Short-sighted WP: Re: [NatureNS] Aggressive Hummingbird

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Which is of course a fathom Dave.=0AProbably where=A0fathom originated. We =
often used it=0Awhen fishing or setting lobster traps. =0AIt was a span on =
shore -=A0a fathom on the water.=0AHave a nice summer=0APaul=0A=0AFrom: Dav=
id & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0AS=
ent: Monday, August 12, 2013 9:27:55 AM=0ASubject: Re: Short-sighted WP: Re=
: [NatureNS] Aggressive Hummingbird=0A=0A=0ARoughly 6'; fingertip to finger=
tip with arms spread. It is a handy measure for many purposes.=0ADave=0A---=
-- Original Message ----- From: "Annabelle Thiebaux" <hamst@xplornet.com>=
=0ATo: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=0ASent: Monday, August 12, 2013 8:21 AM=0A=
Subject: Re: Short-sighted WP: Re: [NatureNS] Aggressive Hummingbird=0A=0A=
=0A> What is a span David?=0A> =0A> On 11/08/13 10:38 AM, David & Alison We=
bster wrote:=0A>> Hi Don & All,=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Aug 11, 2012=0A>>=A0 =A0 =A0 Your comment about the Dow=
ny freezing at the hint of danger reminded me of an experience last winter =
suggesting that Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers are short-sighted.=0A>> =0A>>=
=A0 =A0 =A0 For many years I have hung a stick of firewood, with 16 stagger=
ed 3/4" diameter holes about 1/2" deep, horizontally in a shrub and kept th=
em supplied with fat during cold weather. The Downy & Hairy WP often also f=
ed in a nearby Ash and would usually come to the fat from the Ash.=0A>> =0A=
>>=A0 =A0 =A0 After Alison became confined to wheelchair she could not see =
the birds visit this stick so I decided to move it this winter to another l=
ocation that was visible from a low window by hanging a second stick at the=
 new location and withholding fat from the first. This second location was =
about 15 paces from the Ash home base and about 20 paces from the bush in w=
hich the old stick hung.=0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 =A0 To effect this move, to a st=
ick at the second location that was in full view from the Ash, took about 6=
 weeks !!=0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 =A0 They would find fat in a post that was half=
 a span from the feeder currently used but ignore a post that was a span aw=
ay. So I leapfrogged posts by half-span increments; shifting the oldest for=
ward after they were finding fat at the most recent.=0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 =A0 =
In the process of doing this I learned that they strongly prefer to feed on=
 a vertical post as opposed to an angled post or a horizontal stick.=0A>> =
=0A>> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville=0A>> =0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 ----- Original Me=
ssage -----=0A>>=A0 =A0 From: Don MacNeill=0A>>=A0 =A0 To: naturens@chebuct=
o.ns.ca=0A>>=A0 =A0 Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 1:26 PM=0A>>=A0 =A0 Subje=
ct: Re: [NatureNS] Aggressive Hummingbitd=0A>> =0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 4 parts w=
ater, 1 part sugar.=A0 Do you think I am making it hyperactive like childre=
n who get too much sugar? :>)=0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 Don=0A>> =0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0=
 Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net=0A>>=A0 =A0 On 09/08/2013 7:36 AM,=
 Hebda, Andrew J wrote:=0A>> =0A>> Out of curiosity, how strong a sugar sol=
ution are you using?=0A>> =0A>> Andrew=0A>> =0A>> _________________________=
_______________=0A>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@ch=
ebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of Don MacNeill [donmacneill@bellaliant.net]=0A>> S=
ent: August-09-13 6:38 AM=0A>> To: NaturenNS=0A>> Subject: [NatureNS] Aggre=
ssive Hummingbitd=0A>> =0A>> I bought and hung out a hummingbird feeder abo=
ut a week ago. Yesterday a=0A>> hummingbird fed from it and decided to stak=
e out its territory.=A0 It=0A>> chased away Black-capped Chickadees that we=
re feeding at a sunflower=0A>> feeder that was 20 feet away fram the hummin=
gbird feeder.=A0 It chased a=0A>> House Sparrow from my backyard.=A0 It dov=
e at a Downy Woodpecker but=0A>> stopped about a foot from it and flew back=
 to a bush.=A0 Interestingly,=0A>> the woodpecker froze as it normally does=
 when danger threatens.=A0 It was=0A>> quite a while before the woodpecker =
resumed feeding at the peanut feeder.=0A>> =0A>> I hope the dog-in-the-mang=
er hummingbird doesn't succeed in keeping the=0A>> whole yard for itself.=
=0A>> =0A>> Don=0A>> --=0A>> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net=0A>> =
=0A>> =0A>> =0A>> =0A>>=A0 =A0 No virus found in this message.=0A>>=A0 =A0 =
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ial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style=3D"RIGHT: auto"><SPAN=
 style=3D"RIGHT: auto">Which is of course a fathom Dave.</SPAN></div>
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arent"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">Probably where&nbsp;fathom originated. W=
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arent"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">when fishing or setting lobster traps. <=
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arent"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">It was a span on shore -&nb