[NatureNS] re indigo buntings etc., Granville Ferry

Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:05:47 -0300
From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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> From: Jon Percy <jon-percy@ns.sympatico.ca>
> Date: April 28, 2009 9:27:03 AM ADT
> To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: Re: Indigo buntings!
>
> Hi Jim;
> Andy dean and his wife showed up this morning at about 8:30  
> a.m........ and fortunately three of the buntings showed up. He  
> managed to snap some much better pictures than mine. Unfortunately  
> they missed the red bellied woodpecker that had been hammering away  
> at the fat feeder just 10 or 15 minutes earlier.
>
> Glad to hear that you are now a bona fide member of the gray  
> squirrel fan club!!! Our gray squirrel (seems to be only one around  
> at the moment) shows up occasionally at the feeder....but In have  
> chased him off so often that he is pretty skittish...I just have to  
> open the door now and he's off like a rocket and doesn't usually  
> come back for the rest of the day.
>
>
> Cheers
> Jon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James W. Wolford
> To: Jon Percy
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 5:45 PM
> Subject: Indigo buntings!
>
> Jon, I agree with Marg's "WOW!"  Great Photo!
>
> Did you also read that now I have finally seen a GRAY SQUIRREL in  
> Nova Scotia (on the Sunday field trip)?  Now I feel like a complete  
> wildlife biologist!  Cheers from Jim
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Jon Percy <jon-percy@ns.sympatico.ca>
>> Date: April 27, 2009 8:08:23 AM ADT
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Indigo buntings!
>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>
>> The four originals have been joined by another male! I couldn't  
>> believe my eyes when I looked out the window at about 7:45 this  
>> morning (Monday). A few minutes earlier I spotted two on the  
>> ground near the feeder. Next time I checked there were five ... no  
>> possibility of confusion...they were all on the ground within a  
>> three foot circle!!! along with a couple of whitethroats. I  
>> thought these guys were supposed to be migrating through?????
>>
>> Jon Percy
>> Granville Ferry, NS
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret E.Millard"  
>> <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
>> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 7:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Indigo buntings!
>>
>>
>>> wow!
>>> Marg Millard in White Point
>>> http://margmillard.ca
>
>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Percy" <jon- 
>>> percy@ns.sympatico.ca>
>>> To: "Naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:00 PM
>>> Subject: [NatureNS] Indigo buntings!
>>>
>>>
>>> The four male indigo buntings are still hanging around the feeder  
>>> here in Granville Ferry (they seem to be keen on something in the  
>>> Valley Blend birdseed mix!). This morning I finally managed to  
>>> get a picture of all four in the same frame..... the male and  
>>> female cardinal were an added bonus!!!! I have posted the picture  
>>> at:
>>> http://www.bofep.org/photos.htm . It's pretty blurry shot because  
>>> it's taken hand held at high digital zoom, but at least the birds  
>>> are distinguishable. It's been a real spring treat to have them  
>>> around.
>>>
>>> Jon Percy
>>> Granville Ferry
>>
>
>


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#000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 28, 2009 9:27:03 AM =
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" &lt;<a =
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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: Indigo =
buntings!</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; =
"><br></div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: =
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auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"2">Hi Jim;</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Andy =
dean and his wife showed up this morning at about 8:30 a.m........ and =
fortunately three of the buntings showed up. He managed to snap some =
much better pictures than mine. Unfortunately they missed the red =
bellied woodpecker that had been hammering away at the fat feeder just =
10 or 15 minutes earlier.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Glad to =
hear that you are now a bona fide member of the gray squirrel fan =
club!!! Our gray squirrel (seems to be only one around at the moment) =
shows up occasionally at the feeder....but In have chased him off so =
often that he is pretty skittish...I just have to open the door now and =
he's off like a rocket and doesn't usually come back for the rest of the =
day.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"2">Cheers</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"2">Jon</font></div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"padding-right:=
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"><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- =
Original Message -----</div><div style=3D"background-image: initial; =
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"><b>From:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span><a =
title=3D"jimwolford@eastlink.ca" =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W. Wolford</a></div><div =
style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span><a =
title=3D"jon-percy@ns.sympatico.ca" =
href=3D"mailto:jon-percy@ns.sympatico.ca">Jon Percy</a></div><div =
style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; =
"><b>Sent:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span>Monday, =
April 27, 2009 5:45 PM</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal =
10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span>Indigo =
buntings!</div><div><br></div>Jon, I agree with Marg's "WOW!" =A0Great =
Photo! =A0<div><br></div><div>Did you also read that now I have finally =
seen a GRAY SQUIRREL in Nova Scotia (on the Sunday field trip)? =A0Now I =
feel like a complete wildlife biologist! =A0Cheers from =
Jim<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3" =
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0, 0); "><b>From:<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span></b></font><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; ">Jon Percy &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jon-percy@ns.sympatico.ca">jon-percy@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></=
font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
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face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; ">April 27, 2009 8:08:23 AM ADT</font></div><div =
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face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal =
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</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" =
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face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>Re: [NatureNS] Indigo =
buntings!</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
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</div><div style=3D"min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">The four originals have been joined by another male! =
I couldn't believe my eyes when I looked out the window at about 7:45 =
this morning (Monday). A few minutes earlier I spotted two on the ground =
near the feeder. Next time I checked there were five ... no possibility =
of confusion...they were all on the ground within a three foot circle!!! =
along with a couple of whitethroats. I thought these guys were supposed =
to be migrating through?????</div><div style=3D"min-height: 14px; =
margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: =
0px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jon Percy</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Granville Ferry, NS</div><div style=3D"min-height: =
14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----- =
Original Message ----- From: "Margaret E.Millard" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:mmillard@eastlink.ca">mmillard@eastlink.ca</a>></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">To: &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></div>=
<div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 7:26 AM</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Indigo buntings!</div><div =
style=3D"min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div =
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">wow!</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Marg Millard in White Point</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><a =
href=3D"http://margmillard.ca">http://margmillard.ca</a></div></blockquote=
></blockquote><div><br></div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message ----- =
From: "Jon Percy" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jon-percy@ns.sympatico.ca">jon-percy@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></=
div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: "Naturens" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></div>=
<div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:00 PM</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [NatureNS] Indigo buntings!</div><div =
style=3D"min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">The four male indigo buntings are still hanging =
around the feeder here in Granville Ferry (they seem to be keen on =
something in the Valley Blend birdseed mix!). This morning I finally =
managed to get a picture of all four in the same frame..... the male and =
female cardinal were an added bonus!!!! I have posted the picture =
at:</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a =
href=3D"http://www.bofep.org/photos.htm">http://www.bofep.org/photos.htm</=
a><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span>. It's pretty blurry =
shot because it's taken hand held at high digital zoom, but at least the =
birds are distinguishable. It's been a real spring treat to have them =
around.</div><div style=3D"min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
"><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jon Percy</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Granville Ferry</div></blockquote><div =
style=3D"min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
"><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></span><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div><br></body></html>=

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