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Hi All=2C Like those commenting below I too have noticed a sharp decline=
in the use of my 24 Tree Swallow boxes this year. Whether it just because =
this spring arrived much later than last year or there is a another reason=
=2C like the many cold rainy days=2C I'm not sure=3B but something is defin=
itely amiss. I'm out walking most days and it's not only the swallows th=
at are missing. Only a few butterflies have been seen - 4 species and a few=
dozen leps observed total. I've also seen just two odonata and a handful o=
f moths. Wildflowers are also late although fruit blossoms are plentiful. I=
'm not sure about bird song as I find it hard to compare between years on a=
certain date. My general uneducated opinion is that bird numbers=2C in gen=
eral=2C are down=3B but I usually walk in late morning when many birds have=
stopped singing. I won't know for sure how bad Tree Swallow breeding =
is this year until I clean out the boxes after breeding is finished or next=
spring but I expect it to be down considerably. All the best. =
Fritz McEvoy Sunr=
ise Valley=2C CB (near Dingwall) =20
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bird Song in NS
From: aghorn@dal.ca
Date: Sat=2C 15 Jun 2013 10:57:35 -0300
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Hi all=2C
Thanks to the weather=2C our tree swallow study sites (~ 50 nestboxes near =
Gaspereau) are showing our first cases of starving nestlings that we've see=
n in years=2C 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=2C you could say they anticipate having a bad year now and then.=
But still=2C it's shaping up to be one of those years.
Cheers=2CAndy HornHalifax
On Jun 15=2C 2013=2C at 7:14 AM=2C <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> <klantz@ns.symp=
atico.ca> wrote:I have noticed it here as well=2C even the winnowing of Sni=
pe seems to be down. I used to be able to stand on my doorstep and hear the=
m every evening=2C this year I have heard here them just twice. My Tree Swa=
llows are still coming and going occasionally but they should have hatched =
by now and I see no indications of this. Kevin LantzFront Centre From: Sylv=
ia FullertonSent: Friday=2C June 14=2C 2013 23:47To: naturens@chebucto.ns.c=
aSubject: Re: [NatureNS] Bird Song in NS Lance=2C I agree that there has be=
en 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 seem=
ed to be much more song=2C but that disappeared in June. There are still co=
mmon breeders such as Blue-headed Vireos=2C Yellow Warblers=2C Parulas=2C H=
ermit Thrushes=2C Alder Flycatchers=2C etc.but mostly absent are Black & Wh=
ite=2C Water Thrushes=2C Black-throated Greens=2C Ruby-crowns=2C Winter Wre=
ns=2C for example=2C which were plentiful in May. The cold and wet spring m=
ay be partially responsible=2C for instance two pairs of Tree Swallows whic=
h had been bringing nesting material eventually deserted during the cold an=
d wet period=2C the first time this has happened in many years of nesting. =
And the dawn chorus is indeed practically non-existent. It's all very distu=
rbing. Sylvia FullertonBroad Cove=2C Lun. Co.
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi All=2C<div> =3B  =3B =3B<span style=3D"font=
-size: 12pt=3B">Like those commenting below I too have noticed a sharp decl=
ine in the use of my 24 Tree Swallow boxes this year. Whether it just becau=
se this spring arrived much later than last year or there is a another reas=
on=2C like the many cold rainy days=2C I'm not sure=3B but something is def=
initely amiss.</span></div><div> =3B  =3B I'm out walking most days=
and it's not only the swallows that are missing. Only a few butterflies ha=
ve been seen - 4 species and a few dozen leps observed total. I've also see=
n just two odonata and a handful of moths. Wildflowers are also late althou=
gh fruit blossoms are plentiful. I'm not sure about bird song as I find it =
hard to compare between years on a certain date. My general uneducated opin=
ion is that bird numbers=2C in general=2C are down=3B but I usually walk in=
late morning when many birds have stopped singing. =3B</div><div> =
=3B  =3B  =3BI won't know for sure how bad Tree Swallow breeding is=
this year until I clean out the boxes after breeding is finished or next s=
pring but I expect it to be down considerably. All the best. =3B</div><=
div> =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B=
 =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B &n=
bsp=3B  =3BFritz McEvoy</div><div> =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B &=
nbsp=3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B &nbs=
p=3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B Sunrise Valley=2C CB (nea=
r Dingwall)</div><div> =3B  =3B =3B</div><div> =3B  =3B=
 =3B</div><div> =3B  =3B =3B<br><br><div><hr id=3D"stopSpe=
lling">Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bird Song in NS<br>From: aghorn@dal.ca<br>Da=
te: Sat=2C 15 Jun 2013 10:57:35 -0300<br>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><br=
>Hi all=2C<div><br></div><div>Thanks to the weather=2C our tree swallow stu=
dy sites (~ 50 nestboxes near Gaspereau) are showing our first cases of sta=
rving nestlings that we've seen in years=2C including a couple of cases whe=
re whole broods have died.</div><div><br></div><div>Tree swallows have all =
sorts of adaptations to deal with lousy years -- in that sense=2C you could=
say they anticipate having a bad year now and then. But still=2C it's shap=
ing up to be one of those years.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers=2C</div><d=
iv>Andy Horn</div><div>Halifax</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 15=2C 2013=2C=
at 7:14 AM=2C <=3B<a href=3D"mailto:klantz@ns.sympatico.ca">klantz@ns.sy=
mpatico.ca</a>>=3B <=3B<a href=3D"mailto:klantz@ns.sympatico.ca">klantz=
@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>=3B wrote:</div><br class=3D"ecxApple-interchange-ne=
wline"><blockquote><span class=3D"ecxApple-style-span" style=3D"border-coll=
apse:separate=3Bfont-family:Helvetica=3Bfont-style:normal=3Bfont-variant:no=
rmal=3Bfont-weight:normal=3Bletter-spacing:normal=3Bline-height:normal=3Bor=
phans:2=3Btext-align:-webkit-auto=3Btext-indent:0px=3Btext-transform:none=
=3Bwhite-space:normal=3Bwidows:2=3Bword-spacing:0px=3Bfont-size:medium=3B">=
<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-size:12pt=3Bfont-famil=
y:Calibri=3Bcolor:rgb(0=2C 0=2C 0)=3B"><div>I have noticed it here as well=
=2C even the winnowing of Snipe seems to be down. I used to be able to stan=
d on my doorstep and hear them every evening=2C 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> =3B</div><div>Kevin Lantz</div><div>Front Centre</div><div style=
=3D"font-size:small=3Bfont-family:Calibri=3Bfont-weight:normal=3Bcolor:rgb(=
0=2C 0=2C 0)=3Bfont-style:normal=3Btext-decoration:none=3Bdisplay:inline=3B=
"><div style=3D"font:normal normal normal 10pt/normal tahoma=3B"><div><font=
size=3D"3" face=3D"Calibri"></font> =3B</div><div style=3D"background-=
image:initial=3Bbackground-attachment:initial=3Bbackground-origin:initial=
=3Bbackground-clip:initial=3Bbackground-color:rgb(245=2C 245=2C 245)=3Bback=
ground-position:initial initial=3B"><div><b>From:</b><span class=3D"ecxAppl=
e-converted-space"> =3B</span><a title=3D"sfullert@dal.ca" href=3D"mail=
to:sfullert@dal.ca">Sylvia Fullerton</a></div><div><b>Sent:</b><span class=
=3D"ecxApple-converted-space"> =3B</span>Friday=2C June 14=2C 2013 23:4=
7</div><div><b>To:</b><span class=3D"ecxApple-converted-space"> =3B</sp=
an><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"ec=
xApple-converted-space"> =3B</span>Re: [NatureNS] Bird Song in NS</div>=
</div></div><div> =3B</div></div><div style=3D"font-size:small=3Bfont-f=
amily:Calibri=3Bfont-weight:normal=3Bcolor:rgb(0=2C 0=2C 0)=3Bfont-style:no=
rmal=3Btext-decoration:none=3Bdisplay:inline=3B"><div><font size=3D"2" face=
=3D"Arial">Lance=2C I agree that there has been a notable decline in bird s=
ong 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><f=
ont size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> =3B</div><div><font size=3D"2" fa=
ce=3D"Arial">During the NS Migration Count and through much of May there se=
emed to be much more song=2C but that disappeared in June. There are still =
common breeders such as Blue-headed Vireos=2C Yellow Warblers=2C Parulas=2C=
Hermit Thrushes=2C Alder Flycatchers=2C etc.but mostly absent are Black &a=
mp=3B White=2C Water Thrushes=2C Black-throated Greens=2C Ruby-crowns=2C Wi=
nter Wrens=2C for example=2C which were plentiful in May. The cold and wet =
spring may be partially responsible=2C for instance two pairs of Tree Swall=
ows which had been bringing nesting material eventually deserted during the=
cold and wet period=2C the first time this has happened in many years of n=
esting. And the dawn chorus is indeed practically non-existent.</font></div=
><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> =3B</div><div><font size=
=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">It's all very disturbing.</font></div><div><font size=
=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> =3B</div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Ar=
ial">Sylvia Fullerton</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Broa=
d Cove=2C Lun. Co.</font></div></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote>=
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