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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-1-7948083 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, Thanks to the weather, our tree swallow study sites (~ 50 nestboxes near = Gaspereau) are showing our first cases of starving nestlings that we've = seen in years, including a couple of cases where whole broods have died. Tree swallows have all sorts of adaptations to deal with lousy years -- = in that sense, you could say they anticipate having a bad year now and = then. But still, it's shaping up to be one of those years. Cheers, Andy Horn Halifax On Jun 15, 2013, at 7:14 AM, <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> = <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > I have noticed it here as well, even the winnowing of Snipe seems to = be down. I used to be able to stand on my doorstep and hear them every = evening, this year I have heard here them just twice. My Tree Swallows = are still coming and going occasionally but they should have hatched by = now and I see no indications of this. > =20 > Kevin Lantz > Front Centre > =20 > From: Sylvia Fullerton > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 23:47 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bird Song in NS > =20 > 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. > =20 > 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. > =20 > It's all very disturbing. > =20 > Sylvia Fullerton > Broad Cove, Lun. Co. --Apple-Mail-1-7948083 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><base href=3D"x-msg://7/"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; ">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Thanks to the weather, = our tree swallow study sites (~ 50 nestboxes near Gaspereau) are showing = our first cases of starving nestlings that we've seen in years, = including a couple of cases where whole broods have = died.</div><div><br></div><div>Tree swallows have all sorts of = adaptations to deal with lousy years -- in that sense, you could say = they anticipate having a bad year now and then. But still, it's shaping = up to be one of those = years.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andy = Horn</div><div>Halifax</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 15, 2013, at 7:14 = AM, <<a = href=3D"mailto:klantz@ns.sympatico.ca">klantz@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = <<a = href=3D"mailto:klantz@ns.sympatico.ca">klantz@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = dir=3D"ltr" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-size: = 12pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div>I have noticed = it here as well, even the winnowing of Snipe seems to be down. I used to = be able to stand on my doorstep and hear them every evening, this year I = have heard here them just twice. My Tree Swallows are still coming and = going occasionally but they should have hatched by now and I see no = indications of this.</div><div> </div><div>Kevin = Lantz</div><div>Front Centre</div><div style=3D"font-size: small; = font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; display: inline; "><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal tahoma; "><div><font = size=3D"3" face=3D"Calibri"></font> </div><div = style=3D"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; = background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: = rgb(245, 245, 245); background-position: initial initial; = background-repeat: initial initial; "><div><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title=3D"sfullert@dal.ca" = href=3D"mailto:sfullert@dal.ca">Sylvia = Fullerton</a></div><div><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, June 14, 2013 = 23:47</div><div><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></div><= div><b>Subject:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: = [NatureNS] Bird Song in NS</div></div></div><div> </div></div><div = style=3D"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; display: = inline; "><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">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.</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">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 c