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--Boundary_(ID_Kj76/Mm3rGqyyN3Q4yd7MQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Are you referring to Hurricane Wilma in late Oct. & Nov. of 2005, associated with a drop of many hundreds of chimney swifts and yellow- billed cuckoos, as I recall -- see the past Nova Scotia Birds newsletter with the dying? swifts on the cover. Cheers? from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Margaret E.Millard" <mmillard@eastlink.ca> > Date: June 16, 2009 8:56:16 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re rare swallows -- was Londonderry > Breeding Bird > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > I think last summer there were successful nests and maybe that > brought numbers up. Still none lining the power lines but it is > good to see more than one then three as in the years since that > horrid Halloween when they died on Summerville beach after being > driven back up here due to hurricane ..Rita?) > I could help you with Chickadees. cute as they are, I have plenty. > http://margmillard.ca > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Stern" > <sternrichard@gmail.com> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:57 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re rare swallows -- was Londonderry > Breeding Bird > > >> Hi, >> I know one shouldn't extrapolate from single observer impressions, >> but >> around here I feel that this summer Swallows have bounced back >> somewhat. We >> nearly always have a few Tree and Barn Swallows flying around >> above our >> property, and the other day there were at lest 50 Bank Swallows - >> presumably >> there was a flock of flying insects. I have seen reasonable >> numbers of >> Swallows this summer elsewhere in Kings Co., including at the >> Pt.Williams >> sewage ponds. The bird that seems to be missing around here this >> summer is >> the Black-capped Chickadee! I can only find very few. >> >> Richard >> >> >> > > --Boundary_(ID_Kj76/Mm3rGqyyN3Q4yd7MQ) 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; "> Are you referring to Hurricane Wilma in late Oct. & Nov. of 2005, = associated with a drop of many hundreds of chimney swifts and = yellow-billed cuckoos, as I recall -- see the past Nova Scotia Birds = newsletter with the dying? swifts on the cover. =A0Cheers? from Jim in = Wolfville.<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">"Margaret E.Millard" <<a = href=3D"mailto:mmillard@eastlink.ca">mmillard@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>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">June 16, 2009 8:56:16 PM ADT</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"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.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: [NatureNS] re rare swallows -- = was Londonderry Breeding Bird</b></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>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I think last summer there were successful nests and = maybe that brought numbers up. Still none lining the power lines but it = is good to see more than one then three as in the years since that = horrid Halloween when they died<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </span>on Summerville beach after being driven back up here due to = hurricane ..Rita?)</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I could help you with = Chickadees. cute as they are, I have plenty.</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><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Stern" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>></div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To: <<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: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:57 PM</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re rare swallows -- was = Londonderry Breeding Bird</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi,</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I know one shouldn't extrapolate from single = observer impressions, but</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">around here I = feel that this summer Swallows have bounced back somewhat. We</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">nearly always have a few Tree and Barn Swallows = flying around above our</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">property, and = the other day there were at lest 50 Bank Swallows - presumably</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">there was a flock of flying insects. I have seen = reasonable numbers of</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Swallows this summer = elsewhere in Kings Co., including at the Pt.Williams</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">sewage ponds. The bird that seems to be missing = around here this summer is</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the = Black-capped Chickadee! I can only find very few.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Richard</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_Kj76/Mm3rGqyyN3Q4yd7MQ)--
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