Dyke Rd.
Port Williams, NS, Canada
B0P 1T0
rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca
rbstern@xcountry.tv
sternrichard@gmail.com
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