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passing through.</font>&l This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0170_01CA2D93.4DB60F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1257" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Mike I had about 50+ Purple finches and their young amd the same here = 2 days ago they all disapeared. There were lots of War. around yesterday = but i only found 1 Myrtle today what a difference a day makesz Peter in = Shelburne . Lots of birds moving overhead at around 9 to 10 at night but = there weater is so nice no reson for them to stop here. -----Original Message----- From: Mike McCall <frogmore@xcountry.tv> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Date: Friday, September 04, 2009 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Starlings as aerial insectivores? =20 =20 Two events seem to have occurred at the same time. My most numerous feeder birds, Purple Finches and Goldfinches did a = complete bunk on or about Monday and at the same time, swarms of Confusing = Fall Warblers have been working through the trees and shrubbery here at Hall's = Harbour early in the morning. One non-confusing warbler was a lifer for me, a Cape May, = busy foraging in a maple not far from the house. Many Juncos, mostly un-groomed = juveniles, are busy below the feeder. But I was scratching my head after watching a male = Goldfinch offer food to what I was sure was a mature female. A very tender and = unexpected sight at this season. =20 =20 Mike =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 On 4-Sep-09, at 2:33 PM, Judy Tufts wrote: =20 =20 I saw the same sort of frenzied activity in Windsor last evening = (Thurs) near the old Windsor Wear building from Hwy 101, and realized it = was ~100 starlings hunting flying insects, and not swallows. =20 Sadly the last Ruby- thr. Hummingbird - an imm. male - left = here Wed. night but note the Juncos are back foraging around our = gardens. Our family of Pewees are still in full song beginning at 6.00 = a.m.. The adult male is followed by echoes from two youngsters - no = doubt asll getting ready to leave shortly, and this morning I awoke to = hear a Barred Owl also at dawn.=20 We have been seeing migration movement of warblers - mostly = Blk-thr. Greens and Yellow-rumps, but Vireos and Flickers and Blue Jays = also passing through. =20 =20 Cheers, Judy Tufts =20 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Judy Tufts Wolfville <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< =20 =20 =20 =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ = =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Marg Millard Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:46 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Starlings as aerial insectivores? =20 =20 Yesterday as we drove from town about 10:30 am, I saw a large = flock of birds that at first glance I thought oh! No! the swallows were = blown back here via the storms as a number of years ago when I watched = many, many die on Summerville Beach. There was something about the = flight pattern and the diving that wasn't as sweeping and elegant as = that of the swallows. The birds were doing fine aerobatics. As what they = were capturing seemed to disperse so did the birds and a couple landed = on the wires just as we were passing the salt sheds at the west = connector. They were starlings! I haven't ever noticed that before. have = no idea what they were feasting on. Gives me a slightly different view = to feeding the hordes now. Marg Millard, White Point, Queens http://MargMillard.ca =20 .................... Hi, =20 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. =20 Richard =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0170_01CA2D93.4DB60F60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1257" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Dwindows-1257 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff=20 style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Mike I had about 50+ = Purple=20 finches and their young amd the same here 2 days ago they all = disapeared. There=20 were lots of War. around yesterday but i only found 1 Myrtle today what = a=20 difference a day makesz Peter in Shelburne . Lots of birds moving = overhead at=20 around 9 to 10 at night but there weater is so nice no reson for them to = stop=20 here.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From:=20 </B>Mike McCall <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:frogmore@xcountry.tv">frogmore@xcountry.tv</A>><BR><B>T= o:=20 </B><A = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>=20 <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>><B= R><B>Date:=20 </B>Friday, September 04, 2009 6:36 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: = [NatureNS]=20 Starlings as aerial insectivores?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>Two events = seem to=20 have occurred at the same time. <DIV>My most numerous feeder birds, Purple Finches and Goldfinches = did a=20 complete</DIV> <DIV>bunk on or about Monday and at the same time, swarms of = Confusing Fall=20 Warblers</DIV> <DIV>have been working through the trees and shrubbery here at = Hall's=20 Harbour early in the</DIV> <DIV>morning. One non-confusing warbler was a lifer for me, a Cape = May, busy=20 foraging in</DIV> <DIV>a maple not far from the house. Many Juncos, mostly un-groomed=20 juveniles, are busy</DIV> <DIV>below the feeder. But I was scratching my head after watching a = male=20 Goldfinch offer</DIV> <DIV>food to what I was sure was a mature female. A very tender and=20 unexpected sight</DIV> <DIV>at this season.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV&