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--Apple-Mail-49--456110942 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Date: January 19, 2014 5:38:52 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > > Today at my feeders in Wolfville, which by-the-way have their > normal compliment of birds and squirrels these days, there was a > m,f pair of pheasants, and the male showed as much colour on his > red face as they can -- but no courtship noted. Cheers fromn Jim > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.com> >> Date: January 18, 2014 7:18:54 PM AST >> To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Territorial Chickadees and other >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Heard the 'cheeese burger' lasr weekend as well James. Indeed >> it's maybe premature, but still love it - my all time early sign >> of the end of the beginning of winter lol? >> >> >> On 17 January 2014 12:56, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all: >> >> Last Friday on the 10th when walking to work there were five male >> black-capped chickadees competing for territory. Likely, it is >> too early for the calls to have been for territory for the purpose >> of mating, so I suspect they were vying for the territory as there >> is a good food source present. >> >> Also, on that same day there were a number of very vocal white- >> breasted nuthatch pairs. I know for a fact that this breed nests >> quite early at times, so that likely was a territorial calling >> issue for the purpose of them nesting around those areas that I >> heard them. >> >> Today at my feeders 90 American goldfinches dropped by. There was >> a carpet of yellow and the trees were full of activity. Nice to >> see after an absence of no birds at all for a few days. >> >> James R. Hirtle >> Bridgewater >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jamie Simpson >> Hantsport, NS > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-49--456110942 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 19, 2014 5:38:52 PM = AST</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">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = Today at my feeders in Wolfville, which by-the-way have their normal = compliment of birds and squirrels these days, there was a m,f pair of = pheasants, and the male showed as much colour on his red face as they = can -- but no courtship noted. Cheers fromn = Jim <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">Shouty McShoutsalot <<a = href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com">desolatechair@gmail.com</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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 18, 2014 7:18:54 PM = AST</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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Territorial = Chickadees and other</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> <div = dir=3D"ltr">Heard the 'cheeese burger' lasr weekend as well James. = Indeed it's maybe premature, but still love it - my all time early = sign of the end of the beginning of winter lol? </div><div = class=3D"gmail_extra"> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 17 January = 2014 12:56, James Hirtle <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">jrhbirder@hotmail.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><div = dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"6">Hi all:</font><br> <br><font = size=3D"6">Last Friday on the 10th when walking to work there were five = male black-capped chickadees competing for territory. Likely, it = is too early for the calls to have been for territory for the purpose of = mating, so I suspect they were vying for the territory as there is a = good food source present. </font><br> <font = size=3D"6"></font> <br><font size=3D"6">Also, on that same day = there were a number of very vocal white-breasted nuthatch pairs. I = know for a fact that this breed nests quite early at times, so that = likely was a territorial calling issue for the purpose of them nesting = around those areas that I heard them. </font><br> <font = size=3D"6"></font> <br><font size=3D"6">Today at my feeders 90 = American goldfinches dropped by. There was a carpet of yellow and = the trees were full of activity. Nice to see after an absence of = no birds at all for a few days. </font><br> <font = size=3D"6"></font> <br><font size=3D"6">James R. = Hirtle</font><br><font size=3D"6">Bridgewater</font><br><font = size=3D"6"> <br></font><br> = </div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- = <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Hantsport, NS<br></div> = </div></blockquote></div><br><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-49--456110942--
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