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<DIV& This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0183_01CA2D9B.CB535F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi I went for a walk hordes of B.Jayson the move and 1 Humming bird = Peter=20 -----Original Message----- From: Peter Mac Leod <macleod.grayjay@ns.sympatico.ca> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Date: Friday, September 04, 2009 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Starlings as aerial insectivores? =20 =20 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.=20 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_0183_01CA2D9B.CB535F60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"> <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 size=3D2>Hi I went for a walk hordes of = B.Jayson the move=20 and 1 Humming bird Peter </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>Peter Mac Leod <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:macleod.grayjay@ns.sympatico.ca">macleod.grayjay@ns.sympat= ico.ca</A>><BR><B>To:=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 7:08 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: = [NatureNS]=20 Starlings as aerial insectivores?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <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.=20 There were lots of War. around yesterday but i only found 1 Myrtle = today=20 what a difference a day makesz Peter in Shelburne . Lots of birds = moving=20 overhead at around 9 to 10 at night but there weater is so nice no = reson for=20 them to stop 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=20 Message-----</B><BR><B>From: </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.=20 <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=20 Fall 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,=20 busy 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=20 male 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><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On 4-Sep-09, at 2:33 PM, Judy Tufts wrote:</DIV><BR=20 class=3DApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type =3D cite><SPAN class=3DApple-style-span=20 style=3D"COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: medium Helvetica; = LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; = WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; border-collapse: separate; = orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: = none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <DIV align=3Dleft dir =3D ltr><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D593591717-04092009>I saw the same sort of frenzied = activity in=20 Windsor last evening (Thurs) near the old Windsor Wear = building=20 from Hwy 101, and realized it was ~100 starlings hunting = flying=20 insects, and not swallows.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft dir =3D ltr><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D593591717-04092009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft dir =3D ltr><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D593591717-04092009>Sadly the last Ruby- thr. = Hummingbird=20 - an imm. male - left here Wed. = night </SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D593591717-04092009>but = note the Juncos=20 are back foraging around our gardens. <SPAN=20 = class=3DApple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN=20 class=3D593591717-04092009><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Our = family of=20 Pewees are still in full song = beginning at 6.00 a.m..=20 The adult male is followed by echoes from two youngsters - = no doubt=20 asll getting ready to leave shortly, and this morning I = awoke to=20 hear a Barred Owl also at dawn.<SPAN=20 class=3DApple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>We have been = seeing=20 migration movement of warblers - mostly Blk-thr. Greens and=20 Yellow-rumps, but Vireos and Flickers and Blue = Jays also=20 passing through.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft dir =3D ltr><SPAN=20 class=3D593591717-04092009></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft dir =3D ltr><SPAN = class=3D593591717-04092009><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft dir =3D ltr><SPAN = class=3D593591717-04092009><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft dir =3D ltr><SPAN = class=3D593591717-04092009><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>Judy Tufts</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft dir =3D ltr><SPAN = class=3D593591717-04092009><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <P><FONT=20 = size=3D2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>= >><BR> =20 Judy Tufts<BR> =20 = Wolfville<BR><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<= <<<<BR></FONT></P> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader lang=3Den-us = dir =3D ltr> <HR tabindex =3D -1> <FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2><B>From:</B><SPAN=20 = class=3DApple-converted-space> </SPAN>naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebu= cto.ns.ca</A>]<SPAN=20 class=3DApple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>On Behalf = Of<SPAN=20 class=3DApple-converted-space> </SPAN></B>Marg=20 Millard<BR><B>Sent:</B><SPAN=20 class=3DApple-converted-space> </SPAN>Thursday, = September 03,=20 2009 8:46 AM<BR><B>To:</B><SPAN=20 class=3DApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A><BR><B= >Subject:</B><SPAN=20 class=3DApple-converted-space> </SPAN>Re: [NatureNS] = Starlings as=20 aerial insectivores?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Yesterday as we=20 drove from town about 10:30 am, I saw a large flock of birds = that at=20 first glance I thought oh! No! the swallows were blown back = here via=20 the storms as a number of years ago when I watched many, = many die on=20 Summerville Beach. There was something about the = flight=20 pattern and the diving that wasn't as sweeping and elegant = as that=20 of the swallows. The birds were doing fine aerobatics. As = what they=20 were capturing seemed to disperse so did the birds and a = couple=20 landed on the wires just as we were passing the salt sheds = at the=20 west connector. They were starlings! I haven't ever noticed = that=20 before. have no idea what they were feasting on. Gives me a = slightly=20 different view to feeding the hordes = now.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Marg Millard, White Point,=20 Queens</FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times = New Roman"=20 size=3D3></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3></FONT></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New = Roman" size=3D3> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 = href=3D"http://margmillard.ca/">http://MargMillard.ca</A></FONT></DIV></F= ONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New = Roman"=20 size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New = Roman"=20 size=3D3>....................</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New = Roman"=20 size=3D3>Hi,<BR><BR>Twice today I have watched large but = loosely-knit=20 flocks of Starlings flying high, and behaving just like = Swifts or=20 Swallows - darting about and certainly looking as if = they are=20 catching small aerial insects. I can't say I have = specifically=20 noticed that before, but I presume it's a common phenomenon = for=20 opportunists.<BR><BR>Richard</FONT><BR = clear=3Dall></FONT></DIV><FONT=20 face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQ= UOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0183_01CA2D9B.CB535F60--
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