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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01CB5BE1.6ECB7D70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In the past 2 or 3 days the feeders have become a somewhat frantic scene = and the contents are vanishing at an alarming rate. I presume that many = of the birds are just moving through and looking for a pit stop for a = couple of days. Some birds are clearly coming because of the activity, I = am not sure what they would actually eat. The most unusual was a = Black-throated Green Warbler that posed nicely on the deck railing, = until I went to get the camera, and it hasn't been that near since. Since yesterday I have noticed:- 4 Yellow Warblers, 1 WB Nuthatch, 3 Pine Warblers, 2 Pine Siskin's, 3 = female Purple Finch, 2 Northern Flickers=20 and the usual freeloaders - 25+ Gold Finch, 8 Song Sparrows, 5 Mourning = Doves, 12 Chickadees and 6 Blue Jays. Fortunately the hoard of starlings = that circle the neighborhood have not arrived on-masse as yet. A Sharp Shinned Hawk has been paying the group a lot of attention and = creates periodic havoc. I am amazed at how fast it flies. Several people have remarked that they are seeing an usual number of = Pileated Woodpeckers in the last couple of weeks, locally they must have = bred well. They have yet to show up here, but then this is a new = sub-division and there isn't much to attract them yet. John Belbin - Hantsport ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01CB5BE1.6ECB7D70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18943"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>In the past 2 or 3 days the feeders = have become a=20 somewhat frantic scene and the contents are vanishing at an alarming = rate. I=20 presume that many of the birds are just moving through and looking for a = pit=20 stop for a couple of days. Some birds are clearly coming because of the=20 activity, I am not sure what they would actually eat. The most unusual = was a=20 Black-throated Green Warbler that posed nicely on the deck railing, = until I went=20 to get the camera, and it hasn't been that near since.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Since yesterday I have = noticed:-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>4 Yellow Warblers, 1 WB Nuthatch, 3 = Pine Warblers,=20 2 Pine Siskin's, 3 female Purple Finch, 2 Northern Flickers = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>a</FONT><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>nd = the usual=20 freeloaders - 25+ Gold Finch, 8 Song Sparrows, 5 Mourning = Doves, 12=20 Chickadees and 6 Blue Jays. Fortunately the hoard of starlings that = circle the=20 neighborhood have not arrived on-masse as yet.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A Sharp Shinned Hawk has been paying = the group a=20 lot of attention and creates periodic havoc. I am amazed at how fast it=20 flies.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Several people have remarked that they = are seeing=20 an usual number of Pileated Woodpeckers in the last couple of weeks, = locally=20 they must have bred well. They have yet to show up here, but then this = is a new=20 sub-division and there isn't much to attract them yet.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>John Belbin - = Hantsport</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01CB5BE1.6ECB7D70--
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