[NatureNS] earliest hummingbird

From: Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:24:41 -0300
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6px=3B=22=3EThat=27s a great point about the diurnal cycle=2E I=27m goin=
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far=2C there is not really a significant difference as far as Canada is =

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=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont size=3D=222=22=3ELast year at this time=2C there=A0had =
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Canada (s=2E Ontario)=2C while this year there have been 4 reports=2E=A0=
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significant=3F=A0 I don=27t think so=2E=A0 As far as NS is concerned=2C =
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no reports yet for 2010 while in 2009 the first reports came on April 20=
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the diurnal cycle (the length of the day) so just because we are experie=
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late spring-like weather here does not necessarily mean birds will arriv=
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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=
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