[NatureNS] (Fwd) How Many Red-bellied Woodpeckers Still in NB????

From: "Eric L. Mills" <e.mills@dal.ca>
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:47:32 -0300
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This will be of interest to many in Nova Scotia and in nearby New England. 

Eric


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Date sent:      	Wed, 4 Apr 2012 23:50:49 -0300
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From:           	Jim Wilson <jgw@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject:        	How Many Red-bellied Woodpeckers Still in NB????
To:             	NATURENB@LISTSERV.UNB.CA

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Back in the fall and early winter I recorded as many Red-bellied Woodpecker
reports as I could, starting with the first report at Fundy Park on October
16th and carrying through to the end of the Christmas Bird Count Period, on
January 5th. I figured that any new reports after that date would likely be
birds already here but just wandering about. It also seemed like a nice
cutoff point that will allow inclusion of Christmas Bird Count results.

 

My total for that period was 171 reports. Included in that number were 17
birds that were strongly suspected to be visiting more than one property in
a given town. So I flagged them as probable "duplicates". Deducting those
birds brings the total for different individuals down to 154. Of course it's
impossible to say there wasn't more duplication within that number, but by
recording males and females and also towns and street addresses as often as
possible, I cut down on that possibility.

 

I want to offer my thanks once again to everyone who reported and in many
cases put up with me chasing them for specifics on gender or civic
addresses, or whether the woodpecker was attending a feeder or not at the
time of the sighting.

 

I'm working on a summary of the information but want to wait until I can get
the results of the many individual Christmas Bird Counts before pulling it
together. Although they won't provide the same level of detail on gender and
specific location, Christmas Count information will still be valuable
information to include. I know, for example, that we counted 12 Red-bellied
Woodpeckers on the Hammond River Count alone.

 

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However, I'd now like to get a sense of how many Red-bellied Woodpeckers
have made it through the winter and are still around New Brunswick. Kathy
Popma, Yolande LeBlanc and Joan Pearce have sent reports about their birds
in recent days and we still have a very vocal female around our property as
of this morning.

 

So, if you still have one or more Red-bellied Woodpeckers present as at
April 1 or beyond, could you please email and let me know? I'd like to get
the following info:

 

1.       Number of birds (if more than one)

2.       Gender of the bird

3.       Your civic address and town

4.       Most recent date seen

5.       Is bird coming to a feeder?

 

And, looking ahead a few weeks, surely with so many birds here all winter
we'll see some attempts at breeding within the not too distant future.
Please keep us all apprised of that and try to get photo evidence - it would
be a first nesting for NB.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Jim Wilson

 


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Eric L. Mills
286 Kingsburg Road,
RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X)
Canada
e.mills@dal.ca


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