[NatureNS] Re: Red-breasted Nuthatches, etc.

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There have been several (at least four) RBNU at our feeders every day this
summer near St. Peter's.  They didn't nest in my yard this year, though.
Billy
 > Certainly abundant in my yard in Hubbards with several breeding pairs.
> Many
>  of them still here.
> Peter Stow
>
>
> In a message dated 25/09/2010 8:25:56 A.M. Atlantic Daylight Time,
> aythya@nb.sympatico.ca writes:
>
> Last  winter was a real good one for RBNU in New Brunswick, with 10s of
> thousands  staying behind in the deep woods to feed on the abundant
> conifer
> seed  crop.  This year may be different, as that crop has now been
> exhausted.
>
> Also, Brian Dalzell is now the summer season editor for  American Birds,
> and would appreciate any input from Nova Scotia birders you  may be privy
> to.
>
> ====================================
>
> ----  "Laviolette wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Last month there  were a few emails exchanged concerning Red-breasted
> Nuthatches and how  abundant they were this year. While I was on Brier
> Island
> at the end of August  and the beginning of September there were very large
> numbers of Red-breasted  Nuthatches migrating south.  In fact this was the
> largest migration I've  witnessed on the island since 2005.
>>
>> The large movement  certainly fits with the observations reported on
> NatureNS and with the winter  finch and irruptive species predictions for
> Canada
> from Ron Pittaway of the  Ontario Field Ornithologists. For Red-breasted
> Nuthatches his report reads in  part:
>>
>>
>> "RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH: This nuthatch is a  conifer seed specialist when
> it winters in the north, thus its movements are  triggered by the same
> crops
> as the boreal winter finches. The southward  movement, which began in the
> summer, signaled the generally poor cone crops on  spruces, balsam fir and
> white pine in the mixed coniferous/deciduous forest  region across Ontario
> and
> in Atlantic Canada, New York and New England States  ... "
>>
>> It seems that when large numbers of Red-breasted  Nuthatches are
>> reported
> from Nova Scotia it's a result of generally poor cone  crops in the
> Maritimes. I'd be interested in hearing any confirming or  contrary
> reports of the
> cone crop status throughout the province.
>>
>> For those of you who feed birds, the predictions are calling for  Common
> Redpolls to irrupt south this year so stock up on your nyger and black
> oil
> sunflower seeds. They're also big feeders on White Birch seeds so expect
> them to show up in areas where this tree is common.
>>
>> All the  best,
>>
>> Lance
>>
>> ====================
>>  Lance Laviolette
>> Glen Robertson, Ont.
>>  ====================
>>
>
>
>


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