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--Boundary_(ID_S2o0OadY9NSvQLTdjheYcQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Note this report of 20-25 well-marked RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in Wolfville Dec. 24/08, seen by Peter Smith and Linda Lusby at feeders at the top (south) end of Westwood Ave., south of the Irving Botanical Gardens. Also present there very recently were RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, WHITE- CROWNED SPARROW, PINE WARBLER, EVENING GROSBEAKS, AM. TREE SPARROW, CARDINALS. The yellow-breasted chat mentioned was elsewhere in Wolfville. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Linda Lusby <linda.lusby@acadiau.ca> > Date: December 24, 2008 10:08:55 PM AST > To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: RE: THANKS re 20+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS!! ETC. > > Hi Jim - > Thank you for questioning me re: Rusty Blackbirds. > There were 20 - 25 including 1-2 probably R-W Blackbirds (I was > concentrating on the "Rusties"). They were feeding actively on the > ground beneath our backyard feeder. This feeder is about eight > meters from a picture window from which I observed (8 x 32 binocs) > them for approx. one minute before they flew off as a flock. > Viewing conditions were very reasonable (no glare). > Description: rusty colouration; buffy line above the eye. > Cheers > Peter > > > Linda A. Lusby > Earth and Environmental Science > Room LL34, K.C. Irving Environmental Science Center > Acadia University > Wolfville, Nova Scotia > B4P 2R6 > > Phone: 902-585-1163 > Fax: 902-585-1034 > E-mail: linda.lusby@acadiau.ca > > Humans aren't the only species on the earth - we just act like it. > > From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] > Sent: Wed 24/12/2008 6:12 PM > To: Linda Lusby > Cc: Jim Wolford > Subject: THANKS re 20+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS!! ETC. > > Thanks, you two. I have to quiz you about the 20+ RUSTY > BLACKBIRDS, because nowadays it is a species at risk that has > declined very much, apparently, and most reports are of singles or > a handful at most in one place. Were you satisfied with their > normal winter markings that they couldn't have been anything else? > Forgive me for perhaps sounding like a doubter, but you know they > will be questioned when reported. Great that you have those other > birds, as well, and thanks for the update on the chat, too. We > have a single red-winged blackbird here that has been on board > since Dec. 20 (we had up to 3 of them). Cheers from Jim > > On 24-Dec-08, at 2:42 PM, Linda Lusby and Peter Smith wrote: > >> Hi Jim - >> Some feeder birds to report: >> This morning (24th) - 5 Evening Grosbeaks - the first that I've >> seen or heard since early November; >> A surprise for me at this time of year - 20 - 25 Rusty Blackbirds, >> perhaps with 1 -2 Red-winged Blackbirds. >> Pine Warbler and White-Cr. sparrow are still with us, as are the >> Cardinals. >> Am. Tree Sparrow (yesterday and today). >> Y.-B. Chat - I have searched for it but no luck. Bernard has been >> back once that I know of and did not see it again. Maybe it is >> elsewhere in the ravine where there is also lots of multiflora rose. >> Merry Christmas to Pat and you from us both - >> >> Best wishes >> >> Peter and Linda >> >> >> Linda A. Lusby >> Earth and Environmental Science >> Room LL34, K.C. Irving Environmental Science Center >> Acadia University >> Wolfville, Nova Scotia >> B4P 2R6 >> >> Phone: 902-585-1163 >> Fax: 902-585-1034 >> E-mail: linda.lusby@acadiau.ca >> >> Humans aren't the only species on the earth - we just act like it. > --Boundary_(ID_S2o0OadY9NSvQLTdjheYcQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Note this report of 20-25 well-marked RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in Wolfville Dec. = 24/08, seen by Peter Smith and Linda Lusby at feeders at the top (south) = end of Westwood Ave., south of the Irving Botanical Gardens. =A0Also = present there very recently were RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, WHITE-CROWNED = SPARROW, PINE WARBLER, EVENING GROSBEAKS, AM. TREE SPARROW, CARDINALS. = =A0The yellow-breasted chat mentioned was elsewhere in = Wolfville.<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville=A0<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Linda Lusby <<a = href=3D"mailto:linda.lusby@acadiau.ca">linda.lusby@acadiau.ca</a>></font><= /div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 24, 2008 10:08:55 PM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></font><= /div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>RE: THANKS re 20+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS!! = ETC.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <div id=3D"idOWAReplyText22695" dir=3D"ltr"> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font = face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3">Hi Jim = -</font></div> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Thank you = for questioning me re: Rusty Blackbirds.</font></div> <div = dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Comic Sans MS">There were 20 - 25 including = 1-2 probably R-W Blackbirds (I was concentrating on the "Rusties").=A0 = They were feeding actively on the ground beneath our backyard feeder.=A0 = This feeder is about eight meters from a picture window from which I = observed (8 x 32 binocs) them for approx. one minute before they flew = off as a flock.=A0 Viewing conditions were very reasonable (no = glare).</font></div> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Comic Sans = MS">Description: rusty colouration; buffy line above the = eye.</font></div> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Comic Sans = MS">Cheers</font></div> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Comic Sans = MS">Peter</font></div> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Comic Sans = MS"></font>=A0</div> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Comic Sans MS" = color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3"></font>=A0</div></div> <div = id=3D"idSignature85836" dir=3D"ltr"> <div><font face=3D"System"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Linda A. = Lusby</span></font><font face=3D"System"><br><font color=3D"black" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Earth and = Environmental Science</span></font><br><font color=3D"black" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Room LL34, K.C. = Irving Environmental Science Center</span></font><br><font color=3D"black"= size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: = black">Acadia</span></font><font color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> = University</span></font><br><font color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Wolfville</span></font><font = color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: = black">, Nova Scotia</span></font><br><font color=3D"black" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">B4P = 2R6</span></font><br></font><br><i><font color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: italic">Phone: = 902-585-1163 </span></font></i><br><i><font color=3D"black" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: = italic">Fax: 902-585-1034</span></font></i><br><i><font color=3D"black" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: = italic">E-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:linda.lusby@acadiau.ca" = target=3D"_blank">linda.lusby@acadiau.ca</a></span></font></i><font = color=3D"black"><span style=3D"COLOR: = black">=A0</span></font><br><br><font color=3D"#a020f0" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #a020f0">Humans aren't the only species = on the earth - we just act like it.</span></font><br></div></div> <div = dir=3D"ltr"><br> <hr tabindex=3D"-1"> <font face=3D"Tahoma" = size=3D"2"><b>From:</b> James W. Wolford [<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>]<= br><b>Sent:</b> Wed 24/12/2008 6:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> Linda = Lusby<br><b>Cc:</b> Jim Wolford<br><b>Subject:</b> THANKS re 20+ RUSTY = BLACKBIRDS!! ETC.<br></font><br></div> <div>Thanks, you two. =A0I have = to quiz you about the 20+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, because nowadays it is a = species at risk that has declined very much, apparently, and most = reports are of singles or a handful at most in one place. =A0Were you = satisfied with their normal winter markings that they couldn't have been = anything else? =A0Forgive me for perhaps sounding like a doubter, but = you know they will be questioned when reported. =A0Great that you have = those other birds, as well, and thanks for the update on the chat, too. = =A0We have a single red-winged blackbird here that has been on board = since Dec. 20 (we had up to 3 of them). =A0Cheers from Jim <div><br> = <div> <div>On 24-Dec-08, at 2:42 PM, Linda Lusby and Peter Smith = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote = type=3D"cite"> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Comic Sans MS" = color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3">Hi Jim -</font></div> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font = face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Some feeder birds to report:</font></div> <div = dir=3D"ltr"> <ul dir=3D"ltr"> <li> <div><font face=3D"Comic Sans = MS">This morning (24th) - 5 Evening Grosbeaks - the first that I've seen = or heard since early November;</font></div> </li><li> <div><font = face=3D"Comic Sans MS">A surprise for me at this time of year - 20 - 25 = Rusty Blackbirds, perhaps with 1 -2 Red-winged Blackbirds.</font></div> = </li><li> <div><font face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Pine Warbler and White-Cr. = sparrow are still with us, as are the Cardinals.</font></div> </li><li> = <div><font face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Am. Tree Sparrow (yesterday and = today).</font></div> </li><li> <div><font face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Y.-B. = Chat - I have searched for it but no luck.=A0 Bernard has been back once = that I know of and did not see it again.=A0 Maybe it is elsewhere in the = ravine where there is also lots of multiflora = rose.</font></div></li></ul></div><p><font face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Merry = Christmas to Pat and you from us both -</font></p><p><font face=3D"Comic = Sans MS">Best wishes</font></p><p><font face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Peter and = Linda</font></p> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Comic Sans MS" = color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3"></font>=A0</div> <div id=3D"idSignature54008"= dir=3D"ltr"> <div><font face=3D"System"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; = COLOR: black">Linda A. Lusby</span></font><font face=3D"System"><br><font = color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: = black">Earth and Environmental Science</span></font><br><font = color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: = black">Room LL34, K.C. Irving Environmental Science = Center</span></font><br><font color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Acadia</span></font><font = color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: = black"> University</span></font><br><font color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span= style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Wolfville</span></font><font = color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: = black">, Nova Scotia</span></font><br><font color=3D"black" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">B4P = 2R6</span></font><br></font><br><i><font color=3D"black" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: italic">Phone: = 902-585-1163 </span></font></i><br><i><font color=3D"black" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: = italic">Fax: 902-585-1034</span></font></i><br><i><font color=3D"black" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: = italic">E-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:linda.lusby@acadiau.ca" = target=3D"_blank">linda.lusby@acadiau.ca</a></span></font></i><font = color=3D"black"><span style=3D"COLOR: = black">=A0</span></font><br><br><font color=3D"#a020f0" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #a020f0">Humans aren't the only species = on the earth - we just act like = it.</span></font><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></bloc= kquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_S2o0OadY9NSvQLTdjheYcQ)--
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