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Index of Subjects --14dae93408f7e85adc04bb270709 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, After having no Redwings or Grackles all winter, we have had several of both in our backyard and around the feeders. They are all fresh looking adult males, with plenty of gloss, and several have been singing. There is a marsh, and some trees, very close, where both are regular breeders. While I can't prove anything with banding records or otherwise, I have little doubt that they are returning migrants. Over the last month or so there have been huge numbers of Robins all over the Province (or at least the western half of it), mostly also fresh and smart-looking birds, that I suppose could have been hiding in the woods or orchards before that, but it seems unlikely. My impression is that numbers are now dropping off again, so I wonder where they have gone - farther south? Farther north? Hiding in the woods? Interesting to speculate. Richard On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:31 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>wrote: > I cannot resist a cautionary note here regarding birds that regularly > overwinter in N.S. -- think robins, grackles, red-winged blackbirds, cedar > waxwings, cowbirds (mentioned below), yellow-rumped warblers, Baltimore > orioles, etc. -- how can we tell which of the growing numbers reported at > feeders might be genuine new arrivals in N.S. from further south?? Just > remember to be skeptical, and let's all look in the nesting habitats the > new arrivers will start to inhabit, rather than just our back-yard feeders. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca> > *Date: *March 12, 2012 9:22:06 PM ADT > *To: *Nature NS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Subject: **[NatureNS] Signs of Spring* > *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Trying to send this again today, as it didn't go through on Saturday! > > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Signs of Spring Date: Sat, > 10 Mar 2012 21:55:57 -0400 From: Lois Codling > <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca> <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca> To: > undisclosed-recipients:; > > Had a male Brown-headed Cowbird today outside my kitchen window checking > out the feeders. Heard 2, but only saw 1 N. Cardinal early this a.m. in > full song. Tonight very late when I went to bring in the Oriole food, I > scared a Cedar Waxwing up from the ground. I think it must have been > eating the berries on the Cotoneaster. > > Lois Codling > L. Sackville > > > -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --14dae93408f7e85adc04bb270709 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<br><br>After having no Redwings or Grackles all winter, we have had sev= eral of both in our backyard and around the feeders. They are all fresh loo= king adult males, with plenty of gloss, and several have been singing. Ther= e is a marsh, and some trees, very close, where both are regular breeders. = While I can't prove anything with banding records or otherwise, I have = little doubt that they are returning migrants. Over the last month or so th= ere have been huge numbers of Robins all over the Province (or at least the= western half of it), mostly also fresh and smart-looking birds, that I sup= pose could have been hiding in the woods or orchards before that, but it se= ems unlikely. My impression is that numbers are now dropping off again, so = I wonder where they have gone - farther south? Farther north? Hiding in the= woods? Interesting to speculate.<br> <br>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:31 = PM, James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eas= tlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> I cannot resist a cautionary note here regarding birds that regularly overw= inter in N.S. -- think robins, grackles, red-winged blackbirds, cedar waxwi= ngs, cowbirds (mentioned below), yellow-rumped warblers, Baltimore orioles,= etc. -- how can we tell which of the growing numbers reported at feeders m= ight be genuine new arrivals in N.S. from further south?? =A0Just remember = to be skeptical, and let's all look in the nesting habitats the new arr= ivers will start to inhabit, rather than just our back-yard feeders.<div> <br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forward= ed message:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px= ;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style=3D"font:12= .0px Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><b>From: </= b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3= ">Lois Codling <<a href=3D"mailto:loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca" target=3D= "_blank">loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca</a>></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helve= tica" size=3D"3"><b>Date: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">March 12, 2012 9:22:06 PM ADT</font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helve= tica" size=3D"3"><b>To: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" fa= ce=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">Nature NS <<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebuc= to.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helve= tica" size=3D"3"><b>Subject: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetic= a" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><b>[NatureNS] Signs of Spring</b></font></= div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helve= tica" size=3D"3"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helveti= ca" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@cheb