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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-96--212345862 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, Research on this period when songbird family groups are breaking up, and = youngsters wandering all over, is one of the coolest areas in = ornithology right now, as people use new tracking technology to finally = figure out what's going on during what's probably the least-understood = part of a songbird's life. And some of the best work on this is being done right here in Nova = Scotia, by Phil Taylor's lab at Acadia. A link to their most recent = paper, on young Myrtle and Blackpoll Warblers in Newfoundland, is here: = http://www.openculture.com/?p=3D71882 =20 Much of the report is quite technical, but it's fairly easy to get the = jist of what was done and the sorts of things people are finding. Cheers, Andy On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Richard Stern wrote: > Hi, >=20 > We may just be in that doldrum period between when the adult birds are = nesting and using all their energy to feed the young instead of singing, = calling and being territorial, and when the young are starting to fly = and migrate. I have experienced excellent numbers of warblers and other = woodland birds on Brier Island and Blomidon Provincial Park in early = morning in mid to late August in past years - mostly young migrants. = July is usually the quiet period in the woods. In general, also, numbers = of woodland birds - in particular neo-tropical migrants, are declining, = so it's likely that quiet periods will continue to get quieter with = time. >=20 > Richard >=20 >=20 > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:30 AM, David & Alison Webster = <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: > Hi Nancy & All, Aug 1, 2013 > I rarely hear birds because my hearing is damaged but when ants = swarm and then rain into trees I hear the clamor clearly; birds follow = the ant showers. >=20 > I wonder if the sudden silence reflects ants swarming elsewhere ? >=20 > Two ant nests in the yard that I checked yesterday seemed deserted. = One that I checked this morning has many winged ants. >=20 > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy P Dowd" = <nancypdowd@gmail.com> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 6:13 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] Silent or migrating warblers >=20 >=20 > I noticed a big difference this week compared to last. The woods are = very silent. The most obvious absence is the Parulas. They were = everywhere 7 days ago, singing, but I have heard not one these past few = days. Ditto for Ovenbirds, Yellow-Rumps, Redstarts, B&Ws, Magnolias and = Black Throated Blue Warblers. All I am hearing is Yellowthroats and a = few Bl Throated Greens in the warbler world. >=20 > E Dalhousie, Kings Co is very inland. Basically at the intersection of = Kings, Annapolis and Lun Counties. Do the warblers move to more = peripheral areas now or are they just silent? >=20 > Anyone noticing related changes in other locations? >=20 > Nancy >=20 > Sent from my iPhone >=20 >=20 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3209/6540 - Release Date: = 07/31/13 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > ################# > Richard Stern,=20 > Port Williams, NS, Canada > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### --Apple-Mail-96--212345862 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = all,<div><br></div><div>Research on this period when songbird family = groups are breaking up, and youngsters wandering all over, is one of the = coolest areas in ornithology right now, as people use new tracking = technology to finally figure out what's going on during what's probably = the least-understood part of a songbird's = life.</div><div><br></div><div>And some of the best work on this is = being done right here in Nova Scotia, by Phil Taylor's lab at Acadia. A = link to their most recent paper, on young Myrtle and Blackpoll Warblers = in Newfoundland, is here: <a = href=3D"http://www.openculture.com/?p=3D71882">http://www.openculture.com/= ?p=3D71882</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Much of the report = is quite technical, but it's fairly easy to get the jist of what was = done and the sorts of things people are = finding.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andy</div><div><br></d= iv><div><div><div>On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Richard Stern = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>We may just be in = that doldrum period between when the adult birds are nesting and using = all their energy to feed the young instead of singing, calling and being = territorial, and when the young are starting to fly and migrate. I have = experienced excellent numbers of warblers and other woodland birds on = Brier Island and Blomidon Provincial Park in early morning in mid to = late August in past years - mostly young migrants. July is usually the = quiet period in the woods. In general, also, numbers of woodland birds - = in particular neo-tropical migrants, are declining, so it's likely that = quiet periods will continue to get quieter with time.</div> <div><br></div><div>Richard</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:30 AM, David & = Alison Webster <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com"= target=3D"_blank">dwebster@glinx.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">Hi Nancy & All, = = Aug 1, 2013<br> I rarely hear birds because my hearing is damaged but when = ants swarm and then rain into trees I hear the clamor clearly; birds = follow the ant showers.<br> <br> I wonder if the sudden silence reflects ants swarming = elsewhere ?<br> &