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--Apple-Mail-20-957916511 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Marg, if you really still have a shrike, check it out to see if it's a loggerhead, which would be more likely now (vs. winter to early spring). Mark & Sherm, note the nighthawk sighting. Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> > Date: June 1, 2013 11:08:22 AM ADT > To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Birds in White Point, Queens > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > A lovely male Baltimore Oriole is singing away in the apple trees > behind the house as I write this. Heavenly sound being drowned out > by Steve mowing (got to be done lest we disappear!). The trees are > in bloom, One halfway through the cycle, one winding up and the far > one more loaded with blooms than I remember before. Wonderful > display from trees planted well over a 100 years ago. The wax > wings are here and warblers various. We have a number of > hummingbirds, male and female. Maybe this year I will find a nest > but after 22 years of trying (without bothering the birds) I am not > sure I will ever find one. > Grackles have moved young from one of the trees to the ground and > shrubs. I'm thinking one young doesn't quite match the rest so > maybe a cow bird female was here and I missed seeing her. I saw one > quite early but thought snow and freezing temperatures would mean > no eggs. The Red crossbills have been back again and seem quite > comfortable with me coming and going so I am calling them resident. > Summary: still visiting the feeders and trees are: Chickadees, > Juncos. Goldfinches, Purple finches, WB Nuthatches, Blue Jays, > occasionally Starlings, Too Many grackles, Hairy woodpeckers (no > Downies for awhile now, very unusual) Red-winged blackbirds, Red > crossbills, Catbird, Mourning doves and the other day 3 pigeons, > the oriole; have only seen the male, and a variety of sparrows > although their numbers have dropped drastically at the feeders, and > the Shrike. Over head that I can id are Tree Swallows, Barn > swallows and last night for the first time here this season, > Nighthawks. Warblers and vireos are harder to Id but they are here. > Best regards > Marg Millard ,White Point, Queens > --Apple-Mail-20-957916511 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Marg, if you really still have = a shrike, check it out to see if it's a loggerhead, which would be more = likely now (vs. winter to early spring).<div><br></div><div>Mark & = Sherm, note the nighthawk sighting. </div><div><br></div><div>Jim = in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Marg Millard <<a = href=3D"mailto:mmillard@eastlink.ca">mmillard@eastlink.ca</a>></font></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 1, 2013 11:08:22 AM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Birds in White Point, = Queens</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">A lovely male Baltimore Oriole is singing away in = the apple trees behind the house as I write this. Heavenly sound being = drowned out by Steve mowing (got to be done lest we disappear!). The = trees are in bloom, One halfway through the cycle, one winding up and = the far one more loaded with blooms than I remember before. Wonderful = display from trees planted well over a 100 years ago. The<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>wax wings are here and = warblers various. We have a number of hummingbirds, male and female. = Maybe this year I will find a nest but after 22 years of trying (without = bothering the birds) I am not sure I will ever find one.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Grackles have moved young from one of the trees to = the ground and shrubs. I'm thinking one young doesn't quite match the = rest so maybe a cow bird female was here and I missed seeing her. I saw = one quite early but thought snow and freezing temperatures would mean no = eggs. The Red crossbills have been back again and seem quite comfortable = with me coming and going so I am calling them resident.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Summary: still visiting the feeders and trees are: = Chickadees, Juncos. Goldfinches, Purple finches, WB Nuthatches, Blue = Jays, occasionally Starlings, Too Many grackles, Hairy woodpeckers (no = Downies for awhile now, very unusual) Red-winged blackbirds, Red = crossbills, Catbird, Mourning doves and the other day 3 pigeons, the = oriole; have only seen the male, and a variety of sparrows although = their numbers have dropped drastically at the feeders, and the Shrike. = Over head that I can id are Tree Swallows, Barn swallows and last night = for the first time here this season, Nighthawks. Warblers and vireos are = harder to Id but they are here.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Best = regards</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Marg Millard ,White Point, = Queens<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-20-957916511--
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