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I KNOW the Fox Sparrows breed on Bon Portage Island=2C off Shag Harbour. T=
hat's the only place I can speak of.
=20
Bev
Glace Bay
=20
From: nhungjohn@eastlink.ca
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Eastern Kingbird=2C other birds=2C leps and insects=
.
Date: Wed=2C 30 Mar 2011 22:46:53 -0300
To: James and all
=20
From: John Sollows
=20
Date: March 30/11
=20
March may be early for flycatchers=2C but not much is impossible in nature.=
=20
=20
Also=2C our winters are getting increasingly shorter and milder. Thirty ye=
ars ago=2C down here in Yarmouth=2C boreal chickadees=2C evening grosbeaks =
and Canada jays were commonplace=2C especially in the winter. We see them =
very rarely now. =91Way back then=2C though=2C we had never seen a cardina=
l not a turkey vulture at any time of year=2C and now=2C they are year-roun=
d residents=2C and pretty common ones.
=20
So it=92s legitimate to question the presence of a flycatcher in March=2C =
but not to say that it=92s impossible.
=20
By the way=2C this morning I heard an unusual bird song near our place on W=
yman Road. As I approached=2C the singer flew. Turned out to be a fox sp=
arrow. I have never heard one signing before. We do have a pair=2C here. =
Don=92t they tend to breed further north?
=20
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
On Behalf Of James Hirtle
Sent: March-30-11 9:37 PM
To: Naturens Naturens
Subject: [NatureNS] Eastern Kingbird=2C other birds=2C leps and insects.
=20
In light of the ridicule by some about the impossibility of an Eastern king=
bird being seen here during this time of the year. I am convinced that the=
reportees in Chester actually saw this bird. I visiited the property toda=
y and spoke to them in more detail about their sighting. The lady first he=
ard a call from the top of a tree that she did not recognize. Both the man=
and his wife describe what can only be an eastern kingbird and when I play=
ed the call of the eastern kingbird it matched what she heard. The habitat=
in which the bird was sighted is dead on for where we would expect it to b=
e. There is a lake in behind and a man made brook on one side of the prope=
rty with a nicely running brook and pool on the other side of the house. T=
he house is down in a dip back off of the road with an orchard like yard. =
There is a huge tree with thickly twining woody vines coming down off it=
=2C a couple of pear trees=2C a butterfly bush and loads of shrubs and over=
all mostly trees like you would see in an orchard. Most of the trees in th=
e area are deciduous and there is an actual apple orchard nearby. An easte=
rn kingbird paradise. The sun shining down into the yard at Chester today =
brought out a hornet and I photographed a mourning cloak for the Butterfly =
atlas. Elsewhere I also had house flies today and another possibly butterf=
ly. The other lep was at Oakland and was orange in color and small. It mi=
ght have been either a butterfy or the moth that I had early last year. I'=
m not sure as it did not settle long enough for me to get a good look at it=
. It is most likely that it was the same early orange moth that I had last=
year. =20
=20
The American Kestrel was at Lilydale again today. At Chester we had a shar=
p-shinned hawk. =20
=20
I had a report of a mourning dove collecting nesting material. The eagle i=
s sitting tight on the nest in Dayspring by the NS Light and Power Plant cl=
ose to Bridgewater. =20
=20
At First South there were still 92 great scaup and 8 lesser scaup today. T=
here were about 45 red-breasted mergansers there. Lots of bufflehead were =
all over. =20
=20
James R. Hirtle
Bayport =
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I KNOW the Fox Sparrows breed on Bon Portage Island=2C off Shag Harbour.&nb=
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 =3B<BR>
Bev<BR>
Glace Bay<BR> =3B<BR>
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From: nhungjohn@eastlink.ca<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Subject: RE: =
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'=3B COLOR: #1f497d=3B FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Also=2C our winters are getting inc=
reasingly shorter and milder. =3B Thirty years ago=2C down here in Yarm=
outh=2C boreal chickadees=2C evening grosbeaks and Canada jays were commonp=
lace=2C especially in the winter. =3B We see them very rarely now. =
=3B =91Way back then=2C though=2C we had never seen a cardinal not a turkey=
vulture at any time of year=2C and now=2C they are year-round residents=2C=
and pretty common ones.</SPAN></P>
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'=3B COLOR: #1f497d=3B FONT-SIZE: 11pt">So it=92s legitimate to question th=
e presence of =3B a flycatcher in March=2C but not to say that it=92s i=
mpossible.</SPAN></P>
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'=3B COLOR: #1f497d=3B FONT-SIZE: 11pt">By the way=2C this morning I heard =
an unusual bird song near our place on Wyman Road. =3B As I approached=
=2C the singer flew. =3B =3B Turned out to be a fox sparrow. =
=3B I have never heard one signing before. =3B We do have a pair=2C her=
e. =3B Don=92t they tend to breed further north?</SPAN></P>
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ner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <B>On Behalf Of <=
/B>James Hirtle<BR><B>Sent:</B> March-30-11 9:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Naturens =
Naturens<BR><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Eastern Kingbird=2C other birds=2C l=
eps and insects.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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=3B FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In light of the ridicule by some about the impossibili=
ty of an Eastern kingbird being seen here during this time of the year.&nbs=
p=3B I am convinced that the reportees in Chester actually saw this bird.&n=
bsp=3B I visiited the property today and spoke to them in more detail about=
their sighting. =3B The lady first heard a call from the top of a tree=
that she did not recognize. =3B Both the man and his wife describe wha=
t can only be an eastern kingbird and when I played the call of the eastern=
kingbird =3Bit matched what =3Bshe heard. =3B The habitat in w=
hich the bird was sighted is dead on for where we would expect it to be.&nb=
sp=3B There is a lake in behind and a man made brook on one side of the pro=
perty with a nicely running brook and pool on the other side of the house.&=
nbsp=3B The house is down in a dip back off of the road with an orchard lik=
e yard. =3B There =3Bis a huge tree with  =3Bthickly twining wo=
ody vines coming down off it=2C a couple of pear trees=2C a butterfly bush =
and loads of shrubs and overall mostly trees like you would see in an orcha=
rd. =3B Most of the trees in the area are deciduous and there is an act=
ual apple orchard nearby. =3B An eastern kingbird paradise. =3B The=
sun shining down into the yard at Chester today brought out a hornet and I=
photographed a mourning cloak for the Butterfly atlas. =3B Elsewhere I=
also had house flies today and another possibly butterfly. =3B The oth=
er lep was at Oakland and was orange in color and small. =3B It might h=
ave been either a butterfy or the moth that I had early last year. =3B =
I'm not sure as it did not settle long enough for me to get a good look at =
it. =3B =3BIt is most likely that it was the same early orange moth=
that I had last year. =3B <BR> =3B<BR>The American Kestrel was at =
Lilydale again today. =3B At Chester we had a sharp-shinned hawk. =
=3B <BR> =3B<BR>I had a report of a mourning dove collecting nesting ma=
terial. =3B The eagle is sitting tight on the nest in Dayspring by the =
NS Light and Power Plant close to Bridgewater. =3B <BR> =3B<BR>At F=
irst South there were still 92 great scaup and 8 lesser scaup today. =
=3B There were about 45 red-breasted mergansers there. =3B Lots of buff=
lehead were all over. =3B <BR> =3B<BR>James R. Hirtle<BR>Bayport&nb=
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