[NatureNS] Purple finches

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Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:52:35 -0400
From: Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com>
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I've had one to seven siskins every week for about two months on my
weekly project feederwatch counts. None today yet though (no eagle
either...must be a correlation).

Randy

On 13/03/2010, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>
> Ken McKenna
> Box 218 Stellarton NS
> B0K 1S0
> 902 752-7644
> Hi Billy
> I do not remember Siskins at feeders this winter other than 1 or 2 with
> Goldfinches on one or two occasions, but there were good numbers in the wild
> where the conifer cone crop was abundant throughout central nova- especailly
> Trafalgar- Upper Musquodoboit area. This area is also abundant in
> White-winged Crossbills and a few Red Crossbills. The atlas data has been
> improved greatly for the Cobequid region as a result with 30+ squares now
> reporting breeding evidence for WW Crossbills when only a handful were
> reporting in early Jan. Check out this site and click on White-winged
> Crossbills to see squares reporting.
> http://www.mba-aom.ca/jsp/map.jsp?lang=en
> cheers
> ken
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca>
> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Purple finches
>
>
>> We had a nice male at our feeder yesterday near St. Peter's , only the
>> second of the winter.. Did anyone have siskins this winter?
>> Billy
>>
>>> I too noticed the first one at the feeder today.
>>>
>>> angela in Windsor
>>>
>>>>For the first time in 20+ years I did not see a single purple finch
>>>>at my feeders throughout the entire winter. This morning I was
>>>>delighted beyond measure to find a M/F pair quietly tucking in :-)
>>>>
>>>>Eleanor Lindsay
>>>>Seabright, St Margarets Bay
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Angela Joudrey
>>> aljoudrey@eastlink.ca
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.

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