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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01CA2BF9.0C96C920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Richard, early this afternoon there were swarms of what appeared to be small = flying ants everywhere near my home in Hantsport. They covered = everything and drove us indoors from our deck. The starlings seemed to = be the only things that were interested in them, the other garden birds = just carried on normally and I saw no actual "insect eaters" anywhere. = At least the starlings are good for something besides raiding the = feeders. By about 4pm the swarming insects had gone from the air, but = they were still running about all over the ground. We still have several highly active Humming Birds - they seem to be very = attracted to the roses when they aren't fighting over the feeders. One = has been sitting on the wire handle of a feeder for much of the past = several days so that it can get a good run at the opposition. John Belbin ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Stern=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 5:14 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Starlings as aerial insectivores? Hi, Twice today I have watched large but loosely-knit flocks of Starlings = flying high, and behaving just like Swifts or Swallows - darting about = and certainly looking as if they are catching small aerial insects. I = can't say I have specifically noticed that before, but I presume it's a = common phenomenon for opportunists. Richard --=20 ################# Richard Stern,=20 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01CA2BF9.0C96C920 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18813"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Richard,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>early this afternoon there were swarms = of what=20 appeared to be small flying ants everywhere near my home in Hantsport. = They=20 covered everything and drove us indoors from our deck. The starlings = seemed to=20 be the only things that were interested in them, the other garden birds = just=20 carried on normally and I saw no actual "insect eaters" anywhere. At = least the=20 starlings are good for something besides raiding the feeders. By about = 4pm the=20 swarming insects had gone from the air, but they were still running = about all=20 over the ground.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We still have several highly active = Humming Birds -=20 they seem to be very attracted to the roses when they aren't fighting = over the=20 feeders. One has been sitting on the wire handle of a feeder for much of = the=20 past several days so that it can get a good run at the = opposition.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>John Belbin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsternrichard@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">Richard=20 Stern</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 02, = 2009 5:14=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Starlings = as aerial=20 insectivores?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>Twice today I have watched large but = loosely-knit=20 flocks of Starlings flying high, and behaving just like Swifts or = Swallows -=20 darting about and certainly looking as if they are catching = small aerial=20 insects. I can't say I have specifically noticed that before, but I = presume=20 it's a common phenomenon for opportunists.<BR><BR>Richard<BR = clear=3Dall><BR>--=20 <BR>#################<BR>Richard Stern, <BR>317 Middle Dyke = Rd.<BR>Port=20 Williams, NS, Canada<BR>B0P 1T0<BR><BR><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</A><BR>####= ###############<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01CA2BF9.0C96C920--
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