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Index of Subjects --001636ed62e3fa69ca048a2af523 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Richard, I opened this one quickly, I must have been expecting a report of Cedars eating their own young, but I see what you mean :) neat observation! On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > Today I found a 2nd Baltimore oriole's nest on our property, pretty close > to the 1st (active) one - neither seems active at the present time, and the > sight and sounds of the parents feeding the young in the active nest a few > days ago seems to have suddenly stopped. I haven't seen any young near the > nest, but there are a number of Grackles hanging around, which seems a bit > ominous. However, we still have adults in the yard, and visiting the Oriole > feeder (basically an orange-colored hummingbird feeder). Today I watched a > Cedar waxwing pull material away from the outside of the 2nd oriole nest, as > well as a nearby disused robin's nest, and fly away with it - presumably to > build a nest of her own. > > A number of Purple finches - no adult males, but all singing, have taken up > residence in our yard in the last few days. Our male N.cardinal has started > singing long and loud at dawn again. > > This morning I watched 2 adult Bald eagles, about 10 minutes apart, flying > with prey in their talons, towards the active nest off Talon Drive, Eagle > Landing Subdivision, that still has 2 large young in it. > > Richard > > -- > ################# > Richard Stern, > 317 Middle Dyke Rd. > Port Williams, NS, Canada > B0P 1T0 > > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### > -- James Churchill Centreville, Nova Scotia jameslchurchill@gmail.com mobile: (902) 698-3402 home: (902) 681-2374 --001636ed62e3fa69ca048a2af523 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Richard, <br>I opened this one quickly, I must have been expecting a rep= ort of Cedars eating their own young, but I see what you mean :) neat obser= vation!<br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 9:06 = PM, Richard Stern <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmai= l.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; borde= r-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi,<br><br>Today = I found a 2nd Baltimore oriole's nest on our property, pretty close to = the 1st (active) one - neither seems active at the present time, and the si= ght and sounds of the parents feeding the young in the active nest a few da= ys ago seems to have suddenly stopped. I haven't seen any young near th= e nest, but there are a number of Grackles hanging around, which seems a bi= t ominous.=A0 However, we still have adults in the yard, and visiting the O= riole feeder (basically an orange-colored hummingbird feeder). Today I watc= hed a Cedar waxwing pull material away from the outside of the 2nd oriole n= est, as well as a nearby disused robin's nest, and fly away with it - p= resumably to build a nest of her own.<br> <br>A number of Purple finches - no adult males, but all singing, have take= n up residence in our yard in the last few days. Our male N.cardinal has st= arted singing long and loud at dawn again.<br><br>This morning I watched 2 = adult Bald eagles, about 10 minutes apart, flying with prey in their talons= , towards the active nest off Talon Drive, Eagle Landing Subdivision, that = still has 2 large young in it.=A0 <br> <br>Richard<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Richard Stern,= <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br><br><a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail= .com</a><br> ###################<br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>James Churchill<br>Cent= reville, Nova Scotia<br><a href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com">jamesl= churchill@gmail.com</a><br>mobile: (902) 698-3402<br>home: (902) 681-2374<b= r> --001636ed62e3fa69ca048a2af523--
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