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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01CE6951.18C69CE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lance, I agree that there has been a notable decline in bird song at = least in Lunenburg Co. Comparing this year's song to the five years of = almost daily atlassing shows a significant fall-off. During the NS Migration Count and through much of May there seemed to be = much more song, but that disappeared in June. There are still common = breeders such as Blue-headed Vireos, Yellow Warblers, Parulas, Hermit = Thrushes, Alder Flycatchers, etc.but mostly absent are Black & White, = Water Thrushes, Black-throated Greens, Ruby-crowns, Winter Wrens, for = example, which were plentiful in May. The cold and wet spring may be = partially responsible, for instance two pairs of Tree Swallows which had = been bringing nesting material eventually deserted during the cold and = wet period, the first time this has happened in many years of nesting. = And the dawn chorus is indeed practically non-existent. It's all very disturbing. Sylvia Fullerton Broad Cove, Lun. Co. ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01CE6951.18C69CE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23501"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Lance, I agree that there has been = a notable=20 decline in bird song at least in Lunenburg Co. Comparing this year's = song to the=20 five years of almost daily atlassing shows a significant = fall-off.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>During the NS Migration Count and = through much of=20 May there seemed to be much more song, but that disappeared in June. = There are=20 still common breeders such as Blue-headed Vireos, Yellow Warblers, = Parulas,=20 Hermit Thrushes, Alder Flycatchers, etc.but mostly absent = are=20 Black & White, Water Thrushes, Black-throated Greens, Ruby-crowns, = Winter=20 Wrens, for example, which were plentiful in May. The cold and = wet=20 spring may be partially responsible, for instance two pairs of Tree = Swallows=20 which had been bringing nesting material eventually deserted during the = cold and=20 wet period, the first time this has happened in many years of nesting. = And the=20 dawn chorus is indeed practically non-existent.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>It's all very disturbing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Sylvia Fullerton</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Broad Cove, Lun. = Co.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01CE6951.18C69CE0--
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