[NatureNS] Indigo Bunting - Hardiness?

From: AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>
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Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:19:55 -0400
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Do they eat mealworms? Not being an expert in the various brands of mealworms a person could buy.... I see our Home Hardware in Windsor is carrying them in the pet section...

Angela in Windsor/


On 12/24/12, "Eric L. Mills"  <e.mills@dal.ca> wrote:
> The Indigo Bunting that appeared at our feeders here in Lower Rose Bay on Nov. 30 and 
> was a regular for about 10 days went on the lam until this morning, when it reappeared in 
> the midst of a flock of Juncos. 
> 
> The Juncos too have been absent most of the time. largely due to the presence of a Sharp-
> shinned Hawk and Goshawk that use the local feeders as cafeterias. 
> 
> It remains to be seen how long this Indigo Bunting will survive. At the moment it looks in 
> very good shape, although we have not tried to give it any special treatment. 
> 
> 
> On 24 Dec 2012 at 15:54, P.L. Chalmers wrote:
> 
> > Susann Myers has an Indigo Bunting at her feeder in central Halifax, 
> > which was recorded for the Halifax-Dartmouth Christmas Bird 
> > Count. Fulton Lavender told me that this was the first time the 
> > species has been found on that count, which rather surprised me.
> > 
> > Susann and I were speculating recently about the bird's chances of 
> > surviving the winter. I had the impression that they had 
> > successfully overwintered here. However, now that I check Blake's 
> > Birds of Winter list, I see that they have not made it to February, 
> > in the five years in which a "Depths of Winter" list was 
> > recorded. Ian McLaren's edition of Tufts (1986) indicates that the 
> > latest sighting of an Indigo Bunting in Nova Scotia was on the 
> > Halifax East Christmas Bird Count on 15 December 1979.
> > 
> > Are there more recent winter dates for Indigo Buntings? Has one 
> > ever over-wintered?
> > 
> > Patricia L. Chalmers
> > Halifax
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Eric L. Mills
> 286 Kingsburg Road,
> RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X)
> Canada
> e.mills@dal.ca
> 
> 
> 
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