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A neighbor has reported a Song Sparrow singing here in Port Hawkesbury today. David Johnston John Kearney wrote: > On Valentine's Day, a Hairy Woodpecker was drumming on Big Island, Pictou > County. > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of Joan Czapalay > Sent: February 15, 2010 09:35 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Song Sparrows singing > > Such a sweet song, Patricia! The ones here beside Chocolate Lake started > tentatively on Goundhog Day but went to full song on the 5th February. > All of " Maids, maids, maids, Put on your tea-kettle-ettle-ettle-ettle > ". ( I don't have a good ear for bird song, so love the birds that say > something!) Cheers, Joan > > P.L. Chalmers wrote: > >> I have been meaning to write in and report that over-wintering >> Song Sparrows have started singing in Halifax. I heard the first one >> in the quadrangle at King's College on Thursday, 28 January. (That was >> the day before the snow/ice storm and the drop in temperatures from >> which we have now emerged.) He gave a full, rolicking, sustained song, >> keeping it up for several minutes. No tentative, subdued "warming up" >> singing there! Despite the cold, I heard the same bird sing on a >> very sunny morning a week later (4 February) and I have heard it while >> heading to work nearly every day since then. Last week I heard one >> sing from my back yard for the first time, and he is now singing every >> morning. Definitely lifts the spirits! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Patricia L. Chalmers >> Halifax >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> At 11:52 AM 06/02/2010, Andy Dean wrote: >> Hey Peter, >> Thanks for that timely morale-booster ....just as I was beginning to >> despair. I REALLY hope you have it right. I will keep my ears open for >> song sparrows singing and robins a-hopping. >> Andy >> >> > > > > > -- David W. Johnston Mary K. Johnston 207 Hiram St. Port Hawkesbury N.S. B9A 2C3 902 625 1534 dwj.jem@ns.sympatico.ca
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