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stud =3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A =27Times New Roman=27=3B font-size=3A 1= 6px=3B=22=3EThat=27s a great point about the diurnal cycle=2E I=27m goin= g to throw that into a conversation tonight and astound my friends by ap= pearing right some smart! I was thinking that the warmer weather might b= ring them or any other bird earlier=2E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E= =3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EOn another note=2C do pheasants have n= ests on the ground=3F=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdi= rty=3D=22=22 /=3EThanks=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5F= dirty=3D=22=22 /=3EAngela in Windsor=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 04/= 09/10=2C =3Cb class=3D=22name=22=3EBob McDonald =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bbobatho= me=40hfx=2Eeastlink=2Eca=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D= =22mid=3A5A7BCF22AC934725A77BF2E019B30C6C=40desktop=22 class=3D=22iwcQuo= te=22 style=3D=22border-left=3A 1px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 255)=3B padding-= left=3A 13px=3B margin-left=3A 0pt=3B=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E=3Cdiv clas= s=3D=22mimepart text html=22=3E =3Cspan=3E=3Cp=3E =3Cstyle=3E=3C/style=3E =3Ctable=3E=3Ctbody=3E=3Ctr=3E=3Ctd bgcolor=3D=22=23ffffff=22=3E=3Cp=3E =3C/p=3E=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3EIf you look carefully at the m= aps for 2009 and for 2010=2C so = far=2C there is not really a significant difference as far as Canada is = concerned=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3ELast year at this time=2C there=A0had = been=A02 reports in = Canada (s=2E Ontario)=2C while this year there have been 4 reports=2E=A0= Is this = significant=3F=A0 I don=27t think so=2E=A0 As far as NS is concerned=2C = there are = no reports yet for 2010 while in 2009 the first reports came on April 20= =2C 22=2C = 22=2C 23=2E=A0 April 20 is only 11 days away=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3EMost migrating birds=A0time their migr= ation according to = the diurnal cycle (the length of the day) so just because we are experie= ncing = late spring-like weather here does not necessarily mean birds will arriv= e here = early=2E=A0 Those outliers which do arrive =26quot=3Bearly=26quot=3B=2C = like the Ruby-crowned = Kinglet that Suzanne and I saw and heard last Tuesday=2C may be more rea= dily = noticed since it was singing in the warm sunshine=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E= =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3EOverall=2C I am sceptical that our uns= easonably warm weather = here has any effect on the arrival timing of migrating birds=2E=3C/font=3E= =3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3E=3C/font=3E=A0=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3ECheers=2C=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3E=3C/font=3E=A0=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3EBob McDonald=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3EHalifax=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3E=3C/font=3E=A0=3C/div=3E =3Cblockquote dir=3D=22ltr=22 style=3D=22border-left=3A 2px solid rgb(0=2C= 0=2C 0)=3B padding-left=3A 5px=3B padding-right=3A 0px=3B margin-left=3A= 5px=3B margin-right=3A 0px=3B=22=3E =3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A arial=3B font-style=3A normal=3B font= -variant=3A normal=3B font-weight=3A normal=3B font-size=3A 10pt=3B line= -height=3A normal=3B font-size-adjust=3A none=3B font-stretch=3A normal=3B= =22=3E----- Original Message ----- =3C/div=3E =3Cdiv style=3D=22background=3A rgb(228=2C 228=2C 228) none repeat scr= oll 0=25 0=25=3B font-family=3A arial=3B font-style=3A normal=3B font-va= riant=3A normal=3B font-weight=3A normal=3B font-size=3A 10pt=3B line-he= ight=3A normal=3B font-size-adjust=3A none=3B font-stretch=3A normal=3B = -moz-background-clip=3A -moz-initial=3B -moz-background-origin=3A -moz-i= nitial=3B -moz-background-inline-policy=3A -moz-initial=3B=22=3E=3Cb=3EF= rom=3A=3C/b=3E = Hans = Toom =26lt=3BHtoom=40hfx=2Eeastlink=2Eca=26gt=3B =3C/div=3E =3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A arial=3B font-style=3A normal=3B font= -variant=3A normal=3B font-weight=3A normal=3B font-size=3A 10pt=3B line= -height=3A normal=3B font-size-adjust=3A none=3B font-stretch=3A normal=3B= =22=3E=3Cb=3ETo=3A=3C/b=3E naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =26lt=3Bnaturen= s=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca=26gt=3B =3C/div=3E =3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A arial=3B font-style=3A normal=3B font= -variant=3A normal=3B font-weight=3A normal=3B font-size=3A 10pt=3B line= -height=3A normal=3B font-size-adjust=3A none=3B font-stretch=3A normal=3B= =22=3E=3Cb=3ESent=3A=3C/b=3E Friday=2C April 09=2C 2010 12=3A22 = PM=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A arial=3B font-style=3A normal=3B font= -variant=3A normal=3B font-weight=3A normal=3B font-size=3A 10pt=3B line= -height=3A normal=3B font-size-adjust=3A none=3B font-stretch=3A normal=3B= =22=3E=3Cb=3ESubject=3A=3C/b=3E Re=3A =5BNatureNS=5D earliest = hummingbird=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3EHi all=2C=3C/font= =3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3E=3C/font=3E=A0=3C= /div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3EThe =3Cb=3ERuby-t= hroated Hummingbirds=3C/b=3E = are about 1400 kilometres further north this year than last year=2E=A0= Last = year they were crossing the North Carolina border in early April while= this = year they are probably in Maine already=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3E=3C/font=3E=A0=3C= /div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22 size=3D=222=22=3EHans=3C/font=3E=3C= /div=3E =3Cblockquote style=3D=22border-left=3A 2px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 0)=3B = padding-left=3A 5px=3B padding-right=3A 0px=3B margin-left=3A 5px=3B mar= gin-right=3A 0px=3B=22=3E =3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A arial=3B font-style=3A normal=3B fo= nt-variant=3A normal=3B font-weight=3A normal=3B font-size=3A 10pt=3B li= ne-height=3A normal=3B font-size-adjust=3A none=3B font-stretch=3A norma= l=3B=22=3E----- Original Message ----- =3C/div=3E =3Cdiv style=3D=22background=3A rgb(228=2C 228=2C 228) none repeat s= croll 0=25 0=25=3B font-family=3A arial=3B font-style=3A normal=3B font-= variant=3A normal=3B font-weight=3A normal=3B font-size=3A 10pt=3B line-= height=3A normal=3B font-size-adjust=3A none=3B font-stretch=3A normal=3B= 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