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This tree may well have been the one used the past couple of winters by Baltimore Orioles that overwintered at my feeders. They left at dusk to fly in your direction, Patricia - no doubt to roost for the night in a dense conifer.
Susann Myers
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From: P.L. Chalmers
To: NatureNS
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:18 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Halifax Bat Roost ? (something other than Earl birds)
Last week (1 Sept.) a large coniferous tree in my neighbourhood was cut down by the property's new owners. I am not sure what species the tree was - not a native, although it looked somewhat like an Eastern Hemlock. The tree-cutting fellows thought it was a cypress, but I don't know. However, it was a big tree, over two storeys high, was thickly branched with slightly drooping boughs and feathery branches with fine needles, and was probably, given the age of houses in the neighbourhood, 60-70 years old. It was in the back yard of a house just a few doors north of me and I always enjoyed its presence, as it was one of the few big evergreens nearby. The birds loved it, especially Black-capped Chickadees, and during migration or bad weather its dense foliage was a refuge for many small birds, especially warblers.
I wasn't at home when the tree came down, but a neighbour who lives across the street told me that when it did, a large number of bats flew out of it, all at once. She was amazed, as she has never seen a bat in the neighbourhood. Neither have I. So I am wondering, could this tree have been used as a temporary roost by migrating bats?
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This tree may well have been the one used the past
couple of winters by Baltimore Orioles that overwintered at my feeders.
They left at dusk to fly in your direction, Patricia - no doubt to roost for the
night in a dense conifer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Susann Myers</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca
href="mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca">P.L. Chalmers</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Halifax Bat Roost ?
(something other than Earl birds)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Last
week (1 Sept.) a large coniferous tree in my neighbourhood was cut down by the
property's new owners. I am not sure what species the tree was - not a
native, although it looked somewhat like an Eastern Hemlock. The
tree-cutting fellows thought it was a cypress, but I don't know.
However, it was a big tree, over two storeys high, was thickly branched with
slightly drooping boughs and feathery branches with fine needles, and was
probably, given the age of houses in the neighbourhood, 60-70 years
old. It was in the back yard of a house just a few doors north of me and
I always enjoyed its presence, as it was one of the few big evergreens
nearby. The birds loved it, especially Black-capped Chickadees, and
during migration or bad weather its dense foliage was a refuge for many small
birds, especially warblers.
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>I
wasn't at home when the tree came down, but a neighbour who lives across the
street told me that when it did, a large number of <B>bats</B> flew out of it,
all at once. She was amazed, as she has never seen a bat in the
neighbourhood. Neither have I. So I am wondering, could this tree
have been used as a temporary roost by migrating bats?
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Patricia
L. Chalmers<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>
Halifax </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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