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House Sparrow.&nbsp; I know there are still a few& --Apple-Mail-141--655024785 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It was not that long ago that there were lots in West Hants. Here are their numbers for all of the West Hants CBCs starting in 1991 (the count was not held in 1994). As you can see, with the exception of the two two peak years (1993 and 1995) there has been a steady decline. 750 803 1308 1551 805 399 914 779 404 456 556 171 393 263 201 102 109 113 274 26 22 On Feb 2, 2013, at 11:24 PM, Gail Bruhm wrote: > I have only had 2 in my yard this winter in central Halifax. I > usually have about 6. > Gail Bruhm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: P.L. Chalmers > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:46 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] House Sparrows > > John Sollows' remark about House Sparrows reminds me of a belated > observation I intended to post. > > I was interested to hear Ian McLaren and James Hirtle interviewed on > Information Morning two weeks ago concerning the decline of House > Sparrows. I have walked the same mile-long route to work in the > mornings for about twenty years. When I first moved here, there > were five locations along the way where there were resident colonies > of House Sparrows. Gradually they disappeared. I wanted to confirm > my impression of this, so I have made a point of observing every day > recently as I walk, and I haven't seen a single House Sparrow. I > know there are still a few in the vicinity of the last stop: they > must have moved to a different feeder just out of range for me, but > there have been none at the other four stations for some time, > despite the fact that the people there still feed birds. > > It is striking how they have declined. I found it difficult to > confirm their breeding in some of my Atlas squares in Annapolis > County a few years ago. > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax > > > At 06:00 AM 02/02/2013, you wrote: >> Over the past couple or three decades down Yarmouth way, morning >> doves are >> one of those species which have gone from being relatively >> noteworthy to >> being highly commonplace. More or less the reverse of the house >> sparrow >> story! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [ mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca >> ] >> On Behalf Of P.L. Chalmers >> Sent: February-01-13 11:30 PM >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Mourning Doves - Can they become pests? >> >> Don, >> >> That's interesting. Your neighbourhood was checked during >> the >> Christmas Bird Count, and none were found then. However, in recent >> years >> there was a good-sized flock that moved around from the foot of >> Springvale >> Avenue to just south of Mount Olivet Cemetery, which isn't all that >> far from >> you. I did that area this year, and didn't find them. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Patricia >> >> At 10:45 PM 01/02/2013, you wrote: >> >I now have about 16 Mourning Doves coming to my backyard near the >> >Halifax Shopping Centre (none in previous years). They must be >> making >> >incursions into the city. >> > >> >Don >> > >> >Don MacNeill >> >donmacneill@bellaliant.net >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> >> >To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> >Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 9:53 PM >> >Subject: [NatureNS] Mourning Doves - Can they become pests? >> > >> > >> >During the recent cold spell I was more generous than usual in >> stocking >> >my feeders. There was more spillage of seed, and to my surprise I >> now >> >have up to six Mourning Doves coming to feed. This might not seem >> >unusual to many of you, but MoDo's are not common on the Halifax >> >Peninsula. In fact last year was the first time that I had even >> one of >> >these lovely birds in my yard. In my limited experience of them in >> >Bedford, they roosted and nested in trees, and were pretty >> unobtrusive. >> >I was wondering, though, have they become a pest, like pigeons, in >> >places where they are numerous? Will they roost around buildings? >> > >> >Patricia L. Chalmers >> >Halifax = = ======================================================================== Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = = ======================================================================== Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = = ======================================================================== MAIL COURIER PO Box 15000 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Canada = = ======================================================================== Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca = = ======================================================================== --Apple-Mail-141--655024785 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; ">It was not that long ago that = there were lots in West Hants. Here are their numbers for all of the = West Hants CBCs starting in 1991 (the count was not held in 1994). As = you can see, with the exception of the two two peak years (1993 and = 1995) there has been a steady decline.<div><br></div><div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">750</span></div><div>&l