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--Boundary_(ID_V3fvlzHvNCzuEtFS7mnwGA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi, Cindy. I think your quote from Birds of Nova Scotia (1986) needs some updating in light of progressive climate changes in winter in the past 25 years. Surely the overwintering flickers have been doing better at it in more recent years since 2000 at least? However, recently this year I have been seeing very few flickers myself since their main migration times. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Cindy Creighton <cindycreighton@gmail.com> > Date: November 29, 2009 3:30:23 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Northern Flicker, Snow Buntings and Northern > Goshawk - Springhill > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hello Everyone: > > We have had a female Northern Flicker hanging around our yard for > about a week now. I've mostly seen it pecking at the ground but > today it went to our suet. I've read in my Birds of NS book that > "Flickers present after mid-November probably will attempt to > winter, and that some have been recorded in Christmas Bird Counts > but few have been seen in late winter, suggesting that most do not > survive." > > Around this time last year we had a Red-bellied Woodpecker that > visited our feeders every day until late January. We had a Sharp- > shinned Hawk staking out our feeders around the time that it went > missing. We saw it get a Starling and a Hairy Woodpecker but never > saw any evidence of the Red-belly - he just disappeared. :( > > On a logging road just outside town about two weeks ago, we saw > three Snow Buntings. On the road by the sewage lagoon about one > week ago Jeff saw a larger flock of Snow Buntings. > > On October 27, deep in an old-growth forest near Fenwick (just > outside Springhill), we startled a Northern Goshawk. > > Our feeders have been quiet this year compared to last year. Our > regular feeder visitors are: > > Hairy Woodpeckers > Downy Woodpeckers > American Goldfinches > Black-capped Chickadees > White-breasted Nuthatches (pair) > European Starlings > Blue Jays > > Earlier this month we had some Mourning Doves and also the odd Pine > Siskin showed up, but neither has been seen for awhile. > > Cheers, > Cindy > > Springhill, Nova Scotia > cindycreighton@gmail.com > --Boundary_(ID_V3fvlzHvNCzuEtFS7mnwGA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Hi, Cindy. I think your quote from Birds of Nova Scotia (1986) = needs some updating in light of progressive climate changes in winter in = the past 25 years. Surely the overwintering flickers have been = doing better at it in more recent years since 2000 at least? = However, recently this year I have been seeing very few flickers = myself since their main migration times.<div><br></div><div>Cheers 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">Cindy Creighton <<a = href=3D"mailto:cindycreighton@gmail.com">cindycreighton@gmail.com</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">November 29, 2009 3:30:23 PM = AST</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>[NatureNS] Northern Flicker, Snow = Buntings and Northern Goshawk - Springhill</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>Hello = Everyone:</div><div><br></div>We have had a female <b>Northern = Flicker</b> hanging around our yard for about a week now. I've = mostly seen it pecking at the ground but today it went to our suet. = I've read in my Birds of NS book that "Flickers present after = mid-November probably will attempt to winter, and that some have been = recorded in Christmas Bird Counts but few have been seen in late winter, = suggesting that most do not survive."<div> <br></div><div>Around this = time last year we had a Red-bellied Woodpecker that visited our feeders = every day until late January. We had a Sharp-shinned Hawk staking = out our feeders around the time that it went missing. We saw it = get a Starling and a Hairy Woodpecker but never saw any evidence of the = Red-belly - he just disappeared. :(</div> <div><br></div><div>On a = logging road just outside town about two weeks ago, we saw = three <b>Snow Buntings.</b> On the road by the sewage = lagoon about one week ago Jeff saw a larger flock of <b>Snow = Buntings</b>.</div><div> <br></div><div>On October 27, deep in an = old-growth forest near Fenwick (just outside Springhill), we startled a = <b>Northern Goshawk. </b> </div><div><br></div><div>Our = feeders have been quiet this year compared to last year. Our = regular feeder visitors are:</div> <div><br></div><div><b>Hairy = Woodpeckers</b></div><div><b>Downy Woodpeckers</b></div><div><b>American = Goldfinches</b></div><div><b>Black-capped = Chickadees</b></div><div><b>White-breasted Nuthatches = (pair)</b></div><div><b>European Starlings</b></div> <div><b>Blue = Jays</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Earlier this month we had = some <b>Mourning Doves</b> and also the odd <b>Pine = Siskin</b> showed up, but neither has been seen for = awhile.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div> = <div>Cindy</div><div><br></div><div>Springhill, Nova Scotia</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:cindycreighton@gmail.com">cindycreighton@gmail.com</a></div= ><div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_V3fvlzHvNCzuEtFS7mnwGA)--
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