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--Apple-Mail-1--493042660 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed I have to apologize on two counts, re this report below from the =20 radio: first, it was CBC News, not Information Morning; second, and =20 most important, the report was from New Brunswick's Kouchibouguak =20 Nat. Park, not Keji' Adjunct -- I had most details right: 8 pairs, 5 =20 nests, 3 broods (nice photo below in article cited), but only 6 =20 chicks so far in total. SEE THE ARTICLE BELOW from CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/07/03/nb-=20 piping-plover-kouchibouguac.html Endangered piping plovers thrive at Kouchibouguac park At least 6 chicks already hatched this season, staff say CBC News Posted: Jul 3, 2013 12:31 PM AT Last Updated: Jul 3, 2013 =20 1:39 PM AT Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: July 3, 2013 4:41:31 PM ADT > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Cc: Sue Abbott <sabbott@bsc-eoc.org> > Subject: [NatureNS] re piping plovers, was bad weather for breeding =20= > birds, and disappearing hummingbirds > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Thanks, Sue, but this morning on Information Morning, CBC Radio =20 > (www.cbc.ca/informationmorningns/ , someone was on about piping =20 > plovers from ?the Keji' Adjunct? sounding quite positive about =20 > piping plovers there -- they had 8 pairs earlier, then 5 nests, and =20= > 3 broods, now totally 7? chicks, and parts of the beach have been =20 > closed (as usual there) for the welfare of the plovers. I checked =20 > their Web site but don't see the item posted there yet. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: BSC NS Plovers <nsplovers@gmail.com> >> Date: July 3, 2013 3:32:13 PM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bad weather for breeding birds, and =20 >> disappearing hummingbirds >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Hi all, >> >> Sorry to say that Piping Plovers have had a poor breeding season =20 >> so far in NS. For the nests that have hatched, chick survival has =20= >> been much lower than average. June was cold, wet and windy - not =20 >> favorable for flightless chicks on beaches! Will share more once =20 >> the season's wrapped up but feel free to contact me with questions =20= >> in the interim. >> >> Thanks, >> Sue Abbott >> Bird Studies Canada >> >> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:47 PM, David McCorquodale =20 >> <dbmcc09@gmail.com> wrote: >> The evening of 02 July, four recently fledged hummingbirds showed =20 >> up at our feeders in Georges River near Little Bras d'Or. We did =20 >> not put up the feeders until early June, but the hummingbirds =20 >> found them quickly and have stayed around. >> >> DBMcC >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Judy Tufts =20 >> <tandove@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> We have fledgling hummingbirds coming to our Wolfville Ridge =20 >> feeders, not sure how many but have seen at least three fledgling =20 >> at the feeders. However we have feeders at both the front porch =20 >> (2) and at the back of the house (1) so it is hard to keep track =20 >> but the syrup is going down in a hurry. 2-3 adult females and one =20= >> adult male still visit the feeders as well. >> >> >> >> As far as fledged young seen here, the most successful species =20 >> has been the Pine Siskins. Half a dozen adults appeared in April, =20= >> stayed to raise families nearby, and by mid-June brought their =20 >> brightly coloured offspring to feed on nijer and sunflower seeds =20 >> and they have remained. I have counted up to 20 siskins at the =20 >> feeders. >> >> >> >> Maybe we are very lucky - we seem to have had more birds here this =20= >> year than usual. >> >> Other fledglings seen: Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, N. Flicker, =20 >> White-breasted Nuthatch (this week), Song Sparrow, Red-eyed =20 >> Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Robin, Blue Jay, Black-cap. Chickadee, =20= >> Purple Finch, Common Grackle, Junco, Starling, and Crow. After a =20 >> great struggle to find enough flying insects to feed their young, =20 >> the Tree Swallow adults in my nest box in the field across the =20 >> road were able to raise a family after all. We thought they had =20 >> given up but they persevered. I saw the last two of their =20 >> brood fledge. Male and female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are =20 >> regular visitors to the feeders. We are keeping our fingers =20 >> crossed hoping they will be successful, as we haven=92t had this =20 >> species here for quite a few years. >> >> >> >> Other species on our property but breeding successor not known: =20 >> Mourning Dove, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Veery and Swainson=92s Thrush, =20= >> Chipping and White-throated sparrows, and Goldfinches. =20 >> Occasionally I hear and/or see a male Pileated Woodpecker =20 >> hammering away on one of the telegraph poles across the road or on =20= >> a tree in our woods and wonder if he has raised a family this =20 >> year=85 Ovenbird and Eastern Wood-Pewee both call continuously in =20= >> our backyard though sometimes I hear a male Ovenbird unexpectedly =20 >> calling in the middle of the night! It always seems strange to =20 >> hear that mid-night =93teacher, teacher=94 call but I suppose it is a = =20 >> reflex reaction of some sort. >> >> >> >> Have not seen any Black-and-White Warblers or Am. Redstarts in our =20= >> woods this year, but do have N. Parula, Chestnut-sided, Black-=20 >> thr. Green, Ovenbird, Magnolia and Yellow-rumped warblers, so =20 >> there=92s a fair amount of song. Surprisingly there are more =20 >> Ovenbirds, Parula, Magnolia, and Chestnut-sided warblers and E. =20 >> Wood-Pewees here than in the past, but fewer Black-throated Greens. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Judy Tufts >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >> Judy Tufts >> >> Wolfville NS >> >> <<<<<<<<<< >> >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=20 >> owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Blake Maybank >> Sent: July-02-13 3:57 PM >> >> >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: [NatureNS] Bad weather for breeding birds, and =20 >> disappearing hummingbirds >> >> >> >> Hi All; >> >> >> >> This does not appear to be a great summer for breeding success. =20 >> In our yard the only evidence of fledged young is Common Grackles, =20= >> and both Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers. A bust so far for juncos, =20 >> sparrows, jays, robins, finches, and doves. >> >> And the hummingbirds seem to have disappeared completely. Three =20 >> or four were around the feeders regularly up to a few days ago, =20 >> but no sign of any now, and others nearby who feed hummers have =20 >> reported the same disappearance. >> >> What is everyone else's experience? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Blake >> >> --=20 >> Blake Maybank >> White's Lake, Nova Scotia >> >> >> My Blog: CSI: Life >> >> Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club >> >> Author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --=20 >> Bird Studies Canada >> NS Piping Plover Conservation Program >> www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/nsplover/ >> >> > --Apple-Mail-1--493042660 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I have to apologize on two counts, re this report below from the radio: = first, it was CBC News, not Information Morning; second, and most = important, the report was from New Brunswick's Kouchibouguak Nat. Park, = not Keji' Adjunct -- I had most details right: 8 pairs, 5 nests, 3 = broods (nice photo below in article cited), but only 6 chicks so far in = total. SEE THE ARTICLE BELOW from CBC = News:<div><br></div><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"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6"><a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/07/03/nb-pi= ping-plover-kouchibouguac.html">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswic= k/story/2013/07/03/nb-piping-plover-kouchibouguac.html</a></font></div><di= v style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><p style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; line-height: 39.0px"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 33.0px Arial"><b>Endangered piping plovers = thrive at Kouchibouguac park</b></font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px = 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 15.0px = Arial"><b>At least 6 chicks already hatched this season, staff = say</b></font></p><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2" = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 10.0px Arial; color: #001ee6"><a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html">CBC News</a></font><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2" color=3D"#666666" style=3D"font: 10.0px Arial; = color: #666666"> Posted: Jul 3, 2013 12:31 PM AT Last Updated: Jul 3, = 2013 1:39 PM AT</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2" = color=3D"#666666" style=3D"font: 10.0px Arial; color: = #666666"><br></font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2" = color=3D"#666666" style=3D"font: 10.0px Arial; color: #666666">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><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">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></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">July 3, 2013 4:41:31 PM = 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>Cc: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Sue Abbott <<a = href=3D"mailto:sabbott@bsc-eoc.org">sabbott@bsc-eoc.org</a>></font></di= v><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] re piping plovers, was bad weather for breeding = birds, and disappearing hummingbirds</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> Thanks, Sue, but = this morning on Information Morning, CBC Radio (<a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/informationmorningns/">www.cbc.ca/informationmor= ningns/</a> , someone was on about piping plovers from ?the Keji' = Adjunct? sounding quite positive about piping plovers there -- they had = 8 pairs earlier, then 5 nests, and 3 broods, now totally 7? chicks, and = parts of the beach have been closed (as usual there) for the welfare of = the plovers. I checked their Web site but don't see the item = posted there yet. <div><br></div><div>Cheers from 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">BSC NS Plovers <<a = href=3D"mailto:nsplovers@gmail.com">nsplovers@gmail.com</a>></font></di= v><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">July 3, 2013 3:32:13 PM 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"><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; "><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>Re: [NatureNS] Bad weather for = breeding birds, and disappearing hummingbirds</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> Hi = all,<br><br>Sorry to say that Piping Plovers have had a poor breeding = season so far in NS. For the nests that have hatched, chick = survival has been much lower than average. June was cold, wet and = windy - not favorable for flightless chicks on beaches! Will share = more once the season's wrapped up but feel free to contact me with = questions in the interim.<br> <br>Thanks,<br>Sue Abbott<br>Bird Studies = Canada<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:47 = PM, David McCorquodale <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:dbmcc09@gmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">dbmcc09@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> = <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">The = evening of 02 July, four recently fledged hummingbirds showed up at our = feeders in Georges River near Little Bras d'Or. We did not put up = the feeders until early June, but the hummingbirds found them quickly = and have stayed around.<div> <br></div><div>DBMcC</div></div><div = class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 3, = 2013 at 10:09 AM, Judy Tufts <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:tandove@ns.sympatico.ca" = target=3D"_blank">tandove@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> = <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <u></u> <u></u> = <u></u> <u></u> <div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"blue" lang=3D"EN-CA"> = <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt">We have fledgling hummingbirds coming to our = Wolfville Ridge feeders, not sure how many but have seen at least three = fledgling at the feeders. However we have feeders at both the front = porch (2) and at the back of the house (1) so it is hard to keep track = but the syrup is going down in a hurry. 2-3 adult females and one = adult male still visit the feeders as = well.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font = face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"> As far as fledged young seen here, the = most successful species has been the Pine Siskins. Half a dozen = adults appeared in April, stayed to raise families nearby, and by = mid-June brought their brightly coloured offspring to feed on nijer and = sunflower seeds and they have remained. I have counted up to 20 = siskins at the feeders. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt">Maybe we are very lucky - we seem to have had = more birds here this year than usual. = <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font = face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt">Other = fledglings seen: Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, N. Flicker, = White-breasted Nuthatch (this week), Song Sparrow, Red-eyed Vireo, = Blue-headed Vireo, Robin, Blue Jay, Black-cap. Chickadee, Purple = Finch, Common Grackle, Junco, Starling, and Crow. After a great = struggle to find enough flying insects to feed their young, the Tree = Swallow adults in my nest box in the field across the road were = able to raise a family after all. We thought they had given up but they = persevered. I saw the last two of their brood = fledge. Male and female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are regular = visitors to the feeders. We are keeping our fingers crossed hoping they = will be successful, as we haven=92t had this species here for quite a = few years. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font = face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt">Other species on our property but breeding = successor not known: Mourning Dove, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Veery and = Swainson=92s Thrush, Chipping and White-throated sparrows, and = Goldfinches. Occasionally I hear and/or see a male Pileated = Woodpecker hammering away on one of the telegraph poles across the road = or on a tree in our woods and wonder if he has raised a family this = year=85 Ovenbird and Eastern Wood-Pewee both call = continuously in our backyard though sometimes I hear a male Ovenbird = unexpectedly calling in the middle of the night! It always seems strange = to hear that mid-night =93teacher, teacher=94 call but I suppose it is a = reflex reaction of some sort. = <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font = face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt">Have not seen any Black-and-White Warblers or = Am. Redstarts in our woods this year, but do have <u></u>N. = Parula<u></u>, Chestnut-sided, Black-thr. Green, Ovenbird, = Magnolia and Yellow-rumped warblers, so there=92s a fair amount of = song. Surprisingly there are more Ovenbirds, Parula, = Magnolia, and Chestnut-sided warblers and E. Wood-Pewees here than in = the past, but fewer Black-throated Greens. = <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times= New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"> Cheers, = <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times= New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt">Judy = Tufts<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font = face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p> = <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">>>>>>>>&= gt;>></span></font><u></u> <u></u></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Judy = Tufts</span></font><u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font = face=3D"Arial"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><u></u>Wolfville= <u></u> <u></u>NS<u></u><u></u></span></font><u></u><u></u></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><<<<<<<&= lt;<<</span></font><u></u> <u></u></p> </div> <div> <div = class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:center" align=3D"center"><font = face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt" = lang=3D"EN-US"> <hr align=3D"center" size=3D"2" width=3D"100%"> = </span></font></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><font face=3D"Tahoma"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold" = lang=3D"EN-US">From:</span></font></b><font face=3D"Tahoma"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma" lang=3D"EN-US"> <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>] <b><span = style=3D"font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b><u></u>Blake = Maybank<u></u><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> = July-02-13 3:57 PM</span></font></p><div><font face=3D"Tahoma"><br> = <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br> <b><span = style=3D"font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [<u></u>NatureNS<u></u>] = Bad weather for breeding birds, and disappearing = hummingbirds</font></div><span = lang=3D"EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span><div><br = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div> </div><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face=3D"Tahoma" = size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma">Hi = All;</span></font></p><div><div><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"4"><br> = <br> This does not appear to be a great summer for breeding = success. In our yard the only evidence of fledged young is Common = Grackles, and both Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers. A bust so far for = juncos, sparrows, jays, robins, finches, and doves.<br> <br> And the = hummingbirds seem to have disappeared completely. Three or four = were around the feeders regularly up to a few days ago, but no sign of = any now, and others nearby who feed hummers have reported the same = disappearance. <br> <br> What is everyone else's experience?<br> = <br> Cheers,<br> <br> Blake<br clear=3D"all"> = </font></div></div><div><div><br> -- <br> <font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D"font-size:13.5pt"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br> White's = <u></u><u></u>Lake<u></u>, <u></u>Nova Scotia<u></u><u></u><br> = </span></font><br> <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt"><br> = My Blog: <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com" = target=3D"_blank"><b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">CSI: = Life</span></b></a><br> <br> Organiser, <a = href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" target=3D"_blank"><b><span = style=3D"font-weight:bold">Maritimes Nature Travel = Club</span></b></a><br> <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" = target=3D"_blank"></a><br> Author, "<a = href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" target=3D"_blank"><b><span = style=3D"font-weight:bold">Birding Sites of Nova = Scotia</span></b></a></span></font><br> <br> <br> <br> <a = href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank"></a><br> <br> = <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><br = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div> </div> </div> = </blockquote></div><br></div> </blockquote></div><br><br = clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><span = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Bird Studies = Canada</span><br style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">NS Piping Plover = Conservation Program</span><br = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <a = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" = href=3D"http://www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/nsplover/" = target=3D"_blank">www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/nsplover/</a><br><br><br><= /blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1--493042660--
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