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--Boundary_(ID_aBUDep7tHszd0B7lAjS1Cg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT JULY 8, 2011 - This morning a gray catbird was giving alarm calls in our yard while I was hanging laundry. This is the third summer in a row with catbirds in our yard in Summer. A couple of evenings ago Pat & I heard a singling n. cardinal and then saw 3 cardinals land in our Russian olive tree, and without binoculars I believe we saw an adult female, a fully-fledged juvenile, and an adult male. We don't have active bird feeders now for the summer, so I am missing seeing the cardinals coming and going. Under the pavilion of Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre (swifts' chimney etc.) is a nest of rock pigeons containing 2 huge fully-grown- and-feathered-but-still-ugly fledglings which are likely to fly at any time. While Lauren Park and I watched from a distance of only 2-5 metres from the nest, an adult landed there, and it took awhile but the adult fed the youngsters one at a time -- each youngster had to basically attack the adult and then stick its head into the crop area of the adult's forced-open mouth to get the unique "pigeon milk" that the crop secretes. The adult was in no hurry to feed them, and I was worried that the second youngster was not going to get anything, but I needn't have worried. Also a second adult (other parent of the two young?) has started another nest just a metre of so from the first nest. JULY 11, 2011 - Since July 8 there has been at least one gray catbird in our yard giving alarm calls often, perhaps indicating nesting? I saw the catbird today, when it answered my amateurish pishing. This makes three summers in a row for this catbird phenomenon in our dense back shrubs. JULY 12, 2011 - At the Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville, the pigeon nest still contains two huge fledgling rock pigeons -- I don't know whether they have taken flights and then returned to the nest for feeding?? Perhaps young pigeons are very difficult to wean and to leave the nest? And just one metre west of that nest is an adult rock pigeon on a nest and apparently incubating eggs? This nest came just as those two youngsters reached nearly full size, and my guess is that the incubating pigeon now is the mother or father of the fledglings? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_aBUDep7tHszd0B7lAjS1Cg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JULY = 8, 2011</b> - This morning a <b>gray catbird</b> was giving alarm calls = in our yard while I was hanging laundry. This is the third summer = in a row with catbirds in our yard in Summer.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">A couple = of evenings ago Pat & I heard a singling <b>n. cardinal </b>and then = saw <b>3 cardinals</b> land in our Russian olive tree, and without = binoculars I believe we saw an adult female, a<b> fully-fledged = juvenile</b>, and an adult male. We don't have active bird feeders = now for the summer, so I am missing seeing the cardinals coming and = going. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Under the pavilion of Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature = Centre (swifts' chimney etc.) is a <b>nest of rock pigeons</b> = containing <b>2 huge fully-grown</b>-and-feathered-but-still-ugly<b> = fledglings</b> which are likely to fly at any time. While Lauren = Park and I watched from a distance of only 2-5 metres from the nest, an = adult landed there, and it took awhile but the adult fed the youngsters = one at a time -- each youngster had to basically attack the adult and = then stick its head into the crop area of the adult's forced-open mouth = to get the unique <b>"pigeon milk"</b> that the crop secretes. The = adult was in no hurry to feed them, and I was worried that the second = youngster was not going to get anything, but I needn't have = worried. Also a second adult (other parent of the two young?) has = started another nest just a metre of so from the first = nest. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = medium;"><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JULY 11, 2011</b> - Since = July 8 there has been at least one <b>gray catbird</b> in our yard = giving alarm calls often, perhaps indicating nesting? I saw the = catbird today, when it answered my amateurish pishing. This makes = three summers in a row for this catbird phenomenon in our dense back = shrubs.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px; "><b>JULY 12, 2011</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; "> - </span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">At the Robie = Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville, the pigeon nest still contains two = <b>huge fledgling rock pigeons </b>-- I don't know whether they have = taken flights and then returned to the nest for feeding?? Perhaps = young pigeons are very difficult to wean and to leave the nest? = And just one metre west of that nest is an <b>adult rock pigeon on a = nest</b> and apparently incubating eggs? This nest came just as = those two youngsters reached nearly full size, and my guess is that the = incubating pigeon now is the mother or father of the = fledglings?</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = "><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</span></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_aBUDep7tHszd0B7lAjS1Cg)--
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