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Index of Subjects It is still very quiet most of the time here in the yard. I have a few chickadees that drop in from time to time, and once in a while Blue Jays come and gorge. (two blue Jays have injured feet. Different feet on each birds. One seems to be doing ok but the other I am concerned about. The starlings swing by every couple days clean up and head back out. the majority of the mourning doves seem to have moved off although there is no shortage of them. (there are now 4 cats hunting in my yard and I can't keep them away.....I do make gross noises and chase them from time to time. but it would take all day. I limit food to the one platform feeder and one hanging one in the grapevine now and have cut the grass below to open it up. There won't be a surprise factor. I hope to turn it over this week and get my garlic planted before the big storm being forecasted for next weekend. There are a couple white-breasted nuthatches in the yard from time to time, they might try a seed but seem content to just keep an eye on things. I did have a treat this am and yesterday afternoon, a juvenile Northern Flicker feeding on the feeder and calling. He moved off after some time, still calling. We have a number of large crows and one seems to be missing a leg and foot. It is very adept so I expect it has been gone awhile. It didn't appear for a day or two but Friday coming from town, I am sure it was the bird on the wires and roadway feasting on a dead something, this side of the salt sheds. With the leaves off the apple trees behind the house we discovered another nest. That makes two quite close to each other. Higher up one larger than the other. A Blue jay pays a lot attention to it. Maybe storing the seeds there? Wish I could identify nests. I think the smaller is for a song sparrow......but......normally they are in the garden at ground level. There is a small sharp shinned hawk swinging by and I must say it seems to grab a chickadee from time to time. I walked Carters Beach this week a couple times in the later pm at low tide and only saw a few gulls which were dropping some of the biggest sea urchins I have seen in years, and three snow buntings almost in winter colour. Man!! has that beach evolved this year. For those that are familiar, Hurricane Bill moved Cranberry Brook to the Carters side of the Island and it has since wound around all over the place. Sand dollars are everywhere at low tide and many are dying. I have a few nice photos to use this winter while I try to paint it. I expect it will wash back through the other side at some point this winter; apparently it did this moving back and forth three times in '68 or '69. The erosion is mind blowing! That big dune at the back is wide open and wearing away very quickly. Guess that is it for now. Marg Millard, White Point, Queens http://MargMillard.ca
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